- Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and visiting AustralianGovernor-General David Hurley spoke of the building of a new cooperationframework during their meeting in Hanoi on April 4.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and visiting Australian Governor-General David Hurley (Photo: VNA) - Australian Governor-General David Hurley praised the Vietnamese blue beretforce’s contributions and stressed the meaning of the Vietnam-Australiacooperation in the UN's peacekeeping mission when he and President Vo VanThuong visited the headquarters of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operationsin Hanoi on April 4. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chinese Premier Li Qiang agreed oncooperation orientations between the two countries in the time ahead, duringtheir phone talks on April 4.
The leaders consented to step up exchanges, coordination and efforts to advancethe bilateral relations to a new development period, pledging to will directministries and localities in their respective countries to realise major commonperceptions reached by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and PartyGeneral Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping, particularly the jointstatement on continuing to enhance and deepen the Vietnam-China comprehensivestrategic cooperative partnership issued in November 2022. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking Government delegation ofVietnam arrived in Vientiane on April 4 evening to attend the fourthMekong River Commission (MRC) Summit slated for the next day.
He is scheduled to deliver an important speech at the summit’s plenary session,and hold bilateral and multilateral meetings with officials from MRC member states. Read full story
- Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanhsuggested the Mekong River Commission (MRC) focus on practical measures toprotect the legitimate rights and interests of residents who live on the river’swater resources, while addressing a ministers’ meeting in Vientiane, Laos, onApril 4.
The meeting took place in preparation for the 4th MRC Summit with theattendance of representatives from member countries, namely Cambodia, Laos,Thailand and Vietnam, the dialogue partners of China and Myanmar, developmentpartners, and regional and international organisations. Read full story
- Vietnam attaches importance to and prioritises strengthening relations withCambodia for the benefit of the two peoples, stated National Assembly (NA)Standing Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man while receiving Secretary General of theSenate of Cambodia Oum Sarith in Hanoi on April 4.
The Vietnamese NA highly appreciates Cambodia’s chairmanship of the ASEAN andASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) last year, which made positivecontributions to the process of building a peaceful, stable, and prosperousASEAN Community, Man said. He wished that the country will successfully hostthe 32nd Southeast Asian Games in May. Read full story
- Vietnam considers the World Bank a topdevelopment partner, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang said in his receptionfor Country Director for WB Vietnam Carolyn Turk in Hanoi on April 4.
Quang appreciated the WB’s support for Vietnam through preferential loansamounting to 25 billion USD so far along with technical assistance and policyconsultancy, which positively contributed to Vietnam’s socio-economicdevelopment since 1993 to now. Read full story
- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang hosted Chair of the European Parliament(EP)'s Subcommittee on Human Rights Udo Bullmann in Hanoi on April 4.
Atthe meeting, the two sides affirmed the importance of Vietnam-EU comprehensivepartnership and cooperation; and assessed that the relationship in general aswell as the ties between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the EP inparticular have developed positively in recent years. Read full story
- Delegates looked into Vietnam’s current situation and prospects at a recentworkshop held by the Italian Communist Party (ICP) and the Italy-VietnamFriendship Association (IVFA) in the Italian city of Milan.
The event saw the attendance of ICP General Secretary Mauro Alboresi,Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Duong Hai Hung, President of the IVFA in theVeneto region Renato Darsiè, many ICP members and Italian friends. Read full story
- Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Vietnam Electricity NorthernPower Corporation's (EVNNPC) long-term foreign-currency issuer default ratingat 'BB' with a positive outlook.
The rating reflects EVNNPC's 'bb' Standalone Credit Profile (SCP), which isassessed at the same level as that on the parent, Vietnam Electricity (EVN,BB/Positive), especially in the context of both EVN and EVNNPC facing a host ofdifficulties and challenges in balancing their finance last year. Read full story
- A forum that aims to connect technology researchers, developers, and scienceand technology management agencies of Vietnam, with Laos’ government agenciesand businesses opened in Vientiane on April 4.
The Tech-Innovation Vietnam-Laos 2023 forum was jointly held by the VietnameseMinistry of Science and Technology (MoST) and the Lao Ministry of Technologyand Communications. Read full story
- The central province of Quang Tri has the highest rate of mine and bombpollution in Vietnam with 81% of the province’s total land area littered withdangerous ordnance of this kind.
Since 1975, bombs and mines remaining after the war in the province have leftmore than 3,430 people dead and 5,100 injured, and about 31% of the victims arechildren, according to Quang Tri Mine Action Centre. Read full story
- A Japanese pottery exhibition themed “Yakishime - Earth Metamorphosis”opened at the Vietnam National Fine ArtsMuseum in Hanoi on April 4.
The exhibition jointly organised by the Japan Foundation Center for CulturalExchange in Vietnam and the museum is among the activities to celebratethe 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnam-Japan diplomaticrelationship. Read full story./.
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