– A seminar on President Ho Chi Minh andCommander-in-Chief Fidel Castro’s contributions to fraternal ties betweenVietnam and Cuba recently took place in Havana, as part of the ongoingvisit by head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information andEducation Nguyen Trong Nghia from August 22-24.
Speaking at the event, Nghia said the speechesby Director of the Military History Research Centre José M. Cereijo Torres andformer Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Fredesmán Turro González have highlightedthe profound significance and noble values in the revolutionary thoughts of thetwo Vietnamese and Cuban leaders. Read full story
– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 24chaired a Government law-building session during which participants discussedthe draft Capital Law (revised); the draft Law on Road Traffic Order Safety;the draft Road Traffic Law; and the draft Law on Defence Industry, IndustrySecurity and Encouragement.
Opening the session, PM Chinh said thatinstitution building is one of the three strategic breakthroughs that theGovernment is focusing on. Read full story
- A Vietnamese delegation, led by Khuat Duy LeMinh, deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ department ofinternational law and treaties, participated in the 32nd workshop on managingpotential conflict in the East Sea held in Banten province, Indonesia, onAugust 24.
Vietnam contributed to the function threepresentations on managing coral reefs in the country, studying sea waves in theGulf of Tonkin, and the agreement on the conservation and sustainable use ofmarine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction in theframework of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Read full story
- A seminar between Vietnamese and Chineseyoung coast guard officers took place in Hanoi on August 24, as part of thethird edition of their 2023 exchange programme.
At the event, they discussed political andideological work in maritime law enforcement, and marine environment protectionin a question-and-answer format to share experience and effective measures. Read full story
– Vietnam has taken actions to effectivelyimplement the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or DegradingTreatment or Punishment (CAT), with achievements recognised and hailed by theinternational community, according to the Ministry of Information andCommunications (MIC).
Speaking at the MIC conference to provideinformation about Vietnam’s human rights work to the media on August 24,Colonel Tran Nguyen Quan, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Public Security’sDepartment of Legal Affairs, and Judicial and Administrative Reform, said thatprojects on disseminating the convention and Vietnam's laws on tortureprevention and control, issued by the Prime Minister, ministries, sectors and63 localities, have been built and carried out across the nation. Read full story
– The second meeting of the Vietnam-UK FreeTrade Agreement (UKVFTA) Trade Committee took place in Hanoi on August 24 underthe co-chair of Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thangand British Minister of State for International Trade Nigel Huddleston.
Participants listened to reports on outcomes ofmeetings of professional committees that were held earlier. Read full story
– The Canadian Embassy in Hanoi held a ceremonyon August 24 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam-Canadadiplomatic relations (1973 - 2023), featuring cultural performances and anexhibition showcasing Canadian products in Vietnam.
At the ceremony, representing the Government ofVietnam, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan affirmed that Vietnam highly valuesits relationship with Canada and wants the ties to be further strengthened in afriendly, cooperative, stable, long-lasting, and mutually beneficial manner,contributing to peace, stability, cooperation, and development in the regionand the world. Read full story./.
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