Federal open market committee meeting

Hanoi (VNA) – In the face of complex developments of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV), Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired an urgent meeting with officials of relevant ministries and sectors in Hanoi on January 27 to discuss countermeasures. The Government leader pointed out that Vietnam faces high risks of being affected by this dangerous and rapidly spreading disease, against which there hasn’t been a vaccine, since it is a popular destination of Chinese tourists and shares a long borderline with China. He requested that relevant agencies, sectors and localities must not be subjective or underestimate the disease so as to ensure the ultimate goal of protecting people’s health and lives, curb the virus from spreading on a large scale, and minimise deaths from this disease. He told them to prevent fears in the public as well as discrimination against patients or people of foreign nationalities. “Fighting the nCoV-caused … [Read more...] about Fighting nCoV like fighting enemy: PM

The Vietnam-Eastern Europe Trade Forum is designed to bolster Vietnam’s exports to Eastern Europe in the time to come. (Photo: moit.gov.vn) At the event, Vuong said Eastern Europe has been an important export market of Vietnam. The two sides set up institutions and solid legal frameworks to foster bilateral cooperation over the time, including 14 inter-governmental committees, the Vietnam-Poland economic cooperation consultation mechanism, and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)-Vietnam free trade agreement (FTA). … [Read more...] about Forum looks to bolster Vietnam-Eastern Europe trade

Besides, the department has asked them to seriously abide by provisions and advisories by the Ministry of Health and relevant authorities on the prevention of the spread of the virus. Earlier, tourism authorities of China’s Yunnan province sent a notice to Vietnamese tourism companies, asking them to suspend entry and exit for tourists at the province’s Hekou border gate from January 26. Sympathies extended to China over acute respiratory illness … [Read more...] about Fighting against nCoV like fighting against enemies: PM

“I have read extensively on the Dien Bien Phu battle, but always yearned to seek the truth. I came here and found the truth I’ve been searching for. Some 444 people—mostly the elderly, women, and children—of Noong Nhai village were burned by the French troops,” he recalled. … [Read more...] about The golden-hearted Aussie of Vietnam’s historical Dien Bien Province

Present at the gathering were Lieutenant General Dang Quan Thuy, former Vice-Chairman of the National Assembly; Lieutenant General Nguyen Huu Kham, former Vice-Chief-of-the-General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Head of the Division 316’s Liaison Committee; as well as generations of the division. … [Read more...] about Veterans of Division 316 gather in Hanoi