Online electioneering helps protect the community amid the Covid-19 pandemic and remains an effective communication channel between voters and candidates ahead of the general elections. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong and other candidates standing for the 15 th National Assembly election [term 2021-2026] under Hanoi’s constituency No.1 on May 8 carried out online electioneering. Overview of the online electioneering. Photo: Kinhtedothi The online event was streamlined from the headquarter of Ba Dinh district People’s Council to 53 wards under three districts of Ba Dinh, Dong Da and Hai Ba Trung with the participation of over 2,400 voters. Meanwhile, those joined the face-to-face meeting were required to strictly comply with anti-Covid-19 measures by using hand sanitizers, keeping safe distance, wearing face masks and declaring health information. “Amid the serious Covid-19 situation in Hanoi, the local …
HCMC’s leaders praises local community- based monitoring model amidst pandemic
Vice secretaries of the municipal Party Committee, Nguyen Thi Le (L) and Nguyen Ho Hai visit people and the security forces in the blocked sites and bule zones in Cu Chi and Tan Binh districts amid restrictions on social distance. (Photo: SGGP) Vice Secretary of the City Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai sent his good wishes of health to the local people and presented essentials goods to needy individulas in the Ward 15’s quarter 1 and the Ward 13’s quarter 6 in Tan Binh District. Vice Secretary of the City Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai (R) visits the local people in Tan Binh District. The delegation also offered medical items to the security force of control stations in the blue zones. In the visit to the quarter 1 in Ward 15, Mr. Hai highly appreciated the public high awareness on protecting their quarters during the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr. Nguyen Ho Hai presents essential goods to a needy household. According to head of the quarter 1 Nguyen Van Phu, the …
US Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Vietnam
US Vice President Kamala Harris (Photo: AFP/VNA) The trip aims to "strengthen relationships and expand economic cooperation with two critical Indo-Pacific partners of the United States,” her spokeswoman Symone Sanders said in a statement. Sanders said Washington has a "top priority to rebuild our global partnerships and keep our nation secure, and this upcoming visit continues that work -- deepening our engagement in Southeast Asia." During the trip, the Vice President will engage the leaders of both governments on issues of mutual interest, including regional security, the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and joint efforts to promote a rules-based international order, she added. Vietnamplus …
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General Nam receives Commanding General of US Marine Corps Forces Pacific
At the meeting, the guest briefed the host on the functions and missions of the US Marine Corps forces in the Pacific region. He highly appreciated the positive outcomes of bilateral cooperation between US Marine Corps Pacific and the Vietnam Navy over the past time. General D. Berger said that his visit this time aimed to seek approaches to expand the bilateral cooperation, and affirmed that he would spare no effort to deepen bilateral defense cooperation between the US and Vietnam in the future. For his part, General Nam said that the bilateral defense cooperation between the two countries have seen a number of positive outcomes in line with the development of the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Partnership. Over the past time, the two sides strengthened bilateral defense cooperation in exchange of delegations at all levels, personnel training, maritime security, humanitarian relief, UN peacekeeping operations and overcoming the aftermaths of war, on the basis of equality, mutual …
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Vietnam, the US to bolster defense cooperation in line with signed deals
On August 8 morning, an official reception for the Vietnamese Defense Minister and the visiting delegation was held at the US Defense Department Headquarters. At the bilateral talks held after the reception, the two defense ministers hailed the fruitful results of bilateral cooperation in the past time within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding on Advancing Bilateral Defense Cooperation and Joint Vision Statement on Defense Relations, in which the two sides focus on delegation exchange; personnel training cooperation; consultation and dialogue; maritime security; search, rescue and disaster relief; cooperation on overcoming the aftermath of war, including clearing bombs, mines and explosives left by the war, cleaning dioxin-contaminated soil and searching servicemen missing in action; and cooperation on preparing personnel for UN peacekeeping operations. The two sides believed that good results of bilateral defense cooperation over the past time have promoted mutual …
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Vietnamese, Cambodian police enhance ties amidst COVID-19
At the hand-over ceremony (Photo: VNA) Dak Nong (VNA) – Police of the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on July 30 presented gifts and medical supplies worth 100 million VND (4,300 USD) to help their counterpart in Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province fight COVID-19. The hand-over ceremony was held at a border marker along the Vietnam-Cambodia border in Tuy Duc district. Colonel Bui Quang Thanh, Director of Dak Nong’s Police, suggested the two sides work harder to guarantee security and order along the border, thus tightening the friendship between the two provinces as well as the fine neighbourliness between Vietnam and Cambodia . Lauding cooperation between the forces of the two provinces over the past time, Thanh expressed his hope that the relationship will be lifted to a new high in the time ahead. Lieutenant-General Lao Sokha, Director of Mondulkiri’s Police, thanked his Vietnam ese colleagues for their sentiments and timely, practical support which, he …
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India seeks to pour $500-mln into Vietnam pharmaceutical hub
The idea of setting up the pharmaceutical industrial park was launched during recent trade and investment promotion sessions for the pharmaceutical industry organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in India, according to the local Vietnam Trade Office. Vietnamese Ambassador to India Pham Sanh Chau said construction of the pharmaceutical industrial park would open an opportunity to welcome large pharmaceutical giants for long-term investment, helping Vietnam reduce dependence on traditional pharmaceutical supplies and diversify production chains. It is estimated the industrial park would create jobs for 50,000 direct and 200,000 indirect workers, earning export revenue of about $5 billion per year. Leaders of localities in Da Nang and Thua Thien-Hue in central Vietnam, Long An in southern Vietnam, and Hai Duong, Bac Ninh, and Thai Nguyen in the north have discussed land rent, geographical location, transport infrastructure and investment incentive mechanisms with Indian investors. …
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Actions urged to benefit from future ICT prospects
Nguyen Manh Hung Minister of Information and Communications Telecommunications revenues rose 5 per cent, mainly attributed to mobile broadband (up 14 per cent) and fixed broadband (up 8 per cent). However, phones and texting strongly fell at 11 per cent. Therefore, to enable high growth, we cannot rely on only traditional spaces – we need new spaces for development. This means an extension of telecommunications concepts and business if we want to grow over 10 per cent. The broadband rate, both mobile and fixed, rose 35 per cent but the national international ranking remains in the top 60. Thus, mobile network operators have to pay more due attention to service quality. Our target is to be in the top 30. The ministry has completed a measurement system on service quality and will measure and announce on the quarterly basis. There are some important issues to be focused on from now to the end of the year. First is completing digital technology platforms to serve COVID-19 …
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Vietnam chairs meeting of Group of Friends on 1982 UNCLOS
On July 21 (New York time), the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations (UN) hosted an online meeting of the Group of Friends on the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). At the online meeting of UNCLOS Friends Group. The theme of this meeting highlights the importance of the UNCLOS in carrying out UN Sustainable Development Goal No 14 on the conservation and sustainable use of seas and oceans (SDG 14). The event featured the participation of ambassadors, delegation heads and representatives of more than 120 UN member states. Upon addressing the event, Malcolm Evans, British Professor of Public International Law at Bristol University said that UNCLOS, the "Charter of the Oceans", is the framework that governs all activities at seas and oceans, ensuring a balance between the need to exploit resources from the sea, and the freedom and the governance of the sea that serves common interests. Dispute settlement mechanism established under the …
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Sacombank makes $73.4m profits from selling treasury stocks
Nguyễn Đức Thạch Diễm, a member of the board of directors and CEO of Sacombank. — Photo courtesy of the bank HCM CITY — Sacombank sold out all 81.56 million treasury shares (equivalent to 4.33 per cent of its charter capital) on the stock market on July 27 for more than VNĐ2.438 trillion (US$106.2 million), earning a profit of VNĐ1.684 trillion ($73.4 million). It was one more important mandatory task in its restructuring approved by the State Bank of Vietnam after the merger. Nguyễn Đức Thạch Diễm, a member of the board of directors and CEO of the bank, said, “After handling Sacombank's treasury shares, we have completed one of the objectives of the restructuring project, contributing to increasing liquidity, increasing the efficiency of capital use as well as improving the capital adequacy ratio for the bank.” Sacombank is making unrelenting efforts to soon accomplish the restructing project’s objectives to regain its position in the market and get approval to pay dividends …
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