– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the groundbreakingceremony of the first phase of the Tuyen Quang-Ha Giang expressway as part ofhis visit to the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on May 28.
The 104.48km expressway connects Ha Giang andits neighbour Tuyen Quang, with a total investment capital of 3.19 trillion VND(135.84 million USD). Its first phase, 27.48km, that runs through Ha Giangprovince is expected to be completed in 2025.Read full text
– Ha Giang province needs to better the drawing of mechanismsand policies, and reform administrative procedures in order to pave way fordevelopment and lure investments, especially in its priority areas andproducts, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on May 28.
At a working session with the Standing Board ofthe provincial Party Committee as part of his visit to the northern mountainouslocality, Chinh said Ha Giang boasts unique potential and competitiveadvantages to grow rapidly and sustainably.Read full text
- Parliaments should review and complete their national legalframework to create optimal conditions for the building and implementation ofeconomic transition policies towards green, circular economy to match thesustainable development goals and international commitments on climate change,environmental protection and biodiversity preservation, National Assembly (NA)Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh has stated.
Dinh made the statement at the 10th NevskyInternational Ecological Congress held in St. Petersburg in Russia, with thetheme "Ecology: A Right, Not a Privilege," which drew nearly 1,500delegates from 52 countries and territories.Read full text
- Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang attended ahigh-level event on ending plastic pollution in Paris on May 27, which drewrepresentatives from nearly 200 countries and territories.
The event was held on the threshold of the secondsession of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop aninternational legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in themarine environment (INC-2) that will take place from May 29 to 2 June 2023at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) headquarters in Paris, France.Read full text
- Vietnam invested nearly 316.4 million USD abroad in thefirst five months of this year, equivalent to 93.5% of the figure recorded inthe same period last year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under theMinistry of Planning and Investment.
Of the total, 142.7 million USD was poured into 47new projects, or 48.6% of the figure in the same period in 2022 while 173.7million was added to 16 underway ones, a year-on-year increase of 3.9 times.Read full text
- Deputy Secretary for Foreign Affairs andTrade of New Zealand Vangelis Vitalis has expressed his beliefin stronger trade ties between Vietnam and his country, saying that the twosides will expand their cooperation to other areas in the future.
During an interview granted to the Vietnam NewsAgency, Vitalis spotlighted outcomes of the 8th meeting of the Vietnam-NewZealand Joint Trade and Economic Commission (JTEC) recently held in Hanoi,stressing that the two sides focused on practical issues that benefit theirbusinesses and people.Read full text
- Vietnamese-French filmmaker Tran Anh Hung won the bestdirector prize at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival for "Lapassion de Dodin Bouffant" (The Pot-au-Feu) on May 27.
‘The Pot-au-Feu’ was adapted from French authorMarcel Rouff’s 1924 novel ‘La Vie et la passion de Dodin-Bouffant gourmet’ (ThePassionate Epicure).Read full text
– The Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and the NationalExperimental Polytechnic University of the ArmedForces (UNEFA) of the Latin American country held a ceremony on May26 to wrap up a cooking class and a “non” (Vietnamese conical hat) dance classat the school.
In his remarks, Vietnamese Ambassador Vu Trung Mythanked the Venezuelan Ministry of Defence and UNEFA for opening the cookingand “non” dance classes.Read full text/.
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