- Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who is alsoSecretary of the Central Military Commission, on December 20 attended thenational military-political conference in 2022 which reviewed the military anddefence work in the year and sketched out orientations for implementing tasksin 2023.
The conference was chaired by Deputy Secretary ofthe Central Military Commission and Minister of Defense General Phan Van Giang. Read full story
- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a high-rankingdelegation of Vietnam to pay a state visit to Indonesia from December 21-23 atthe invitation of Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
This is the first trip to the country by a keyVietnamese leader after the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party ofVietnam and also the first by a Vietnamese President over the past nine yearsas the two nations are preparing for the 10th founding anniversary of strategicpartnership. Read full story
Trade between Vietnam and Indonesia rose to 11.5 billion USD in 2021 from about 4.5 billion USD in 2013, when they set up the strategic partership. The figure topped 10.5 billion USD in the first 10 months of 2022. (Photo: VNA) Talking to Vietnam News Agency, Thong saidbilateral relations have grown on the basis of friendship and mutual trust intoa strategic partnership that covers all fields of cooperation and is a future-orientedrelationship. Read full story
- The air raids with the mobilisation of B-52 strategic bombersby the US on Hanoi at the end of 1972 was a mistake, said Dr. Andrew Wells-Dangfrom the US Institute of Peace (USIP).
In a recent interview granted to the Vietnam NewsAgency, he said the airstrikes, known as the “Linebacker II", was thelargest bombing campaign of the US air force after World War II, but it failedcompletely. Read full story
- The 7th National Congress of the Vietnam War Veterans’Association (VWVA) will take place from December 29-31, heard a pressconference held in Hanoi on December 20.
Chairing the conference, Lieutenant General Khuat Viet Dung,Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the association, said that thecongress will draw the participation of 510 delegates representing more than 3million members nationwide. Read full story
- Resilient agriculture session in the new normal, advancedmaterials for future energy storage, and precision cancer therapy were the topicof discussion at a symposium in Hanoi on December 19.
The “Science for Life” took place within theframework of the second VinFuture Sci-Tech Week, which is taking place fromDecember 17-21 with the participation of thousands of scientists, policy makersand businesspeople at home and abroad. Read full story
- The Ministry of Public Security on December 19 held a pressconference to brief the media on its works this year, including information ona series of major cases in the public eye.
At the event, Vu Nhu Ha, deputy head of theministry’s investigation police agency on corruption, economy, smuggling (C03),said the agency prosecuted two cases and 27 defendants to investigateviolations at the Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group Corporation. Read full story
Vietnamese national football team at a training session on December 19. (Photo: VFF) Welcoming the team, who arrived in Laos to preparefor the first match in the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022, the diplomat saidthat a lot of Vietnamese football fans are expected to come to the Lao nationalstadium to encourage coach Park Hang-seo and his players. Read full story
- The collection and recording videos of Mo Muong in thenorthern provinces of Ninh Binh, Son La, Phu Tho and Hoa Binh have beencompleted, Hoa Binh province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourismannounced on December 20.
The studies of Mo Muong cultural heritage in NinhBinh, Son La, Thanh Hoa, Phu Tho provinces and Hanoi have also been finished,it said. Read full story
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