Events

HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee held a New Year gathering with foreign representative agencies on January 15 to help strengthen the city’s friendship and cooperation with international friends. The event was attended by Politburo member and Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan, heads of countries’ consulates and their spouses, along with representatives of the offices of international organisations, foreign economic-trade-cultural offices, business associations and non-governmental organisations. In his speech, Chairman of the People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong attributed local socio-economic achievements in 2019 partly to the support by foreign businesses, organisations, friends and partners. Mentioning the city’s development directions, he said HCM City will promote cooperation with localities of the countries having important partnerships with Vietnam. Its cooperation agreements will be … [Read more...] about HCM City’s leaders meet with foreign representative agencies

New York (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN), on January 15 presided over a meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) which looked into issues regarding Mali’s political and security situation. At the meeting, UN Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre LaCroix presented the UN Secretary General’s report on the political and security in Mali and the operation of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission (MINUSMA) in the country. According to the report, the situation in Mali has worsened, especially in its northern and central regions. The increased violent and terrorist activities against innocent residents, the government’s army and UN peacekeepers at MINUSMA have killed and injured many people, and made hundreds of thousands of others homeless. About 1,000 schools have been closed and children have to stop going to school due to such … [Read more...] about Vietnamese ambassador presides over UNSC meeting on Mali’s situation

The ERIA is set to coordinate with the Vietnamese side to organise a roundtable meeting with editors in Hanoi this October. Over the last 10 years, it has organised similar events in the countries holding the ASEAN chairmanship to improve local press agencies’ knowledge of ASEAN-related issues. … [Read more...] about Discussion highlights noteworthy issues of Vietnam’s ASEAN chairmanship

The report finds the uneven development of transport infrastructure across the country, capacity bottlenecks at major gateways, and a major imbalance in supply and demand. The country’s trade flows are concentrated at one quarter of total border gates—two airports, five seaports and five border-crossing points—which collectively handled 86 percent the value of total trade in 2016. As trade grows, so does congestion around these international gateways and border-crossing points. … [Read more...] about Connectivity is key to Vietnam’s deeper integration

Hanoi (VNA) – A funeral was held in Hanoi on January 16 for the three police officers who died a week ago while performing their duty of ensuring order and security for building protective walls around the Mieu Mon airport in Dong Tam commune, Hanoi’s suburban district of My Duc. Attending the event were Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission Truong Thi Mai, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man, and Minister of Public Security To Lam. Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan sent wreaths to the funeral. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc wrote in the funeral book that the three are brave officers who sacrificed their lives to safeguard national security and safety for the society and the country. The disturbance erupted in the … [Read more...] about Funeral held for three police officers who died in Dong Tam disturbance