Vietnam Today

(CPV) - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on June 12 joined Vietnamese Government and public health leaders to celebrate the start of the installation of a new liquid oxygen system provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Bach Mai Hospital.

Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Huy Dung recently has led a delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt to pay an official visit to Port Said province.

The Polish Embassy in Hanoi will organize a painting exhibition themed "Poland - Miracles" by painter Minh Dam at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum at No. 66 of Nguyen Thai Hoc Street on June 14-18.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a dialogue with 4,500 workers nationwide on June 12, both online and in-person, with the main site in the northern province of Bac Giang.

A ceremony took place on June 12 to bid farewell to the remaining 156 members of Vietnam’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1, as they left for peacekeeping duty at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

The Ministry of Health confirmed 710 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours to 4pm June 11, down 152 cases from the previous day.

The industrial production index posted a year-on-year rise of 8.3 percent in the first five months of 2022. Manufacturing and processing expanded 9.2 percent and phone components, which are the major industrial products in the reviewed period, surged 21.6 percent against the same period last year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 11 offered incense and flowers at the Dong Loc T-junction national special historical relic site in memory of heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives for national liberation, during his working trip to the central province of Ha Tinh.

The Quang Binh Department of Tourism has cooperated with Oxalis Company to launch Blue Diamond campsite at Khe Gat, Xuan Trach commune, Bo Trach district.

The Quang Nam People’s Committee has held a ceremony to commend and honor typical examples in studying and following Presdient Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style.

Data from Google’s market trend tracker tool shows that the number of international searches for Vietnam's tourism has grown by 50-75%, ​ the fourth-highest increase in the world, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

On June 9, KOTRA (Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency) Hanoi connected and supported more than 40 direct trade deals between Vietnamese and Korean businesses.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on June 10 presented the Friendship Order of the Vietnamese State to Australian Ambassador Robyn Mudie for her contributions to the friendship and strategic partnership between the two countries.

The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre celebrated its 40th founding anniversary on June 10, a milestone on the path to recover and bring into play values of the Nguyen Dynasty’s tangible and intangible cultural heritages.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan on June 10 hosted a reception for a delegation of US government officials and business representatives who are visiting Vietnam to find ways to boost bilateral ties in clean energy development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked ministries, agencies and localities to take action to drastically and effectively implement national target programmes.

The National Assembly spent the 15th working day at the third session (June 10) discussing a number of key road projects and specific mechanisms for the development of the central province of Khanh Hoa.

(CPV) – On June 10, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Robert Rydberg met a Vietnamese audience consisting of students and researchers, government representatives, experts and other interested friends, at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV).

(CPV) - The five provinces of Vietnam’s Central Highlands, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Lam Dong have come together to launch a Regional Innovation Cluster.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen highly appreciated that Indonesia attaches great importance to developing relations with Vietnam, and so far Vietnam is Indonesia's only strategic partner in Southeast Asia.

Da Nang City and Laos’ Se Kong Province have proposed that the Governments of the two countries soon begin construction of the East-West Economic Corridor 2 route, in order to promote trade and tourism exchanges between the Se Kong and Da Nang in particular, and Lao southern provinces with the central-Central Highlands region of Vietnam in general.

(CPV) – The Vietnam-Australia Centre marks an important milestone in the two-side strategic partnership. It helps Vietnam take advantage of Australia’s expertise and experience in training, researching and capacity building, deepening people-to-people links and cooperation between the two countries.

Promoting social equality and satisfactory and sustainable employment for the people are priorities that the Government of Vietnam is trying to implement.

Vietnam’s rubber exports in May 2022 were estimated at 181 million USD, up 40.4% in volume and 27.9% in value compared to the previous month.

Along with the local manufacturing sector, the Vietnamese real estate sector has attracted significant FDI inflows from the Republic of Korea (RoK) over recent years, according to a survey conducted by Savills Vietnam.

The UK educational organisation Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) announced its 2023 QS World University Rankings (QS WUR 2023) on June 9, with the Vietnam National University (VNU) - Hanoi and VNU - Ho Chi Minh City, and Duy Tan University holding their places in the 801-1,000 group.

(CPV) - The first International Latino Fest is set to take place this June 11th at 100 Beer Garden, featuring multi-vendors lineups representing different Latin countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Spain and Venezuela.

(CPV) - Representatives of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on June 8 signed the first Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two agencies in Vietnam, on cooperation to reduce pollution, mitigate climate change in the Mekong Delta, and accelerate the transition to clean energy in Vietnam.

Indian National Defence Minister Rajnath Singh made an official visit to Vietnam from June 8-10, at the invitation of Vietnamese National Defence Minister Phan Van Giang.

The Vietnamese Ambassador to Kuwait Ngo Toan Thang on June 6 had a working session with Mr. Emad Al Zaid, Assistant General Director of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), at the KCCI headquarters.