- Military youths should continuously study to improve their capacity, enhance their knowledge of science and technology, and master modern weapons and technical equipment, said President Vo Van Thuong at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 16 to honour 10 outstanding youths and 43 promising figures of the armed forces in 2022. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested the northern province of Hai Duong focus on green growth, digital transformation and innovation based on the pillars of hi-tech and support industries, hi-tech agriculture, smart and green urban development, during his working session with standing board of the provincial Party Committee on March 16. Read full story
- Chairman of the People’s Committee of Vung Tau city, the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Hoang Vu Thanh on March 16 had a meeting with a visiting delegation of the Tourism Promotion Organisation for Asia-Pacific Cities (TPO) led by Secretary-General Woo Kyoungha.
He called for stronger cooperation among the TPO member cities, suggesting them send delegates and art troupes to cultural, sports, festive, and tourism events in Vung Tau and other cities, and increase popularising the land and people of their cities and countries. Read full story
- Developing offshore wind power is a great dual opportunity for Vietnam, Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Nicolai Prytz told a seminar themed “Promoting Vietnam’s offshore wind power development: International practices and policy recommendations” in Hanoi on March 16. Read full story
- Vietnam was Spain's largest supplier of coffee by volume in 2022, with 113,550 tonnes worth 269 million EUR (287 million USD), up 21.6% in volume and 78.9% in value against 2021. The market share of Vietnamese coffee in Spain's total imports from the global market accounted for 30.16% in 2022. Read full story
- The second Mini Thailand Week kicked off in the northern province of Quang Ninh on March 16, showcasing outstanding Thai products. The event, which runs until March 19, aims to promote bilateral trade activities between Vietnamese importers and Thai exporters, and enhance mutual understanding between the two countries. Read full story
- Vietnam’s coast guards have been working closely with localities to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) with concerted measures over the past years. Read full story
- An eight-volume Russian version of “Dai Viet su ky toan thu” (Complete Book of the Historical Records of Dai Viet), a famous chronicle of Vietnam, has been translated from the Han (Chinese) language and debuted. The Institute of China and Contemporary Asia under the Russian Academy of Sciences held an event on March 15 to introduce the Russian version, a work by a team of five scholars. Read full story
- The Institute for Innovation and Development (IID) on March 15 held a “Drive Innovation for Impact” event to announce three digital innovation platforms boosting sustainable development. They are iMapVietnam at http://imapvietnam.org, impactUP at https://impactup.site, and V.innovate at http://vinnovate.vn. Read full story
- The People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Ngai held a ceremony at the Son My memorial site in Tinh Khe commune, Quang Ngai city, on March 16 to commemorate the 504 civilians massacred exactly 55 years ago. The mass killing, also called the My Lai massacre, took its name from one of the four hamlets where it happened. Read full story
- A press conference was held in the central province of Quang Ngai on March 15 to announce the content of the agreement on the right to use a foreign photographer's works on the Son My massacre.
The massacre happened on March 16, 1968, taking the lives of 504 civilians, including many children and women. Ronald L. Haeberle's images of the incident were published on the US’s Life magazine in 1969. Read full story
- The forest coverage in the southern province of Tra Vinh increased from about 9,160 ha in 2020 to 9,538 ha by the end of 2022, according to the provincial People’s Committee. The figures were released on March 16 as the province announced its forest status after two years implementing a project on growing coastal protection forests to respond to climate change during the 2021-2025 period. Read full story
- A 100-kg sea turtle, entangled in a fishing net, was rescued by a local fisherman in the waters of Lang Co township, Phuc Loc district of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, and later released to the nature, leaders of the Lang Co Border Post said on March 16. Read full story
- Four rare civet species have been found in Xuan Lien Natural Reserve in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa thanks to photo traps. Read full story
- The Hanoi VPBank International Marathon (VPIM) 2023, an official annual sporting event of the capital city, is scheduled to take place on October 8. The non-profit race, an activity to mark the Capital Liberation Day (October 10), is expected to attract about 10,000 professional and amateur runners this time, the organising committee told a press conference on March 16. Read full story
- A nine-strong contingent from Vietnam is expected to have a strong showing at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India on March 15-26. Read full story./.
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