Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged Vietnamese and US universities to strengthen cooperation in education and training through specific, sustainable, practical, long-term and effective projects while addressing a working session in Hanoi on March 31 with representatives of 21 leading US universities, who are participating in the International Academic Partnership Programme (IAPP) in Vietnam.
The PM underlined that these projects should focus on helping Vietnam develop human resources in emerging industries and effectively exploit marine, outer and underground spaces. Read full story
- Myanmar authorities have expressed profound gratitude to Vietnam for its rapid response in dispatching rescue teams to support their country's in earthquake recovery efforts.
Welcoming the Vietnamese delegation at Yangon International Airport on March 30, Yangon Region Chief Minister U Soe Thein praised Vietnam’s swift action, highlighting it as a testament to the strong ties and unwavering friendship between the two nations. Read full story
- The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on March 31 launched its page on social networking platform Zalo.
Together with the ministry’s website and its Facebook page, the Zalo page is an official information channel of the public security force on the cyber environment, with the function of informing and popularising the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws, and the MPS's regulations on ensuring security, order, and building the people's public security force. Read full story
- Vietnam's rescue forces will operate in Mandalay, which was the most heavily devastated by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, Major General Pham Van Ty, Deputy Director of the Ministry of National Defence's Search and Rescue Department, said on March 31.
Ty, who is also head of the Vietnamese mission, said that the forces from the Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Public Security arrived in Yangon at 8:30pm on March 30. They then immediately set off on a nearly 500 km journey by road and arrived in Naypyidaw at 3am on March 31. Read full story
- A slew of policies has been put in place to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) capital, which is seen as an important driver for Vietnam’s high economic growth targets in 2025 and the subsequent years.
According to the National Statistics Office, total registered FDI in Vietnam reached nearly 6.9 billion USD in the first two months of 2025, or a 35.5% increase as compared to the same time last year. Disbursed capital was estimated at 2.95 billion USD, up 5.4% year-on-year. Read full story
- The painting "Le Trois Femmes" (Three Ladies) by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Gia Tri was sold for over 16.1 million HKD (more than 2 million USD) in an auction in Hong Kong on March 29.
The auction "In Quest for Eternity: The Philippe Damas Collection" organised by Christie's Hong Kong (China) featured a painting collection by Philippe Damas – a businessman with years of working in Asia. Many works in the collection were created by Vietnamese famous artists. Read full story
- The Hung Kings Temple historical site in the northern midland province of Phu Tho welcomed tens of thousands of visitors on March 29-30, more than a week ahead of the Hung Kings Commemoration Day.
According to the site management board, over 32,000 visitors came to the Hung Kings Temple, with more than 20,000 arriving on March 30 and 12,000 on March 29. Read full story
- With an unwavering effort to improve the business environment, the northern localities of Bac Ninh, Ha Nam, and Hai Phong continued to attract substantial foreign investments in the first quarter of 2025, including those from world-leading economic conglomerates with advanced and environmentally-friendly technologies.
On the first working day of 2025, Bac Ninh province granted investment registration certificates and investment approval decisions to 18 domestic and foreign enterprises, with a total registered capital of 1.8 billion USD. Of the total, foreign direct investment (FDI) reached 1.67 billion USD, fulfilling the province's yearly target./. Read full story
