Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’sevents as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a cabinet monthly meeting onlaw-building in Hanoi on February 23, during which participants discussed andgave opinions to building seven laws and draft laws.
They are the Capital Law (revised), Law on People's air defence, Law amendingand supplementing a number of articles of Law on Property Auction, Law onmanagement and use of defense works and military zones, Housing Law(revised), Law on Real Estate Business (revised), andTelecommunications Law (revised). Read full story
- Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on February 23 met with doctors andofficials of the health sector on the occasion of the 68th Vietnamese Doctors'Day (February 27, 1955 - 2023).
Extending her best wishes and profound gratitude to doctors, officials andstaff of the health sector nationwide, Xuan affirmed that the Party and Statealways pay attention to and invest in the sector, especially in institutionalbuilding with the recent promulgation of the Law on Medical Examination andTreatment. Read full story
- A ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Foreign, Commonwealth &Development Office of the UK on February 22 to announce the Vietnam-UKFriendship Year 2023: the 50th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties. Read full story
- It has been two weeks since the devastating earthquake on February 6, andthere have yet to be reports of Vietnamese casualties in Turkey, VietnameseAmbassador to Turkey Do Son Hai said on February 22.
Talking to the Vietnam News Agency, he said the embassy hascoordinated closely and effectively with local authorities, representatives ofthe Vietnamese community, and rescue teams to stay updated with the situationof Vietnamese citizens affected by the earthquake. Read full story
- Vietnam has made an urgent appeal to the parties concerned in the Ukraineconflict for ending hostilities, avoiding acts of escalating tensions, andresuming dialogue to seek comprehensive, satisfactory, and durable peacefulsolutions to differences.
Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UnitedNations, attended the UN General Assembly’s emergency special session onUkraine on February 22, one year since the conflict broke out. Read full story
- The distribution systems of foreign retailers have become an effective andsustainable export channel, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) willcontinue to support domestic firms to make the most of this channel, saidDeputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai.
Speaking at a conference in Hanoi on February 22 to seek ways to speed up theimplementation of a project to promote Vietnamese businesses’ directparticipation in foreign distribution channels until 2030, Hai said that sincethe first phase of the project was conducted in 2015, Vietnamese products havereached millions of consumers across the world through the networks. Read full story
- The Ministry of Industry and Trade has passed the National Programme on TradePromotion and the National Brand Programme in 2023 with nearly 300 tradepromotion events to be held this year in Vietnam and abroad.
According to the ministry, this year, trade promotion is identified as one ofthe important and effective solutions to support Vietnamese businesses todevelop production and the domestic market, and boost exports. Read full story
- The Vinh Xuong international land and waterway border gate, located on theborderline with Cambodia, was officially opened in Vinh Xuong commune of TanChau town, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, on February 23.
The new facility was formed basing on the merger of the Vinh Xuonginternational land border gate with the Vinh Xuong international waterwayborder gate. Read full story
- A seminar on the sustainable management of tourist destinations was held onFebruary 23 in Binh Thuan as one of the first activities opening the VisitVietnam Year 2023 hosted by the south central province. Read full story
- Vietnam’s 28 coastal localities are continuing to strengthen the efforts theyhave taken in the recent five years to prevent and combat illegal, unreportedand unregulated (IUU) fishing at a hope to put an end to all related violationsby the end of March this year.
Right from the beginning of this year, the south-central province of Ninh Thuanhas rolled out drastic measures to popularise legal regulations on IUU fishingprevention and control among the local fishermen, securing safety during theiroperations at sea. Read full story
- The management board of the project “Hue – A city to Reduce Plastics inCentral Vietnam” and the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation on February23 launched a contest to seek initiatives to reduce plastic waste in Hue city.
Hoang Ngoc Tuong Van, a representative of the project, said that as Hue isstriving to become a smart city, the technology factor, especially that inwaste management, will be an important key to turn the locality into aplastic-reducing city. Read full story
- In 2023, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will focus onworking with Vietnamese associations, foreign diplomatic missions, and tradeand investment representative offices to enhance support for Vietnamese digitaltechnology enterprises in global digital cooperation, MIC Deputy Minister PhanTam told a conference on February 23.
The conference “Vietnamese digital companies going global: Global digitalcooperation – Trusted partners in building the digital world” was the start ofthis effort, Tam stressed. Read full story
- Despite his turbulent life, 18-year-old Tran Nam Long has already created adistinct impression through his paintings of Hanoi’s Old Quarter, fascinatingviewers for the vividness and breathtaking beauty of his artworks.
This talent possesses a special destiny, Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV)reported. After contracting severe pneumonia and being forced to take highdoses of antibiotics, Long was left permanently deaf. In addition, he was alsodiagnosed with autism with hyperactivity. The boy also suffers physicalproblems, including congenital muscle paralysis in both legs which makeswalking extremely difficult. Read full story
- The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is calling for votesfor the country in the 2023 World Travel Awards, which turn 30 this year.
The voting, at www.worldtravelawards.com, for the Asian and Oceania regions hasbeen opened and will last through July 23, the VNAT said on February 22. Read full story./.
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a cabinet monthly meeting onlaw-building in Hanoi on February 23, during which participants discussed andgave opinions to building seven laws and draft laws.
They are the Capital Law (revised), Law on People's air defence, Law amendingand supplementing a number of articles of Law on Property Auction, Law onmanagement and use of defense works and military zones, Housing Law(revised), Law on Real Estate Business (revised), andTelecommunications Law (revised). Read full story
- Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on February 23 met with doctors andofficials of the health sector on the occasion of the 68th Vietnamese Doctors'Day (February 27, 1955 - 2023).
Extending her best wishes and profound gratitude to doctors, officials andstaff of the health sector nationwide, Xuan affirmed that the Party and Statealways pay attention to and invest in the sector, especially in institutionalbuilding with the recent promulgation of the Law on Medical Examination andTreatment. Read full story
- A ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Foreign, Commonwealth &Development Office of the UK on February 22 to announce the Vietnam-UKFriendship Year 2023: the 50th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties. Read full story
- It has been two weeks since the devastating earthquake on February 6, andthere have yet to be reports of Vietnamese casualties in Turkey, VietnameseAmbassador to Turkey Do Son Hai said on February 22.
Talking to the Vietnam News Agency, he said the embassy hascoordinated closely and effectively with local authorities, representatives ofthe Vietnamese community, and rescue teams to stay updated with the situationof Vietnamese citizens affected by the earthquake. Read full story
- Vietnam has made an urgent appeal to the parties concerned in the Ukraineconflict for ending hostilities, avoiding acts of escalating tensions, andresuming dialogue to seek comprehensive, satisfactory, and durable peacefulsolutions to differences.
Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UnitedNations, attended the UN General Assembly’s emergency special session onUkraine on February 22, one year since the conflict broke out. Read full story
- The distribution systems of foreign retailers have become an effective andsustainable export channel, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) willcontinue to support domestic firms to make the most of this channel, saidDeputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai.
Speaking at a conference in Hanoi on February 22 to seek ways to speed up theimplementation of a project to promote Vietnamese businesses’ directparticipation in foreign distribution channels until 2030, Hai said that sincethe first phase of the project was conducted in 2015, Vietnamese products havereached millions of consumers across the world through the networks. Read full story
- The Ministry of Industry and Trade has passed the National Programme on TradePromotion and the National Brand Programme in 2023 with nearly 300 tradepromotion events to be held this year in Vietnam and abroad.
According to the ministry, this year, trade promotion is identified as one ofthe important and effective solutions to support Vietnamese businesses todevelop production and the domestic market, and boost exports. Read full story
- The Vinh Xuong international land and waterway border gate, located on theborderline with Cambodia, was officially opened in Vinh Xuong commune of TanChau town, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, on February 23.
The new facility was formed basing on the merger of the Vinh Xuonginternational land border gate with the Vinh Xuong international waterwayborder gate. Read full story
- A seminar on the sustainable management of tourist destinations was held onFebruary 23 in Binh Thuan as one of the first activities opening the VisitVietnam Year 2023 hosted by the south central province. Read full story
- Vietnam’s 28 coastal localities are continuing to strengthen the efforts theyhave taken in the recent five years to prevent and combat illegal, unreportedand unregulated (IUU) fishing at a hope to put an end to all related violationsby the end of March this year.
Right from the beginning of this year, the south-central province of Ninh Thuanhas rolled out drastic measures to popularise legal regulations on IUU fishingprevention and control among the local fishermen, securing safety during theiroperations at sea. Read full story
- The management board of the project “Hue – A city to Reduce Plastics inCentral Vietnam” and the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation on February23 launched a contest to seek initiatives to reduce plastic waste in Hue city.
Hoang Ngoc Tuong Van, a representative of the project, said that as Hue isstriving to become a smart city, the technology factor, especially that inwaste management, will be an important key to turn the locality into aplastic-reducing city. Read full story
- In 2023, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will focus onworking with Vietnamese associations, foreign diplomatic missions, and tradeand investment representative offices to enhance support for Vietnamese digitaltechnology enterprises in global digital cooperation, MIC Deputy Minister PhanTam told a conference on February 23.
The conference “Vietnamese digital companies going global: Global digitalcooperation – Trusted partners in building the digital world” was the start ofthis effort, Tam stressed. Read full story
- Despite his turbulent life, 18-year-old Tran Nam Long has already created adistinct impression through his paintings of Hanoi’s Old Quarter, fascinatingviewers for the vividness and breathtaking beauty of his artworks.
This talent possesses a special destiny, Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV)reported. After contracting severe pneumonia and being forced to take highdoses of antibiotics, Long was left permanently deaf. In addition, he was alsodiagnosed with autism with hyperactivity. The boy also suffers physicalproblems, including congenital muscle paralysis in both legs which makeswalking extremely difficult. Read full story
- The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is calling for votesfor the country in the 2023 World Travel Awards, which turn 30 this year.
The voting, at www.worldtravelawards.com, for the Asian and Oceania regions hasbeen opened and will last through July 23, the VNAT said on February 22. Read full story./.
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