– President Vo Van Thuong on January 20 evening attended the“Spring in border areas warms people’s hearts” programme in Ha Tien city, thesouthern province of Kien Giang.
President Vo Van Thuong (centre) gives Tet gifts to people in the southern province of Kien Giang. (Photo: VNA) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse, and thehigh-ranking delegation of Vietnam visited Prahova county on January 21 as partof his official visit to Romania.
PM Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting with officials of Prahova and the Romanian county's Chamber of Commerce and Industry on January 21. (Photo: VNA) – Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue had a workingsession with the standing board of the Party Committee of the northern provinceof Thai Binh on January 20.
At the event, the top legislator commended thelocal Party Committee, authority and people on the achievement that they havecarved out across economy, society, defence, security, Party building, andsocial welfare, among others, creating the momentum for the province to developstronger in the time ahead.Read full text
– Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan emphasised the importance ofsolidarity in a divided world while addressing a plenary session of the 19thSummit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Kampala capital of Uganda onJanuary 20.
Vice President of Vietnam Vo Thi Anh Xuan speaks at a plenary session of the 19th NAM Summit in Kampala, Uganda, on January 20. (Photo: VNA) – The Vietnamese community in Germany are delighted at thecoming state visit to Vietnam by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said Prof.Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thinh, head of the research group at TU Dortmund University andStanding Vice Chairman of the federation of Vietnamese people associations inthe European nation.
Talking to the Vietnam News Agency ahead of astate visit on January 23 - 24, Thinh considered the trip as an importantmilestone in bilateral relations, a demonstration of continuous successes ofVietnam’s “bamboo diplomacy” and stature in the international arena, and alsoan affirmation by the German Government that Vietnam is a strategic partnerwith a new standing.Read full text
– The People’s Court of Dak Lak on January 20sentenced ten defendants to life imprisonment on the charge of terrorism in thetrial of the case of “terrorism aimed at opposing the people’s administration,terrorism, organising illegal exit or entry for others, and harbouringcriminals” that occurred in Cu Kuin district in the Central Highlands provinceon June 11 last year.
A total of 100 defendants were brought tocourt in connection with the case. Read full text
–Vietnam is the destination with the highest number of business class bookings,followed by Thailand and Japan, according to data from Gmarket’s analysis of2023 airline ticket sales in the Republic of Korea (RoK) market.
Gmarket's Data released on January 19 showed thata major e-commerce platform in the RoK, the number of purchases of premiumairline tickets such as business class tickets increased significantly lastyear as demand for overseas travel increased after the COVID-19 pandemic.Specifically, the number of business class flight bookings increased by 254% in2023, 3.5 times higher than in 2022.Read full text/.
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