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Prague (VNA) – The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) will lead Vietnam to new successes, with the successful organisation of the 13th National Party Congress and the approval of orientations for a new period, said Leo Luzar, President of the Czech Republic-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group. Talking to Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Prague, Luzar, who is a member of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM), said that the CPV’s 13th congress is a big event drawing attention of the Czech Republic in general and the KSČM in particular. According to him, over the past years, the CPV has set forth sound guidelines and statutes to lead the country, thus bringing about a better life for all people, especially the poor. The KSČM has kept a close watch on the Southeast Asian country’s economic development in recent years, he stated, adding that Vietnam has developed rapidly and sustainably and local people’s trust in the … [Read more...] about Czech parliamentarian believes CPV to lead Vietnam to new successes

HCM City (VNA) - The Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (SPS Vietnam Office) has expressed the country’s concern over Brazil’s application of regulations that go beyond international practices on shrimp and tra fish imported from Vietnam. SPS Vietnam has asked the country’s permanent mission to the UN, the WTO, and other international organisations in Geneva to liaise with Brazil’s permanent mission to the WTO to convey Vietnam’s concern. Deputy Director of SPS Vietnam Ngo Xuan Nam said the office proposed online bilateral meetings be held to discuss the issue and that necessary procedures be conducted to include Vietnam’s concern on the agenda of the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures’ March session. Regarding Brazil’s rules on fish and shrimp imports that do not match international practices, Ngo Hong Phong, Deputy Director of the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality … [Read more...] about Vietnam concerned about Brazil’s rules on aquatic imports

Cambodian people flee the country under the Khmer Rouge regime to seek shelter in Việt Nam along the National Road 22 in the southern province of Tây Ninh. — VNA/VNS Photo Xuân Bân A pair of Vietnamese soldiers and a Cambodian soldier stationed outside Angkor Wat temple in July, 1982. — VNA/VNS Photo Quang Thành The mass grave of innocent people murdered by Khmer Rouge at Choeung Ek, the largest out of 100 ’killing fields’ across Cambodia, lying 17km south of Phnom Penh. — VNA/VNS Photo Thế Trung … [Read more...] about The war in Cambodia was a ’war of justice’: Vietnamese General

Nga added that the social issues surrounding the safety of women and children remain complicated. Employment challenges amid the Fourth Industrial Revolution, climate change, environment pollution, livelihoods, labour migration, and crime related to women and children are increasingly complex. Women nationwide expect that the Congress will issue sound policies of strategic significance to improve the country’s stature in the international arena, and deal with issues being faced by women and children, and social welfare policies to create favourable conditions for them to contribute to the country, she said./. … [Read more...] about Women union leader: Women contributing to national development

ADB show optimism toward Vietnam’s inflation control capacity as it forecasts that the country’s inflation rate will stay the same as 2018 at 3.5% and slightly increase to 3.8% in 2020. ADB also acknowledged that the recent fuel and electricity price hikes may not greatly impact to inflation in long-term. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s economy retains strong growth momentum: ADB