Vietnam Today

A defining moment in Vietnamese history was marked with the Dien Bien Phu Victory 70 years ago, a triumph that resonated across continents and shook the world.

Within the framework of his official visit to China, on April 12, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation came to offer flowers and visit the President Ho Chi Minh historical relic site at No. 89-91 on Hua Shan Nan street in Kunming City.

On April 11, more than 200 delegates from 23 Party Committees of provinces and cities in the Central and Central Highlands regions offered flowers and incense in front of Uncle Ho's Monument to the Central Highlands groups in the Great Solidarity Square in Pleiku City, Gia Lai Province.

(CPV) - The New Zealand Consulate General in Vietnam on April 12 organized a hand-over ceremony to present the first therapeutic water playground for children with disabilities in Vietnam to the Tan Binh District Support Centre for Inclusive Education, Ho Chi Minh City.

Delegations from the southern province of Kien Giang have visited, extended greetings, and presented gifts to localities, agencies, and armed forces in Cambodia on the occasion of their Chol Chnam Thmay festival.

Vice Chairman of the Committee for External Relations of Saint Petersburg City Kalganov Vyacheslav Gennadievich has respectfully offered flowers and visited President Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum.

The Standing Board of Thanh Oai District Party Committee has organized a conference to study, thoroughly grasp and implement 2024 special subjects on improving discipline and responsibility in performing tasks of officials and party members in accordance with Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style.

The Prime Minister issued Decision 242/QD-TTg dated March 21, 2024 on awarding the Prime Minister's certificate of merit to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in studying and following Ho Chi Minh's idelogy, morality and style in 2023.

From April 9 to 11, the Gia Lai Provincial Museum coordinated with Ia Pa District Department of Education and Training to organize an extracurricular program on studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style; and an exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh.

The delegation of leaders and staff of the General Department of Defense Industry recently organized a solemn ceremony to offer incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh at K9 relic area in Da Chong, Ba Vi district, Hanoi.

The Gia Lai provincial Military Party Committee on April 9 held a conference to summarize 3 years of implementing Conclusion 01-KL/TW on continuing to implement Directive 05-CT/TW of the Politburo associated with implementation of Resolution 847-NQ/QUTW of the Central Military Commission.

On April 9, the Mobile Police Department of the Cao Bang Provincial Public Security offered incense at the Temple of President Ho Chi Minh at the Pac Bo Special National Monument in Truong Ha commune, Ha Quang district on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mobile police force's founding.

The material and spiritual lives of the Khmer people has been significantly improved in recent years thanks to many timely policies and solutions aimed at eradicating poverty and enhancing livelihoods in the southwestern region.

Minister - Chairman of the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Hau A Lenh attended a get-together to celebrate the Chol Chnam Thmay festival of Khmer people in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on April 9.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Kien Giang province, in collaboration with the Vietnam - Cambodia Business Association and Loc Troi Group, on April 8 presented gifts to disadvantaged Khmer people in Chau Thanh district on the occasion of traditional Chol Chnam Thmay festival 2024.

A delegation, including outstanding officials of Youth Union and Associations, recently held a ceremony to pay tribute to Uncle Ho and organize a training program for key officials for the 2023 - 2024 school year at the K9 relic area in Da Chong, Ba Vi district, Hanoi.

The relief "Uncle Ho talking to officers and soldiers of the Tien Phong (Pioneer) Division" made of pure red copper, 28 meters long, 9.9 meters high, weighing 36 tons, was inaugurated on April 8.

Hundreds of poor households of the Khmer ethnic minority group in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on April 7 received gifts from the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, Loc Troi Group JSC and the Vietnam-Cambodia Business Association (VCBA) on the occasion of their traditional Chol Chnam Thmay (New Year) Festival.

(CPV) - An inauguration ceremony of the UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico) Corner will take place in the morning of April 11 at the University of Hanoi, with the presence of distinguished representatives from the academic and diplomatic community, as well as university authorities.

(CPV) - Ambassador of Thailand to Vietnam Nikorndej Balankura on April 7 officially inaugurated the “Happy Thai New Year 2024” celebration at the headquarters of the Royal Thai Embassy in Hanoi with the participation of the Dean of Diplomatic Corps, Ambassadors, Vietnamese government representatives, media and students.

For the first time, the nation’s largest blood donation program, Red Journey, was held across 51 provinces and cities, making this year the year with the largest number of localities registering to participate ever, the Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion announced on April 7.

Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous locality and largest financial centre in Vietnam, is speeding up procedures to build three more metro lines with a total capital of more than US$5 billion alongside the two ongoing Metro lines No.1 and No.2.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 6 attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the Hue Vsico port and another to inaugurate Phu Son waste-to-power plant, and inspected a project to build Nguyen Hoang road and a bridge crossing Huong river in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

(CPV) - Miss Intercontinental 2022 Le Nguyen Bao Ngoc together with Gaia Nature Conservation Center have recently participated in planting forests at Xuan Lien Nature Reserve in Thanh Hoa province in order to improve watershed protection, absorb CO2, protect water security and respond to climate change.

On October 11, 2022, the United Nations General Assembly elected Vietnam and 13 other countries to be members of the Council of Nations for the 2023 - 2025 term. Continuing the ongoing tasks and goals assuming this position, from the beginning of 2024, Vietnam actively prepared for activities at the high-level meeting of the 55th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHUN), held from February 26-29, 2024, in Geneva (Switzerland).

On the occasion of the Bunpimay Festival of Laos and the Chol Chnam Thmay Festival of Cambodia, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has sent letters and flowers of greetings to General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, and President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and President of the Cambodian Senate Hun Sen.

A number of original documents and records about the Dien Bien Phu Campaign and the 1954 Geneva Conference were made public for the first time and introduced to the media on April 5.

Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Ha Tinh Provincial Party Committee Tran The Dung suggested that each officer, Party member, and public security soldier continue to improve revolutionary moral qualities, considering studying and following Uncle Ho’s example as a regular daily job.

Through the first 3 months of 2024, the number of Vietnamese laborers going to work abroad reached nearly 36,000, including 11,000 female laborers, the Overseas Labourer Management Department under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has reported.

Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Bac Ninh Provincial Party Committee and Head of the Provincial Delegation of National Assembly, recently has a working session with SonKim Land Company on exploring investment in the field of urban development in the province.