Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list ofselected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- The Central Steering Committee for Corruption and NegativePhenomena Prevention and Control held the 24th session under the chair of PartyGeneral Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi on August 16.
The event reviewed the committee’s performance inthe first half of 2023 and the fight against corruption and negative phenomenasince the start of the Party’s 13th tenure, and identified focal tasks for theremaining months and beyond. Read full story
- Vietnam always attaches importance to Vietnam-Israel relations,Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told visiting Israeli Minister of Economy andIndustry Nir Barkat, who is also head of the Israel subcommittee of the Vietnam-Israel IntergovernmentalCommittee, in Hanoi on August 16.
He said that Vietnam consistently implements the foreign policyof independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification offoreign relations; be a good friend, a reliable partner of countries all overthe world, and an active and responsible member of the international community,for the goal of preserving an environment of peace, stability, cooperation anddevelopment in the region and in the world. Read full story
- The Central Steering Committee for Corruption and NegativePhenomena Prevention and Control held the 24th session under the chair of PartyGeneral Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi on August 16.
The event reviewed the committee’s performance inthe first half of 2023 and the fight against corruption and negative phenomenasince the start of the Party’s 13th tenure, and identified focal tasks for theremaining months and beyond. Read full story
- Vietnam always attaches importance to Vietnam-Israel relations,Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told visiting Israeli Minister of Economy andIndustry Nir Barkat, who is also head of the Israel subcommittee of the Vietnam-Israel IntergovernmentalCommittee, in Hanoi on August 16.
He said that Vietnam consistently implements the foreign policyof independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification offoreign relations; be a good friend, a reliable partner of countries all overthe world, and an active and responsible member of the international community,for the goal of preserving an environment of peace, stability, cooperation anddevelopment in the region and in the world. Read full story
Some textbooks of the new general education programme (Photo: VietnamPlus) The 11th-tenure Party Central Committee’sResolution No 29-NQ/TW, dated November 4, 2013 covers comprehensive reform ofeducation and training to meet the demand of industrialisation andmodernisation in the socialist-oriented market economy and internationalintegration. Along with this, the National Assembly’s Resolution No88/2014/QH13, dated November 28, 2014, and Resolution No 51/2017/QH14, datedNovember 21, 2017, on the same topic suggests the education sector stakeholdersmust actively prepare resources, with special attention to textbook andteacher-related issues. Read full story
- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang attended the openingceremony of the 7th China – South Asia Expo (CAS Expo) and the 27th ChinaKunming Import and Export Commodities Fair in Kunming, the capital of China’sYunnan province, on August 16.
In his remarks at the event, Deputy PM Quang spokehighly of the role of the two fairs in supporting the Southeast and South Asianbusiness communities to seek investment cooperation opportunities, strengthentrade exchange, promote production and business and gradually revive theeconomy after the COVID-19 pandemic. Read full story
- The Department of Science and Technology of the CentralHighlands Kon Tum province has granted its very first geographical indicationcertificates for Ngoc Linh ginseng products of two local companies.
Accordingly, the Ngoc Linh Kontum Ginseng JointStocks Company has been granted the "Ngoc Linh" certificate for10,000 ginseng roots aged over 10 years in Mang Ri commune, Tu Mo Rong district. Read full story
- The Vietnam - Israel Inter-Governmental Committee oncooperation in economy, science - technology and other fields convened thethird meeting in Hanoi on August 16.
The event took place under the chair of theVietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat and IsraeliMinister of Economy and Industry Nir Barkat. Read full story
- The Indian Embassy in Vietnam held a ceremony marking the76th anniversary of the Indian Independence Day (August 15, 1947 - 2023) inHanoi on August 16.
Offering congratulations to the Indian Governmentand people on the anniversary, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son saidIndia has made miraculous development strides to become the world's fifthlargest economy and one of the powerful countries in terms of military, science- technique, information technology, biology, and medicine. It is alsoincreasingly affirming its major role in the international arena. Read full story
- An exchange was held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 16,gathering representatives of Lao and Cambodian families whose children areadopted by Vietnamese families, and representatives of those Vietnamesefamilies.
In her remarks, President of the municipal VietnamFatherland Front Committee Tran Kim Yen emphasised that the traditionalfriendship among Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia has been nurtured by generationsof the three countries’ leaders and people and become solid stepping stones forthem to stand side by side with one another to promote national development ineach country and their special neighbourliness and friendship. Read full story
- Posco Yamato Vina Steel Joint Stock Company has becomethe first steel maker in Vietnam officially granted the international EPD(Environmental Product Declaration) certificate.
It obtained the certificate for completing theprovision of EPD environmental product declaration documents on theinternational EPD system./. Read full story
It obtained the certificate for completing theprovision of EPD environmental product declaration documents on theinternational EPD system./. Read full story
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