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The Standing Board of the Vinh Phuc provincial Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union has held a ceremony to honor 24 typical individuals following Uncle Ho’s teachings in 2022.

The Standing Board of the Dong Nai provincial Party Committee has held an online conference to realize the topic “Studying and following Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style” in 2023.

The Tuyen Quang Party Committee has held a conference for key cadres in the province to research, study, thoroughly grasp and realize the 2023 topic about studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style on building a contingent of qualified, capable and reputable cadres.

The 15th National Assembly elected Vo Van Thuong, 53, as the new President of Vietnam at its fourth extraordinary session on March 2.

(CPV) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Monsoon Wind Power Company Limited (Monsoon) signed a USD692.55 million nonrecourse project financing package on March 1st 2023 to build a 600-megawatt wind power plant in Sekong and Attapeu provinces in the southern region of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) to export and sell power to neighboring Viet Nam. Comprising 133 wind turbines, the project will be the largest wind power plant in Southeast Asia and the first in the Lao PDR.

The 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) convened a meeting at its headquarters on March 1 to consider and offer opinions on the personnel work. The Party Central Committee decided as follows:

The 15th National Assembly (NA) will convene the fourth extraordinary session on March 2 to make a decision on the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a special art show in Hanoi on February 28 marking the 80th anniversary of the Outline of Vietnamese Culture, the first document on culture launched by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in 1943.

The Khanh Hoa provincial Labor Confederation has just held a conference to thoroughly grasp and implement studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style, with the theme of promoting Vietnamese cultural values and human strength associated with the aspiration to build Khanh Hoa province.

Over the past three years, in the highland district of Nam Po in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien, more and more practical action movements have appeared.

The Department of Grassroots Culture under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently launched a contest of propaganda posters to mark 75 years since President Ho Chi Minh issued a Call for Patriotic Emulation on June 11, 1948.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has just signed and promulgated a Resolution on the establishment of Thuan Thanh town and its wards, Que Vo town and its wards in the northern province of Bac Ninh.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended a gathering held at the 108 Military Central Hospital in Hanoi on February 27 in celebration of the 68th Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27).

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha held a working session with leaders of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Planning and Investment, and centrally-run hospitals on February 25 to tackle difficulties regarding the purchase of medical equipment, medicines, testing chemicals and biological products.

Nguyen Trong Nghia, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, has urged medical stations to place the task of caring for people’s health above others.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested basic and comprehensive reform in digital transformation to improve labour productivity and competitiveness of enterprises and the nation, contributing to building an independent, self-reliant economy that integrates into the world extensively and effectively.

(CPV) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Institute of Energy organized a consultation workshop on green hydrogen production and use in Viet Nam, and global experience. The workshop included presentation and discussions on the preliminary results of a study on the potential of green hydrogen production from renewable energy sources and the use of green hydrogen in Viet Nam.

The first heart and kidney transplant on one patient in Vietnam was successfully performed on February 15 by doctors of the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital, the hospital announced on February 24.

The press circle in general and key press agencies in particularly always accompany the health sector, heard a meeting held in Hanoi on February 24 on the occasion of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27).

The Thanh Xuan District Party Committee has held political activity to study and follow President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style with the theme “Promoting cultural values, building public service morality, and raising the sense of responsibility of officials and party members of the district.”

The Quang Binh Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee have held a ceremony to offer incense and flowers at the Temple of Uncle Ho and provincial heroes and martyrs on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Lieutenant General Dong Sy Nguyen. (March 1, 1923 - 2023).

The Ha Nam provincial Party Committee has held a conference to study, thoroughly grasp and implement the 2023 theme on studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style in building and developing culture and people to meet the requirements of Ha Nam for sustainable development.

Following the teachings of beloved Uncle Ho, all units of the Mobile Police High Command have launched the tree planting festival "For a green Vietnam" to plant more than six thousand trees in three locations of Hanoi, Quang Ninh and Yen Bai, where the unit is stationed.

(CPV) – Vietnam planted an estimated 8,100 hectares of forest in January 2023, a 5% increase compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Da Nang Police’s Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union has held a conference to review its works in 2022, implement the work program in 2023 and launch the emulation “Da Nang City Police Youth - 75 years of studying and implementing the six things Uncle Ho taught.”

The Yen Bai Party Committee has reviewed and registered to build and replicate 548 provincial-level advanced and typical models, including 344 collective models and 204 individual models, in 2022 and the 2023-2025 period.

The new 9-storey building is expected to change the appearance of Nguyen Trai Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. According to the city’s general orientation, this hospital will be developed into a specialized medical center serving patients.

The Vietnam Amazing Brewing Master 2023, the first of its kinds, will be held in Buon Ma Thuot city of the Central Highland province of Dak Lak from March 10 to 13.

The national conference reviewing activities of the provincial-level People’s Councils in 2022 and launch tasks for this year wrapped up on February 21 afternoon.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 21 chaired a national teleconference on the acceleration of public investment allocation and disbursement in 2023 as well as the socio-economic recovery and development programme.