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Reporter : At the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue hosted by Singapore, Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang delivered a speech entitled “Strengthening defense capacity to safeguard the Fatherland.” Which messages did the speech, which attracted the attention of the dialogue’s delegates and received high appreciation from the public, convey, Colonel? Senior Colonel Duong Quy Nam : After a two-year hiatus due to the complicated developments of COVID-19, the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue was held on the largest scale in recent years. The dialogue attracted some 500 delegates who were governmental officials, defense-security officials, diplomats, defense-security experts from over 40 countries and territories worldwide. At the plenary session named “Military modernization and new defense capabilities,” Vietnamese Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang delivered a speech under the theme “Strengthening defense capacity to safeguard the Fatherland.” As a member of the delegation of the … [Read more...] about Part 2: Message of peace boosts strategic trust

Supporting businesses According to Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Planning and Investment, the city currently has more than 32,344 enterprises of different scales. The city plans to support more than 1,600 businesses in digital transformation as a transition to a large-scale transformation process in the city. Chairman of the Digital Transformation Alliance for Small and Medium Enterprises (DTS) Truong Gia Bao assessed that digital transformation in industrial production will help businesses maximize their revenue, reduce costs, improve product quality and increase flexibility. The Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority Business Association (HBA), the BambuUP innovation platform and DTS recently launched the Digital Business Development Program - Go Digital - to support digital transformation and innovation in Ho Chi Minh City in 2022. Enterprises enhance digital transformation applications The program will help businesses select … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City promotes digital transformation in businesses

Under the theme “Solidarity for harmonized security,” ADMM-16 saw the presence of defense ministers and defense officials of 10 ASEAN member states, and ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi. In his opening remarks, Cambodian Minister of National Defense Tea Banh, who is also Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia and ADMM Chair, thanked ASEAN member states for their support and assistance to the country in its ASEAN Chairmanship Year and in organizing this meeting in an offline format after two years of being held virtually due to the heavy impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cambodian defense chief emphasized that ASEAN needs to unite to uphold strength and self-reliance in the context of facing many challenges such as competition among major powers, transnational crime, terrorism, security, climate change, and diseases. Cambodian Minister of National Defense Tea Banh said that since their inception, ADMM and ADMM+ have played an important role in consulting and promoting defense … [Read more...] about Defense Minister attends 16th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting

The People’s Army Newspaper would like to introduce the full interview with Prof. Carl Thayer. Reporter: General Giang highlighted in his speech that Vietnam modernizes its military to protect the Fatherland only. What is your opinion? Can you give examples for that? Prof. Carl Thayer: Vietnam has been modernizing its military since the mid-1990s with priority on the navy and air defense - air force. Vietnam has also consistently allocated about 2 percent of its GDP to the defense budget. In other words, Vietnam’s military modernization process is not new. Over a quarter century Vietnam has acquired patrol boats, missile fast attack craft, Gepard-frigates, Kilo-class conventional submarines, Su-27 and Su-30 modern jet aircraft, Bastion coastal defense missiles, and surface to air, air-to-air, and anti-ship missiles. The number and armament of these platforms are sufficient for protecting Vietnam’s national interests in defending itself and protecting sovereignty of its … [Read more...] about Part 3: Transparency and strategic-trust building enhanced

At the meeting She made the state at a today meeting on the housing development program for the period 2016-2025 with the participation of Chairwoman of the People's Council Nguyen Thi Le and Chairman of the People's Committee Phan Van Mai. Speaking at the meeting, Director of the Department of Construction Tran Hoang Quan said that from 2016 to 2020, the floor area of the city increased by 53.7 million square meters. Self-built houses play the main role with an increase of 38.5 million square meters of floor space while commercial housing accounted for the second largest proportion, reaching 13.98 million square meters of floor and social housing increased by 1.23 million square meters of floor space. Regarding social housing, in the 2016-2020 period, Ho Chi Minh City completed and put into use 19 projects, with 1.23 million square meters of floor space, reaching 69.2 percent of the set target. In the first quarter of 2022, a social housing project has been completed and put … [Read more...] about HCMC reviews land fund for construction of worker accommodation, social housing

Although decades have passed by, the significance of the victory will forever remain in the minds of the Vietnamese and Cambodian people as well as people around the globe. “Second father” Growing up in the time when Cambodia was facing an unprecedented genocidal disaster in human history, Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam Chay Navuth saw mass graves when he followed his families to flee from the country. Those mass graves were evidence for the heinous crimes of Pol Pot force. The diplomat’s father was also a victim of the disaster as he was killed by the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. “Without the support of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers, the Cambodian people, including me, could not have survived,” said Ambassador Chay Navuth. According to the ambassador, his families planned to go to Prey Veng province before fleeing to Dong Thap province of Vietnam, hoping to escape from the brutal “Angkar.” However, on learning that the Vietnamese volunteer troops entered Cambodia, his … [Read more...] about Part 3: Deep sentiment

State President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc presents President Hồ Chí Minh's portraits as gifts to officials and workers in the oil and gas sector with outstanding performance in a meeting held on Saturday in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất HÀ NỘI — State President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Saturday met 70 officials and workers in the oil and gas sector who stood out in the good and creative labour emulation movement in the 2017-22 period. Despite numerous difficulties in the period, the State-owned Việt Nam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has had over 2,800 initiatives and solutions applied in reality, which have produced a total estimated profit of over US$500 million. The leader said the group, with its over 60,000 workers, has become an economic-technological spearhead that helps ensure sufficient supply of fuel to economic sectors and plays an important role in realising the sea strategy and safeguarding national sovereignty at sea. Affirming that the participants at … [Read more...] about State leader praises outstanding workers in oil, gas sector