Vietnam Today

Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio's official visit to Vietnam from March 14-20 is expected to be a new step forwards in the development of ties between Vietnam and the West African country.

War veterans who used to be stationed on the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago held a ceremony in the central city of Da Nang on March 13 to commemorate 64 soldiers of the Vietnamese navy who died on duty 34 years ago while defending the Gac Ma (Johnson South) Reef in Vietnam's Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago on March 14, 1988.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has underlined that Khanh Hoa should turn its Truong Sa island district into an economic, culture and social centre at sea, and a firm wall protecting the national sovereignty over seas and islands on the foundation of Vietnamese and international law, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982.

The cultural and musical event named “Vietnam Soul” recently organized at the Department of Asian and North African Studies, Italy's Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, including various performances by students who learn Vietnamese language.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on March 12 sent his congratulatory message to President-elect of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Yoon Suk-yeol and Lee Jun-seok, head of the country’s People Power Party (PPP).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 12 demanded favourable mechanisms be issued to facilitate public - private partnership (PPP) in infrastructure building, so as to boost the development of the Van Phong Economic Zone (EZ).

An Italian lawyer has recommended Vietnamese exporters who lost track of 36 sets of original documents in a suspected scam involving 100 cashew nut containers from Vietnam team up with one another and take swift actions to prevent losses.

The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) Affairs (SCOV) on March 11 sent an open letter asking Vietnamese people’s associations in some European countries to continue helping with the evacuation of those from Ukraine.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is collecting opinions on the Prime Minister’s draft decision on approving the national action plan on green growth for 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050.

The People’s Committee of Quang Tri has approved a Norwegian-funded project on capacity building for this central province’s mine action centre during 2022 - 2025.

Vietnam’s exports of wood and wooden products are expected to rake in 18.5 billion USD in 2025 and 20.4 billion USD in 2030, per a project freshly approved by Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh on March 10.

Overseas shipments of shrimp products are set to earn more than 4 billion USD in 2022, up 2.56 percent on-year, as heard a conference held on March 11.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary has supported 680 Vietnamese fleeing war-ravaged Ukraine as of March 12.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh paid a fact-finding trip to Cam Lam district of Khanh Hoa on March 12, part of his working visit to this central province.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in Ho Chi Minh City recently received a donation of 200,000 Molnupiravir antiviral pills from FPT Long Chau Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company to freely deliver to the poor infected with COVID-19 for treatment.

The first electric bus route in Ho Chi Minh City was recently put into operation.

Vietnam's representative agencies and associations of Vietnamese in Romania are making efforts to prepare for a March 12 flight bringing citizens who had to flee from Ukraine home, the Embassy of Vietnam in the country has announced.

Vietnam resolutely opposes and demands Taiwan to cancel its live-fire exercises in the waters around Ba Binh island belonging to Vietnam's Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago and not to repeat similar actions in the future, spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said on March 11.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), on March 10 had a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Zhang Jun, during which the two sides shared views and stances on many issues at the UN.

Member businesses of the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) always stand ready and want to implement projects and provide resources to help Vietnam improve its health insurance policies and medical system, said Michael Michalak, Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director of USABC.

The Gia Lai Provincial Public Security has held a ceremony to launch tree planting at a historic relic of the provincial Security Department.

(CPV) - Over the past years, the Thai Binh provincial Farmers’ Association has actively popularized and mobilized officials and members to promote studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style, creating influence in the union with practical and effective work.

The World Bank (WB) on March 11 released its brief updating Vietnam’s economic development in March, stating that the economy continues to show resilience and is recovering although downside risks have heightened.

Japan’s import of coffee from Vietnam in 2021 reached approximately 101,000 tonnes, up 0.2% in volume and 7.7% in value from the previous year.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has assigned the Ministry of Transport to coordinate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and relevant agencies to quickly arrange flights funded by businesses to bring home Vietnamese citizens from Ukraine.

Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie has appreciated the efforts Vietnam has made over the past time in eliminating gender inequality in a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency.

The President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from March 14 – 20.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a Politburo meeting in Hanoi on March 11 to look into issues related to the Mekong Delta’s development and the corruption combat.

Over the past years, the Dong Nai Provincial School of Politics, universities, colleges and professional vocational training schools have focused on teaching political subjects and President Ho Chi Minh’s thought.

On March 10, Pasaxon Newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, published an editorial "Getting ready to successfully celebrate the Vietnam-Laos and Laos-Vietnam Friendship Year 2022".