Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
-PresidentVo Van Thuong on June 17 attended a flag-saluting ceremony at a sovereigntyflag pole on Phu Quy island, an island district of the south central provinceof Binh Thuan.
Thepole is one of the sovereignty flag poles built on outpost islandsfrom the North to the South as part of projects launched by the CentralCommittee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the Association ofVietnamese Students and the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam(BIDV).Read full text
- Ahigh-ranking delegation of the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire led by itsPresident Adama Bictogo left Hanoi on June 16, successfully concluding theirfour-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of NA Chairman Vuong DinhHue.
This was the highest-level delegation and Bictogowas the first President of the Côte d’Ivoire NA to have visit Vietnam in 48years.Read full text
-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh attended the inaugural ceremony of the Nha Trang-CamLam and Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet Expressways in the south-central coastal provinceof Khanh Hoa on June 18.
The expressways are included in the eastern partof the North-South Expressway project for the 2017-2020 period.Read full text
-Also on June 18, PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh issued an order to simultaneously start theconstruction of three important national transport projects at a ceremony in HoChi Minh City on June 18.
The ceremony was linked to sites in the CentralHighlands province of Dak Lak and the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
The projects comprise Ho Chi Minh City's Ring Road 3, the first phase of the Bien Hoa-Vung Tau Expressway, and the first phase of the Khanh Hoa-Buon Ma Thuot Expressway.Read full text
-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh on June 17 asked the Mekong Delta province of An Giangto mobilise resources to develop infrastructure for cross-border trade.
Duringhis working session with provincial leaders, Chinh said that An Giangshares a 104-km borderline with Cambodia and has two international border gates,which are favourable conditions for developing border trade with Cambodia andconnecting with ASEAN. Read full text
-Russia’sRosseti power grid company and the National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT),a subordinate company of the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) Group, have signed aMemorandum of Understanding (MoU) to resume their long-term strategiccooperation which has been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thesigning ceremony took place on the sidelines of the 26th St. PetersburgInternational Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Russia.Read full text
- Adelegation of Hai Phong city led by Secretary of the municipal Party CommitteeLe Tien Chau paid a working trip to the Japanese prefecture of Chiba on June16.
Governorof Chiba prefecture Toshihito Kumagai welcomed the delegation's visit whichcoincided with the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties. Heinformed them about Chiba's socio-economic situation and the Hai Phongcommunity in the prefecture.Read full text
-The“For peace and friendship among nations” insignias, the most noble award of theVietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), have been conferred uponthree US friends for their contributions to preventing the US war in Vietnam,addressing the consequences of the war, reconciling and promoting theVietnam-US people-to-people exchanges.
The awardeesinclude Ron Carver, a social activist for peace and a scholar who participatedin demonstrations demanding an end to the American war in Vietnam; and RonaldHaeberle, a war correspondent and photographer who took more than 60 photos ofthe bloody massacre in My Lai on March 16, 1968, helping bring the case tojustice and the world public opinion and create the premise for a series ofmovements against the war.Read full text
-ThePeople’s Committee of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue organised aceremony on June 17 evening at Ngọ Mon Square in Hue city to celebrate theUNESCO recognition of the Complex of Hue Monuments and nha nhac (royal courtmusic).
The Complex of Hue Monuments was recognised as aWorld Cultural Heritage on December 11, 1993, and the royal court music won therecognition on November 7, 2003.Read full text
-AVietnamese street food festival entitled “Ici Vietnam Festival” was held onJune 17 at Monge Square in District 5, Paris by the Vietnamese Association inFrance (UGVF) and the Vietnam Youth Association in France (UJVF).
Thisis the third year the festival has been organised, offering visitorsopportunities to taste popular Vietnamese dishes and fruits. This year,visitors can also enjoy contemporary music, with the excitement of electronicmusic, pop and rap, performed by French-Vietnamese DJ-beatmakers.Read full text
-Aculture-trade exchange programme was held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Thoon June 17 to mark the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between Vietnamand Japan.
Within the framework of the event, there were aphoto exhibition, an Ao dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) show, artperformances, and a trade and investment promotion workshop, among otheractivities.Read full text
-AVietnamese sports delegation, including six athletes, is attending the SpecialOlympics World Games, taking place in Berlin from June 17-25.
TheVietnamese athletes will compete in athletics, swimming, and boccia.Read full text/.
