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The second of three Asiatic cheetah cubs born in captivity in Iran has died in a blow to conservation efforts for the critically endangered subspecies, state media reported Wednesday. A critically endangered Asiatic cheetah is seen in its enclosure at Pardisan Park in the Iranian capital Tehran in 2017. Just a dozen individuals are believed to survive in the wild (AFP/ATTA KENARE) (ATTA KENARE) "The cause of death of the cub is being investigated and the result will be announced after the post mortem," environment department official Hassan Akbari told state news agency IRNA. The announcement came just two weeks after a first cub from the litter died. The cause of death was established as congenital malformation of the left lung, an environment department statement said. The cubs were born in the Touran Wildlife Refuge by caesarean section on May 1, in what the department said was the first birth of an Asiatic cheetah in captivity. The world's … [Read more...] about Second endangered cheetah cub dies in Iran: state media

National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ with Malaythong Kommasith, President of State Audit Organisation of Lao PDR. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — On the afternoon of May 16, in Vientiane, National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ met Malaythong Kommasith, President of State Audit Organisation of Lao PDR. The NA Chairman expressed his pleasure to meet Malaythong Kommasith, affirming his interest in the state audit industry as one who has extensive experience in the field. Malaythong Kommasith also expressed his honour to meet National Assembly Chairman Huệ, mentioning his appreciation for many important initiatives of Huệ while still holding the position of State Auditor General of Việt Nam, such as the rotating mechanism to organise meetings of audit agencies of CLV countries; putting many cooperation contents between the two State Auditing agencies of Việt Nam - Laos into the content of joint cooperation between the two Governments of Việt Nam - Laos; creating favourable conditions … [Read more...] about NA Chairman Huệ works with President of State Audit Organisation of Lao PDR

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính talks to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington DC on May 13 (US time). —VNA/VNS Photo WASHINGTON D.C — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on his  working visit to the US and the United Nations met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington D.C on May 13 morning (US time). The PM congratulated the US for its timely response to the COVID-19 pandemic and successfully bringing life back to normal, and thanked the US government and people for providing almost 40 million vaccine doses at a point of time when Việt Nam was in struggling. On bilateral relations, the PM stressed their special history. Going through upheavals, they have now achieved long and positive progress, in which the historical visit to the US seven years ago by Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng laid a firm foundation and created a basis for the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership to develop intensively and extensively, in the principle of respect to each … [Read more...] about Prime Minister meets US Secretary of State

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc visited Minh Đạo pagoda in HCM City on Saturday to offer greetings to Buddhist community and dignitaries on the occasion of the Buddha's birthday. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất HCM CITY — President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc visited Huệ Nghiêm and Minh Đạo pagodas in HCM City on Saturday on the occasion of Buddha’s 2,566th birthday, extending his greetings to local Buddhist dignitaries and followers. President Phúc affirmed that since Buddhism was introduced into Việt Nam, Buddha's birthday had been not just a sacred holiday for Buddhists nationwide, and but also a popular spiritual and cultural festival in Vietnamese society, bringing a message of love, solidarity, harmony and development. "The consistent policy of the Party and State regarding religions is to respect and ensure people's right to freedom of belief and religion, and create favourable conditions for dignitaries and followers of religions to perform their spiritual practice and fulfil their duties to … [Read more...] about State President, VFF leader congratulate Buddhists on Buddha’s birthday

Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue (R) shakes hands with Malaythong Kommasith, President of the State Audit Organisation of Laos. (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) - Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue received Malaythong Kommasith , President of the State Audit Organisation of Laos, in Vientiane on May 16 afternoon as part of his official visit to the neighbouring country. Hue expressed his pleasure to meet Malaythong, affirming his interest in the state audit sector as one who have many experience in the field. Malaythong also expressed his honour to meet with Hue, mentioning his appreciation for many important initiatives of the latter while still holding the position of State Auditor General of Vietnam, such as the rotating mechanism to organise meetings of audit agencies of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (CLV); putting many cooperation contents between the two state audit agencies of Vietnam and Laos into the content of … [Read more...] about NA Chairman receives President of State Audit Organisation, meets former leader of Laos

The Hanoi People’s Committee issued an official dispatch on a crackdown to prevent advertising content for betting, online gambling, and prostitution on state-run websites and portals. The move follows a request from the Ministry of Public Security, which discovered hundreds of state-run websites whose domain names end in gov.vn being disturbed by annoying advertisements for the aforementioned illegal services. The gov.vn domain signifies a website belong to organizations and agencies under the government of Vietnam. The Ministry of Public Security warned of a risk of network insecurity, threats to information safety, and an increase in crime on betting and gambling regarding the rampant state of the advertisements. The ministry thus requested a crackdown on the issue. In response to the request, the Hanoi People’s Committee ordered grassroots-level authorities and related units to review their websites and portals and deal with their existing security holes, if any, to … [Read more...] about Hanoi gets tough on state-run websites with gambling, prostitution ads

At the event in HCM City (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City will spare no efforts to translate its cooperation plans with the state of Victoria in Australia , Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Phan Van Mai said on May 16. He made the pledge while joining virtual talks with Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews and the signing ceremony of an agreement on friendship and cooperation between the city and Victoria. Speaking at the event, the HCM City official expressed his delight at the thriving Vietnam-Australia relations , viewing them as the cornerstone of sound cooperation between the Vietnamese southern economic hub and Australian localities, including Victoria state. He thanked Victoria’s authorities for supporting and working with HCM City to prepare for the signing ceremony, hoping that after the event, the two localities will join hands to carry out cooperation plans and programmes contributing to Vietnam-Australia ties in the coming time. … [Read more...] about HCM City bolsters cooperation with Australian state

The State Securities Commission of Vietnam has fined local conglomerate Hoang Anh Gia Lai VND3 billion (US$129,400) fine for failing to report the trade of its subsidiary’s stocks. Aside from the fine, the State Securities Commission has suspended Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) JSC from securities trading for five months. Previous reports showed that Hoang Anh Gia Lai Agricultural JSC, a subsidiary of HAGL, had used its HNG stocks to guarantee bond issuance of a member company at a credit institution. Due to the overdue interest on this bond, the credit institution sold 20 million HNG stocks on January 7 and another 5.4 million on January 10 on HAGL’s securities account to recover the debt. However, HAGL did not report in advance the trade of these stocks in accordance with regulations. Founded in 1993 by Doan Nguyen Duc, Hoang Anh Gia Lai JSC was originally named Hoang Anh Pleiku Private Enterprise, according to the firm’s website. Based in the Central Highlands province of Gia … [Read more...] about Vietnam State Securities Commission fines Hoang Anh Gia Lai for not reporting subsidiary’s stock trading

Deputy Finance Minister Nguyen Duc Chi (Photo: vtv.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc had assigned Deputy Finance Minister Nguyen Duc Chi to directly take the charge of the State Securities Commission (SSC) from May 19. In a dispatch to the SSC, Minister Phoc stated that Deputy Minister Chi will manage the commission during the consideration and completion of personnel for the commission. Earlier on May 18, the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission announced the inspection conclusions and Party disciplinary measures on the SSC Party Committee in the 2015-2020 tenure and relevant individuals. Right after that, the Ministry of Finance directed the SSC, stock exchanges, the Vietnam Securities Depository and relevant agencies to review and implement measures to remedy the violations and shortcomings. Specifically, the ministry dismissed Tran Van Dung from the position of the Chairman of the SSC, while giving a warning to Vu Bang, former … [Read more...] about Deputy Finance Minister Nguyen Duc Chi takes charge of State Securities Commission

He told the Vietnamese PM on the sidelines of the ASEAN-U.S. Special Summit on May 13 that he had fond memories of his two visits to Vietnam in 2015 and 2016. Overcoming the consequences of war is one of the top priorities in the bilateral relationship, and the U.S. would continue to coordinate closely with Vietnam for this, he assured. He also welcomed Vietnam's commitments at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference Summit and promised U.S. help to fulfill them. Chinh thanked the U.S. for providing nearly 40 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines through bilateral channels and the Covax mechanism when Vietnam was facing its most difficult time during the pandemic. The relationship between the two countries has a special history, and it has gone through many ups and downs but achieved many positives, including the visit of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to the U.S. seven years ago, he said. "The visit laid a solid foundation, created a basis for the development of … [Read more...] about US wishes for ‘strong, independent’ Vietnam: Secretary of State