Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
-President Vo Van Thuong visited the central drilling rig of the Cuu Long Joint Operating Company (Cuu Long JOC), offering New Year wishes to its officials and engineers representing the 60,000-strong staff in the oil and gas industry, in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on January 26.
President Vo Van Thuong meets staff of Cuu Long Joint Operating Company (Photo: VNA) Since its establishment in 1998, the Cuu Long JOC has so far pumped up over 415 million barrels of oil, generating a total revenue of more than 30 billion USD. This outstanding performance has translated into a contribution of nearly 14 billion USD to the State budget, solidifying its standing as Vietnam's second largest oil contractor.Read full text
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 26 visited officers and soldiers of the Ministry of National Defence’s General Department for Defence Intelligence (General Department II), during which the PM asked them to be prepared to continue completing all assigned tasks in 2024 and following years.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh pays a pre-Tet visit to General Department II on January 26 (Photo: VNA) Hailing the general department’s efforts and contributions to the common attainments of the country last year, the PM acknowledged the increasing important role of the general department in national construction and defence.Read full text
-Vietnam will implement measures concertedly and drastically to promote thrift practice and wastefulness prevention this year, under a recently-issued government master programme.
The programme aims to maintain macro-economic stability, ensure major economic balances, and change both mindset and actions of officials, public servants, labourers, and people in thrift practice and wastefulness prevention.Read full text
-The Directive 25-CT/TW of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat marks a breakthrough in multilateral diplomacy, as this is the first time the Party has issued a comprehensive document outlining the trajectory for the entire political system in the field via long-term strategies, goals, and measures, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang (seventh from left) and delegates at the event (Photo: VNA) Speaking at a conference in Hanoi on January 25, the minister lauded this directive as a catalyst propelling multilateral diplomacy to new heights.Read full text
-Hanoi has been implementing measures to support enterprises to regain growth momentum in 2024, according to Acting Director of the city’s Department of Industry and Trade Tran Thi Phuong Lan.
Thanks to increasing global demand and support solutions by the Government, ministries, and agencies, the domestic industrial production in general and Hanoi city's in particular has gradually recovered, showing positive signals.Read full text
-The surge in travel demand during Tet (Lunar New Year) is a favourable condition for diseases to spread, including COVID-19, a health official of Ho Chi Minh City has said.
Ho Chi Minh City's infectious disease surveillance system has detected the emergence of sub-variant JN.1 of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in hospitalised patients in December last year in the locality, Deputy Director of the municipal Centre for Disease Control (HCDC) Le Hong Nga said at a press briefing held on January 25.Read full text
-Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung has suggested the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries to strengthen connection and support ASEAN centres in China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (RoK) in tourism promotional activities.
He made the suggestion at the 23rd Meeting of ASEAN Plus Three Tourism Ministers on January 26, within the framework of the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2024 (ATF) which is taking place in Vientiane, Laos.Read full text
-The Chef de Mission Meeting of the 13th ASEAN Schools Games was held in the central city of Da Nang on January 26.
Participants heard the organising board's report on the preparations for the Games, checked competition venues and hotels along with discussing and approving the sports regulations.Read full text
-The incense-making village of Quang Phu Cau in Hanoi’s countryside, which has become viral on Instagram, has been featured on the La Une channel of Belgium’s French-language broadcasting organisation RTBF.
A screenshot of the programme (Photo: VNA) The January 25 televised programme began by emphasising the significance of beautiful photos in the era of social media, leading viewers to explore the small Vietnamese village of captivating colours, which it called an Instagram phenomenon.Read full text/.
