Hanoi, (VNA) - The followingis a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency onApril 13.
-Party GeneralSecretary Nguyen Phu Trong has sent greeting letters and flowers to GeneralSecretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of LaosThongloun Sisoulith and President of the Cambodian People's Party(CPP) and Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen on the occasion of thetraditional New Year of Laos (Bunpimay) and Cambodia (Chol Chnam Thmay). Read full story
-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh talked on the phone with his Lao and Cambodiancounterparts, extending his best wishes to them and the two peoples on theoccasion of Laos’ Bunpimay and Cambodia’s Chol Chnam Thmay new year festivals.
He also conveyed greetings from other Vietnameseleaders to their Lao and Cambodian counterparts. Read full story
-The officiallaunch of the Stockholm 50 National Consultations in Vietnam was organised onApril 13 in Hanoi by the Embassy of Sweden in Vietnam, the Institute ofStrategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment (ISPONRE) under theMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment, and the UN Development Programme(UNDP) in Vietnam.
-The NationalPress Festival opened at the Hanoi Museum on April 13, displaying outstandingpublications in early 2022.
The event is held by the Vietnam Journalists’Association (VJA) and the Hanoi People’s Committee in collaboration with theParty Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, theMinistry of Information and Telecommunications, and the Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism. Read full story
-The firstModerna COVID-19 vaccine lot for children from 5 to under 12 years old, whicharrived in Vietnam on April 8, will be administered to sixth-grade students inthe northern province of Quang Ninh on April 14, according to Assoc Prof. Dr.Duong Thi Hong, Vice Director of the National Institute of Hygiene andEpidemiology (NIHE).
Speaking at a press conference on April 13, Hongsaid that the vaccines, donated by the Australian Government, will betransported to other localities for the vaccination of children next week. Read full story
-Around 600,000 preschool students in all 30 urbanand outlying districts and townships of Hanoi returned to school on April 13after a year of online instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is the last group of students inthe capital city to resume in-person learning. Read full story
-Salaries ofVietnamese employees in the first quarter of this year surged as compared tothose of the previous quarter, according to Nguyen Trung Tien, Deputy GeneralDirector of the General Statistics Office (GSO).
In the period, labourers in Ho Chi Minh City, andthe southern provinces of Binh Duong and Dong Nai received the highest incomes. Read full story
-Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai signed Resolution No.54/NQ-CP dated April 12 issuing the Government’s action programme to implementthe National Assembly’s resolution on economic restructuring plan for2021-2025.
The resolution sets the target of revamping the growth model andimproving productivity, quality, competitiveness, self-reliance, adaptation andresilience of the national economy. Read full story
-The 31st Vietnam International Trade Fair(Vietnam Expo 2022) was kicked off on April 13 by the Ministry of Industry andTrade, in conjunction with localities and agencies, under the theme “Steptogether in digitalised world.”
The hybrid event takes place in person at HanoiInternational Exhibition Centre from April 13 – 16 while the virtual fair willrun in a month, from April 13 to May 13, enabling foreign exhibitors to joinremotely. Read full story
-The flagraising ceremony of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) will takeplace at the My Dinh National Sports Complex in Hanoi on May 11 morning withthe participation of about 400 delegates, according to the organising committee.
Accordingly, 50 Vietnamese delegates will joinmembers of sport delegations, representatives of the embassies of ASEANcountries in Vietnam, domestic and foreign reporters at the event. Read full story
-Therepresentative office of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines in Singapore onApril 12 launched the “Fly Vietnam Airlines, Re-discover Vietnam” programmewith the aim of introducing and promoting the country’s safe tourism in thepost COVID-19 period.
This is the first among a series of events to beheld by Vietnam Airlines and its partners over the world. After a two-yearhiatus caused by the pandemic, the carrier has to date re-operated flights tomany markets, and Singapore is the first market that it has resumed two-wayservices. Read full story/.
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