-National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on February27 attended the NA Standing Committee’s conference to implement foreign affairswork of the legislature in 2023.
Speaking at the event, NA Permanent Vice ChairmanTran Thanh Man highlighted the need to continue strengthening cohesion andcoordination with Party, State and people-to-people diplomacy, and bring intoplay parliamentary diplomacy in order to maximise synergy in implementing thecountry’s foreign policy to ensure national interests.Read full text
- The “Outlineon Vietnamese Culture” 1945, drafted by Party General Secretary Truong Chinhhas created a consensus in awareness and ideology of culture among people,especially intellectuals and artists, and encouraged people’s patriotism anddevotion for the revolution, thus becoming a torch lighting the way for thedevelopment of a new culture, President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy ofPolitics (HCMA) and Chairman of the Central Theory Council Nguyen XuanThang.
Inhis opening remarks at a national scientific conference themed “80-year Outlineon Vietnamese Culture (1943-2023): Origin and Motivation for Development” inHanoi on February 27, Thang underlined that over the past 80 years, the document,the first platform on culture of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), hasbecome a lodestar for the nation through two prolonged struggles as well asduring the national construction and the building of a country of independence,freedom and happiness following the national reunification.Read full text
-Vietnam’sexperience in poverty reduction and the country’s programmes and policies toeliminate poverty and improve people’s living conditions and life quality werediscussed at a webinar held recently in Toronto, Canada.
The event, drawing nearly 50 experts and scholars,was the second of a series of activities planned by the Canada-VietnamFriendship Society (CVFS) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic tiesbetween the two countries (1973-2023).Read full text
-Morethan 30,000 disadvantaged children have benefited from a project to supportneedy children in studying and meals that has been implemented since 2019 in 55cities and provinces nationwide, heard a conference held in Hanoi on February27.
According to the National Fund for VietnameseChildren under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the projectaims to help with the development of disadvantaged children, contributing tocompleting the goals of the National Action Programme for Vietnamese Childrenin the 2012-2020 period.Read full text
-DoctorNguyen Viet Giap, Director of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Eye Hospital, has been honouredwith the 2023 Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Outstanding Servicein Prevention of Blindness Award.
The award, the noblest in the field ofophthalmology in the region, was presented to the doctor along with 17 othersat the 38th APAP Congress in Malaysia on February 25.Read full text
-The Vietnam Young Physicians’ Association (VYPA) has announced digitaltransformation activities and launched a programme named “Health digitalstart-up Clinic4.0”.
President of the VYPA Central Committee Ha Anh Ducsaid that health is one of the eight priorities of the national digitaltransformation programme approved by the Government, and in 2023, hisassociation will carry out a wide range of activities to support young doctorsduring the digital transformation process of the sector.Read full text
-Vietnameseiced coffee has been named as one of the best coffee in the world byTasteAtlas, an international food magazine.
Vietnamese iced coffee is rated 4.6 out of 5 starsby culinary experts, equivalent to Ristretto of Italy.Read full text
-Vietnamese athletes have secured two gold, one silver and four bronze medals atthe ongoing Asian Jujitsu Championship 2023 in Thailand.
Phung Thi Hue won the first gold medal forVietnam, and the second gold medal was bagged by Le Duy Thanhin the men’s 94kg fighting category.Read full text/.
