Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
-Politburomember and State President Vo Van Thuong had a meeting with the Party’s civilaffairs board and leaders of the Supreme People’s Court in Hanoi on March 27.
The number of cases handled by courts at alllevels has increased about 6% annually while the quality of courts’ judging andsettlement of cases has also recorded progress. The rate of the verdictscancelled or amended due to subjective causes was low, under 1.5%, according toa report delivered at the meeting.Read full text
-TheGovernment convened a thematic meeting on law building under the chair of PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh in Hanoi on March 27.
The participants mulled over the National Assembly’s draft Resolution onpiloting several mechanisms and policies to remove obstacles in transportinfrastructure construction, several new policies in the management of entry,exit, transit, and residence of foreigners in Vietnam; the draft revised Law onCitizen Identification; the draft amended Law on Credit Institutions; andproposals to build a Law amending and supplementing several articles of the Lawon Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens and the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit,and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam.Read full text
-TheVietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), in collaboration with Lao Caiprovince, held the International Friendship Exchange – Spring 2023 in thenorthern mountainous province on March 26-27.
The event attracted the participation of 150delegates from foreign embassies, and international organisations, and foreignnon-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Vietnam.Read full text
-Thecooperation between the central province of Thua Thien-Hue and Attapeu provinceof Laos has been strengthening and generating practical results in fields,Secretary of the Thua Thien - Hue provincial Party Committee Le Truong Luu saidon March 27.
At a working session with a Lao delegation led by Secretary of the AttapeuParty Committee and Governor of the province Let Xaynhaphon, Luu and his guestinformed each other of their local socio-economic developments, administrationand Party building work, and cooperation results over the past time.Read full text
-Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang has met withthe three Swiss nationals who flew the flag of the National Front for theLiberation of South Vietnam on top of Notre Dame Cathedral Paris on January 18- 19, 1969, to protest the war and advocate peace for the Vietnamese people.
At the gathering in Paris on March 25, BernardBachelard, Olivier Parriaux, and Noé Graff from Lausanne city of Switzerlandrecalled their 30-hour journey to plant the flag on January 18 - 19. The eventtook place over 50 years ago, but it was not until 2019 when the cathedral’sspire collapsed in a fire, that the truth about this event was revealed.Read full text
-The domestic price cap for air service will averagelyincrease by 3.75% from the current one from the second or third quarter of2023, according to the Ministry of Transport.
Under a plan of the ministry, the cap on domesticairline tickets will be applied on four kinds of flights.Read full text
-FPT Software, a leading Vietnamese IT service provider,has announced the inauguration of its latest office in Seoul, the Republic ofKorea, and its 64th globally.
With this new office, FPT Software is the firstVietnamese IT company to open a second office in the Korean market in aneffort to strengthen the company’s presence in the market and become aworld-class, billion-dollar company.Read full text
-Thesouth central province of Ninh Thuan will hold a grape and wine festival fromJune 13-18 to highlight the local products and culture.
On the occasion, the locality will also hold a ceremony receiving UNESCO’scertificate recognising the pottery making art of Cham ethnic people as anIntangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.Read full text/.
