Vietnam Today

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on October 10 requested the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang to focus on effective development to contribute to the realisation of national targets this year.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee is scheduled to hold the 27th session from October 11-17, according to the NA Office.

Can Tho city needs to show strong determination and take drastic actions to fulfil its heavy responsibility towards itself, the Mekong Delta region, and the entire country, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said on October 10.

President Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 10 for visiting Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamikawa Yoko, during which he applauded the guest's contributions to the Vietnam-Japan relations in her different positions over the years.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Huy Tang affirmed his commitment to further enhancing bilateral cooperation at a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sok Chenda Sophea in Phnom Penh on October 9.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien co-chaired a conference in Hanoi on October 9 to review and and sign a joint resolution on the coordination between the Government and the VFF Central Committee's Presidium.

The opening ceremony of a UN Military Observers (UNMO) course took place in Hanoi on October 9.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue visited and congratulated the Executive Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha's chapter and the Executive Committee of the Patriotic Clergy Solidarity Association in the southern province of Soc Trang province on October 9 on the occasion of the 2023 Sene Dolta festival celebrated by the Khmer community.

President Vo Van Thuong attended a ceremony in Bac Giang province on October 8 to mark 60 years since the then President Ho Chi Minh’s presence and direction at the first Party congress of Ha Bac province (now Bac Giang and Bac Ninh provinces) (October 17, 1963-2023).

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is always a model of development for many political parties in Latin America, General Secretary of the Mexican Labour Party (PT) Alberto Anaya Guitiérrez has said.

The 13th Party Central Committee concluded its 8th plenum on October 8 morning, with all of its agenda completed after seven working days.

A delegation from Vietnam's Central Theory Council had meetings with leading Indonesian research institutions concerning religious and ethnic issues as part of its ongoing working visit to the nation from October 4 to 8.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, has called for stepping up the implementation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) across all three pillars, namely nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation, and the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

The Hanoi authorities on October 7 held an event to promote cashless payments in Hoan Kiem district.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 7 chaired a teleconference on the promotion of solutions to illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and preparations for the fourth inspection of Vietnam’s related efforts by the European Commission (EC) team.

The eighth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee concluded its sixth working day in Hanoi on October 7.

The 13th Party Central Committee on October 6 discussed the implementation of two resolutions and elected new members to its Secretariat and Inspection Commission at its ongoing 8th plenum.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a conference in Hanoi on October 5 to review the three-year implementation of a conclusion issued by the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on the continued promotion of communications about President Ho Chi Minh to the international community.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) said that 111,507 workers were sent to work abroad from January to September, up 8% compared to the same period of last year and exceeds the full-year target by 1.37%.

Hanoi students won two gold and one silver medals at the International Applied Chemistry Olympiad (IAChO), held in Bandung, Indonesia from September 28 to October 1.

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue received Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuang in Hanoi on October 5, lauding the outgoing diplomat’s significant contributions to relations between the two countries and the two parliaments.

President Vo Van Thuong met with outstanding businesswomen nationwide who are members of the Vietnam Association for Women Entrepreneurs (VAWE) in Hanoi on October 5.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a meeting of the Politburo and the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat in Hanoi on October 5 to consider and issue disciplinary measures against the Standing Board of the Quang Ninh provincial Party Committee in the 2015 - 2020 tenure and some persons involved.

The eighth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee entered the fourth working day on October 5, focusing on reviewing the 10-year implementation of a resolution on a number of issues regarding social policies in the 2012-2020 period.

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on October 4 presented UN peacekeeping orders to three officers from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security who are participating in the UN peacekeeping mission in the African country.

(CPV) - The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)  is convening a Trialogue for the countries supported by the BES Solution Fund – catalytic support provided by BES-Net to translate knowledge about nature into actionable and sustainable policies and practices.

Hanoi capital created 171,200 jobs for employees from January to September, reaching 105.7% of the whole year plan, according to the Hanoi People’s Committee.

The 10-year implementation of the resolutions on the national safeguarding strategy and some social policy affairs was high on the agenda of the 13th Party Central Committee on October 4, the third working day of its eighth session.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 3 for UK Secretary of State for Scotland Alister Jack.

President Vo Van Thuong on October 3 sent greetings to his German counterpart Frank Walter-Steinmeier on the occasion of the country’s 33rd Unity Day (October 3).