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☕ Afternoon briefing on April 25

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on April 25 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief reviewof the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

- The 1954 Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilitiesin Vietnam is a historical milestone of the country's revolutionary diplomacy,bearing the imprint of President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, style, and art of diplomacy,Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son wrote in his article marking 70 yearssince the signing of the document (July 21, 1954-2024).

According to Son, the signing of the agreementopened up a new page in the Vietnamese people’s struggle for nationalliberation and unification. After 70 years, the lessons from negotiating,signing and implementing the agreement remain valuable for the nation building,safeguarding and development cause today. Read full story

- Vietnamese and Lao female lawmakers on April 25 sharedtheir experience in politics at a workshop in the northern Laoprovince of Luang Prabang.

In her opening remarks, Chairwoman of theVietnamese National Assembly (NA)’s Social Affairs Committee Nguyen ThuyAnh said the workshop offers an opportunity for them to tighten theirbonds. Read full story

- The winners of thethird edition of the “Protecting the Party’s ideological foundation in the newsituation” contest were announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on April 24.

The 38 award-winning works were selected from the nearly 620 entries from morethan 50 press agencies across the country. Read full story
 
- Better investment climate, with simplifiedadministrative producers and special incentives, has helped improve investorconfidence, thus catalysing investments from a wider pook of both domestic andinternational investors for socio-economic development.

Over the past time, the capital city of Hanoi hasdrastically worked to shorten time to handle administrative procedures. Read full story

- Millions of children in Vietnam have been protected byimmunisation over the past 40 years, said the World Health Organisation (WHO)and UNICEF offices in Vietnam on April 25 when they mark the World ImmunisationWeek from April 24-30.

The number of children dying from vaccine-preventable causes inVietnam has been reduced significantly since 1981, when the country introducedthe national immunisation programme – the Expanded Programme on Immunisation(EPI) – with the aim to ensure that every child, everywhere in Vietnam canreceive the lifesaving protection of routine immunisations, the two UN agenciessaid in their joint media release issued on April 25. Read full story
☕ Afternoon briefing on April 25 ảnh 2People take a city tour in Hanoi by electrical vehicles. (Photo: VNA)
- Due to a hike of air ticket prices for domestic flights,Vietnamese tourists are turning to short-distance trips for the upcomingNational Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1) holidays.

Airfares have stayed high since the start of Marchas planes of many airlines are undergoing maintenance. Ticket prices for someroutes on April 30 and May 1 have doubled. Read full story

- The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations andother agencies in New York will continue assisting Vietnamese localities toenhance relations with US-based partners, a diplomat has said.

As part of a programme on promoting Vietnameselocalities in the US, Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN had a meeting witha delegation of the Party Committees of six provinces, namely Gia Lai, Ha Nam,Ha Tinh, Hoa Binh, Thua Thien - Hue, and Yen Bai, on April 22. Read full story

- The complete reunification of Vietnam on April 30, 1975 wasan extremely significant event in the history of the country and the world,opined a scholar from the Institute for International Relations at the NationalUniversity of La Plata, Argentina.

The complete victory of the Ho Chi Minh Campaignis a demonstration of the unyielding spirit and the strength of the unshakablegreat solidarity of the Vietnamese people, Ezequiel Ramoneda, Coordinator ofthe institute’s Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, said in an interviewgranted to the Vietnam News Agency ahead of the 49th anniversary of the SouthLiberation and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - 2024). Read full story

- A ceremony to announce the list of the top 500 fastestgrowing enterprises in Vietnam (FAST500) and Top 5 and Top 10 real estate -construction - building materials companies in 2024 was held bythe Vietnam Report JSC in collaboration with VietNamNet newspaper onApril 25.

This marks the 14th consecutive year of theFAST500 list being announced. The event aimed to honour outstandingachievements and great efforts of the Vietnamese business community during therecent turbulent times./. Read full story
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