- President Vo Van Thuong held talks with visiting German PresidentFrank-Walter Steinmeier in Hanoi on January 23 following a welcome ceremonyfeaturing a resounding 21-gun salute.
Both leaders expressed satisfaction with the robust development of theVietnam-Germany relationship over the past nearly five decades, particularlyafter they established a strategic partnership. Read full story
- Phan Thi Thanh Tam, the spouse of President Vo Van Thuong and ElkeBüdenbender, the spouse of the German President enjoyed a traditional waterpuppetry performance at Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiemdistrict on January 23 afternoon.
The two ladies immersed themselves in a diverse array of performances featuringiconic characters, dynamic dragon dances, and serene depictions of rural life. Read full story
- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang gave a reception in Hanoi on January 23for Governor of Fukuoka Hattori Seitarom, during which the hosthighlighted the growing relations between Vietnam and Japan as well as betweenVietnam and the prefecture in particular.
The Deputy PM expressed his belief that the two countries will have substantivecooperation activities to deepen the Vietnam-Japan comprehensive strategicpartnership for peace and prosperity in Asia and the world. Read full story
- Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and headof its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung led a CPV delegation toRussia for a working trip from January 20-23.
The delegation held meetings and working sessions with Deputy Prime MinisterDmitry Chernyshenko who is also co-chair of the Vietnam-RussiaInter-Governmental Commission on Economic, Trade, Scientific and TechnologicalCooperation; Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, and leadersof major political parties in Russia. Read full story
- The Ministry of Planning and Investment's National Innovation Centre (NIC) onJanuary 23 held an event to review its activities under the United StatesAgency for International Development (USAID)’s Workforce for an Innovation andStart-up Ecosystem (WISE) programme.
In his remarks, NIC Director Vu Quoc Huy revealed that the USAID supported NICin implementing the programme during 2021-2023, aiming to train and furtherenhance the quality of Vietnam's human resources serving the Fourth IndustrialRevolution. Read full story
- Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh on January23 had a working session with New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam Trenede Dobsonon cooperation between the two sides in the field of climate change response.
At the meeting, the Vietnamese official informed the guest that his ministry isassigned to build a legal framework to certify carbon credit management,towards building a carbon market in Vietnam. Read full story
- Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City in 2023 reached over 9.46 billionUSD, marking a year-on-year increase of 43.3% and a record high in the last tenyears, Deputy Director of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)'s Ho Chi Minh Citybranch Nguyen Duc Lenh said on January 23.
By region, remittances from Asia accounted for the highest proportion with50.5% while the amount of remittances transferred from Africa and Americadecreased. Read full story
- Vietnam’s Mobile World Investment Corporation (MWG) opened the 50th store ofEraBlue – its joint venture with Indonesia’s leading technology retail providerErafone – in Tangerang, Indonesia on January 23.
In just over a year, the EraBlue brand has established a retail chain inIndonesia with each store covering an area of approximately 400 square metresand earning monthly revenue of around 4.5 billion VND (183,112 USD). Read full story./.
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