Cooperation

Illustrative image (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Hospital managers, renowned doctors and investors from the Republic of Korea’s Gyeonggi province attended a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on June 4 to study investment opportunities in the field of health care in the southern economic hub. Director the municipal Department of Health Nguyen Tan Binh said his department and the Gyeonggi counterpart had signed minutes in 2018 on cooperation in human resources training, professional and management experience exchanges, and information technology application to serve medical examination and treatment. Under this document, 24 Vietnamese students were sent to the RoK for professional exchanges and intensive training, he said, adding that the RoK province also assisted Vietnam in research, diagnosis and prevention of cardiovascular diseases and cancer as well as in healthcare management issues. Ryu Yong Chol, director of Gyeonggi’s health department, evaluated HCM City as … [Read more...] about HCM City boosts medical cooperation with RoK’s Gyeonggi province

Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Justice and President of the Vietnam-Sweden Friendship Association Nguyen Khanh Ngoc emphasized that over the past 50 years the Vietnamese and Swedish Governments and peoples have expanded their friendship. At the event. Photo: TG&VN On behalf of the Vietnam-Sweden Friendship Association, Ngoc affirmed that he will make his efforts to further promote the friendship and cooperation between the two countries. For his part, Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Pereric Hogberg expressed his belief that the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Sweden continue developing in the coming time. Translated by Song Anh … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Sweden promote cooperation

Deputy Defence Minister Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh (R) and US Defence Attaché to Vietnam Col. Thomas Stevenson at the meeting in Hanoi on September 12 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh received the new US Defence Attaché to Vietnam, Col. Thomas Stevenson, in Hanoi on September 12. Congratulating the guest on his appointment as the US Defence Attaché to Vietnam, Vinh hoped that during his term, Stevenson will make important and practical contributions to defence cooperation between the two countries. He affirmed that leaders of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence and relevant agencies will create the best possible conditions for the attaché to fulfill his duties. For his part, Stevenson affirmed that he will make his utmost efforts to help develop bilateral defence ties with practical cooperation activities matching the US-Vietnam relations./. VNA … [Read more...] about Deputy defence minister welcomes new US defence attaché

Additionally , provincial authorities should have mechanism to encourage travel agents to launch more unique tours, said HCMC Party Chief Nguyen Thien Nhan. Chairman of the People’s Committee in Bac Lieu Duong Thanh Trung said the Mekong delta tourism has not developed as expectation as the region falls short of specific destinations, tourist entertainment and strategies as well as mechanism to boost tourism. Sharing the same opinion, Deputy Chairman of the People’s Committee in Dong Thap Doan Tan Buu said that linkage between Ho Chi Minh City and 13 Mekong delta provinces and city for tourism growth is indispensable; however, the cooperation has not worked effectively for years. Determination to make breakthrough in tourism cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong delta region was manifested at the seminar organized in Ho Chi Minh before. Dong Thap leader believed the seminar as significant landmark for not only tourism development but also traffic … [Read more...] about HCMC, Mekong delta link to make breakthrough in tourism

A production line at Tien Thinh Production, Trading and Service Company Limited. Vietnamese enterprises need more opportunities to receive technology transfer from foreign investment activities.(Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese enterprises need more opportunities to get technology transfers from foreign investment activities and join ventures with foreign partners for sustainable development of the domestic industry. Technology is important in improving global competitiveness for local manufacturers in Vietnam, said BT Tee, General Director of Informa Markets Vietnam. The domestic industrial sector, which contributes 50 percent of national GDP, has a strategic position in the sustainable development of the domestic economy and attraction of foreign investment. Local enterprises must actively improve production scale and technology and connect with professional partners to develop the industry and participate in the global supply chain, said BT Tee. To do this, some … [Read more...] about Domestic industry needs technology transfer