Vietnam Today

Experts at the 13th South China Sea International Conference on November 19 shared the view on the significance of building order in the East Sea (internationally known as South China Sea) based on international law, especially the 1982 United Nations on the Law of the Sea (1982 UNCLOS).

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will convene its fifth session in Hanoi on November 22-23, according to the office of the NA.

Nam Son Co., Ltd and Asia Tea of Vietnam will supply tea to Kong Wooi Fong Tea Merchants Sdn Bhd based in Malaysia under a contract worth up to 2 million USD.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will visit Japan next week, becoming the first foreign leader PM Kishida Fumio will host since he took office earlier last month, announced Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan Matsuno Hirokazu on November 19.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on November 19 praised officials, doctors, health workers, teachers and students of the Hanoi Medical University for their sacrifice and contributions to the COVID-19 fight.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 19 met with 16 children who participated in a contest to draw pictures and compose literature works on the theme ‘Vi mot Viet Nam tat thang’ (For a victorious Vietnam).

Do Van Chien, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, called for strengthened solidarity and heightened awareness in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, while addressing a memorial ceremony held for COVID-19 dead victims on November 19 night.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh informed voters in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho of results of the National Assembly’s second session via videoconference on November 19.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee in conjunction with the Party Committees of Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and localities nationwide held a ceremony on November 19 night to commemorate those who lost their lives to COVID-19.

The Labor Confederation of District 1 recently held a meeting to review 5 years of implementing Directive No.05-CT/TW and praised collectives and individuals for well studying and following Ho Chi Minh's thought, morality and style in the 2016-2021 period.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long on November 18 presented his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II via a virtual ceremony.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Tan Binh district recently held a meeting to review the 5-year implementation of Directive No.05-CT/TW by the Politburo and honor collectives and individuals for well studying and following Uncle Ho’s example in the periods of 2016 - 2021 and 2020 - 2021.

(CPV) - On the occasion of the 51st National Day of the Kingdom of Oman, Mr. Saleh Mohamed Ahmed al Suqri, Omani Ambassador to Vietnam, shared his affirmation that Vietnam and Oman have a tradition of friendly relations, long-term cooperation and potential strategic trade partnership.

Although the economic situation is affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, investment attraction in industrial parks in the southern province of Dong Nai still achieved positive results, said Mr. Le Van Danh, deputy head of the provincial Industrial Zones Authority.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that it has built a communications project called "Living fully in Vietnam" to promote the opening of the country to international tourists.

Trung An Hi-tech Farming Joint Stock Company (JSC) in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has again won a bid to sell 15,000 tons of 100% broken rice to the Korean market. This is the third time the company has won a bid to sell rice to this country since the beginning of the year.

Nearly 300 million VND have been raised by overseas Vietnamese in Italy to support repairing schools in central provinces which were hard-hit by natural disasters last year.

Vietnam’s election as a member of the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for 2021 - 2025 holds great significance in many aspects, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.

Vietnam’s overseas investment totalled 646.03 million USD in the first ten months of 2021, up 35.1 percent year-on-year, data from the Ministry of Planning and Investment showed.

Party General Secretary and head of the Central Steering Committee for Corruption Prevention and Control Nguyen Phu Trong has highlighted a need to renew the spirit and determination in the fight against corruption and negative phenomena.

Vietnam has shown its resolute objection to Taiwan’s (China) military exercises in the territorial waters around Ba Binh island belonging to Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, and demanded Taiwan (China)to end those actions and not to repeat them in the future, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

(CPV) - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc wants cadres and lecturers of the Hanoi National University of Education (HNUE) to be examples of professional ethics for students and society; to protect the image, prestige and honor of the teacher; to have the spirit of self-study and self-creatio; to gain high professional qualifications; and to master modern teaching methods.

(CPV) - The Embassy of Japan and UNICEF Viet Nam announced a four-year project to enhance resilience to disaster risk and climate change for children on November 17th 2021.

(CPV) - The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on establishing strategic partnership in the period of 2021 – 2024 to promote clean and renewable energy development as well as to achieve PVN’s targets in green energy transition.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh recently paid a working visit to Amata Nakorn Industrial Park of Amata Group in Thailand’s Chonburi province in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

Although Vietnamese shrimp exports to the Republic of Korea (RoK) have decreased slightly in volume and value, they still account for more than half of the country’s shrimp imports.

The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Department of Tourism has just developed a draft scheme to welcome international tourists using vaccine passports from December 2021, instead of from the beginning of 2022 as planned, with 3 phases.

Vietnam continues to rank the sixth in the list of leading countries in number of international students studying in the United States with 21,631 students studying at American institutions in the academic year 2020-2021.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met in Hanoi on November 17 a delegation of reputable people and exemplary village heads in the northern province of Bac Kan on the occasion the 91st anniversary of Traditional Day of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (November 18) and 18 years of launching the great national unity festival.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on November 17 for Ly Xuong Can, a descendant of King Ly Thai To in the Republic of Korea and Vietnam's Tourism Ambassador to the RoK.