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At the talks (Source: VNA) Phnom Penh (VNA) - Nhem Valy, Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Council of the Solidarity for the Development of Cambodian Motherland, has highly valued efforts made by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) in building a peaceful and friendship borderline between the two countries. Speaking at the talks between the two fronts’ delegations in Phnom Penh on May 31, Nhem Valy affirmed his country’s front also made contributions to the stability along the shared border between the two countries, and to implementing the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the fronts of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. According to the Cambodian official, the two fronts have worked with the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence to repair and upgrade the Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monuments in Cambodia. With the active assistance provided by the Vietnamese side, Cambodia has completed the upgrade and construction of the monument of this kind in 10 … [Read more...] about Vietnamese, Cambodian fronts boost cooperation

UNICEF's #StopBullying mission, announced Tuesday, aims to raise awareness of young people and engage them on how to develop solutions to end the problem. "Bullying is so common that it's viewed as almost ‘normal’, but it should never be. Bullying will eventually end if we all decide to stop it. Children should speak out and take action to support each other to end bullying," Choi said. Choi will visit Vietnam on October 2 to join the campaign, Louis Vigneault-Dubois, UNICEF Vietnam's Chief of Communication and Advocacy, said. The 33-year-old celebrity visited Vietnam in 2017 and 2018 to promote a three-year UNICEF project providing music lessons.  The project, funded by South Korean entertainment company SM Entertainment, has provided over 6,500 students in the central city of Da Nang and Central Highlands province of Kon Tum with music lessons, instruments and other classroom equipment. K-pop's international popularity fan has grown enormously in … [Read more...] about K-pop star campaigns against bullying in Vietnam

Deputy Tran Xuan Hung of Ha Nam province speaks at the plenary debate of the National Assembly on June 8 In the morning, after passing the Law on National Defence (revised), the NA engaged in lively discussion on the bill on Vietnam’s coast guard, with 20 deputies taking the floor and five others joining in the debate.  In response to some issues raised by the deputies, Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich gave explanations to clarify the issues.  In the afternoon, the NA approved the resolution on the law and ordinance building programme in 2019 and adjustments to the 2018 programme.  Then the draft Law on Cultivation was tabled for discussion.  Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong also took the floor to clarify some issues raised by the deputies during the debate.  The NA will not meet on June 9 and 10.  It will resume working on June 11, with the agenda for the day covering the draft law on amnesty (revised) and the … [Read more...] about NA’s working day on June 8 centres around law making

A man stands before automated immigration gates at Singapore's Changi Airport (Photo: AFP/VNA) Singapore (VNA) – Security clearance at all immigration checkpoints in Singapore will be fully automated with fingerprint, facial and iris scans by 2025, Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on November 13. Speaking at the Singapore FinTech Festival and Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology, he said it is part of the nation’s plan to harness artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to deliver social and economic benefits. Apart from border security, the other AI four projects of Singapore are in logistics, healthcare, education and estate management. According to the country’s Smart Nation and Digital Government Office, the five projects were chosen as they can deliver quick results, and have high social and economic impact. Using AI at the border checkpoints will mean a faster and more seamless experience for travellers to clear immigration … [Read more...] about Singapore to apply AI technology at all immigration checkpoints

Dutch Vice Minister of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality Marjolijn Sonnema (Source: VNA)    HCM City (VNA) – A seminar took place in Ho Chi Minh City on April 11 to discuss experience and form partnerships in cultivation between Vietnam and the Netherlands. Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said agriculture is important to Vietnam’s economy, with cultivation accounting for 75 percent of agricultural production value. Currently, there are seven home-grown produces that earn over 1 billion USD from exports each year. Four of them rake in 3 billion USD, including rice, coffee, fruit, and cashew nuts. The cultivation sector strives to achieve an annual growth of 2-2.5 percent in production value and export turnover of 22 billion USD by 2020. However, it faces intense competition with other sectors in terms of workforce and land. The farming scale remains sporadic with limited adoption of … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Netherlands share cultivation experience