☕ Afternoon briefing on March 4

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on March 4 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s eventsas reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

- National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended the inauguration of thefirst phase of the Becamex VSIP Binh Dinh Industrial Park and Township in thecentral province of Binh Dinh on March 4.

 Work on the industrial park andtownship, located in Canh Vinh commune of Van Canh district, was launched inSeptember 2020 by the Investment and Industrial Development Corporation(Becamex IDC) and the Vietnam - Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) Group. Read full story

-  Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s tripto attend the ASEAN - Australia Special Summit commemorating the 50thanniversary of the two sides’ dialogue relations and pay official visits toAustralia and New Zealand holds special significance, said Deputy Minister ofForeign Affairs Do Hung Viet.

The trip from March 5 to 11 is made at the invitation of Australian PM AnthonyAlbanese and New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon.

Talking to the media, Viet said the first special thing of this tour is that2024 marks 50 years since the establishment of the ASEAN - Australia dialoguerelations, follows the 50th anniversary of Vietnam - Australia diplomatic tiesin 2023, and is ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Southeast Asian country’srelations with New Zealand next year. Read full story

- Positive prospects are forecast for Vietnam’s rice export in 2024, withbright signs in both market and price.

Last year, Vietnam continued to be one of the top three rice exporters in theworld, accounting for about 15% of total global rice exports. Read full story

- The disaster risk reduction partnership's plan for 2025-2030 will bedeveloped in accordance with the Government of Vietnam's priorities on naturaldisaster prevention as well as in line with the strategic goals of allpartners, Pauline Tamesis, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations inVietnam has said. 

She made the remark at a meeting to build the plan organised by VietnamDisaster and Dike Management Authority (VDDMA) under the Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development on March 2, which saw the participation ofrepresentatives of disaster risk reduction partners such as UN Women, ActionAid, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Vietnam Office and PlanInternational in Vietnam. Read full story

- Nearly 500,000 hectares of land were cleared of bombs, mines, and explosivesin the 2014-2023 period, informed the Vietnam National Mine Action Centre(VNMAC) at a ceremony to mark its 10th founding anniversary and receive theFatherland Protection Order, third-class, on March 4.

VNMAC General Director Maj. Gen. Tran Trung Hoa said that in 2010, theVietnamese Government issued a National Action Programme to overcome theconsequences of post-war ordnances in the 2010-2015 period (Programme 504). Tomanage, coordinate and implement the programme, on March 4, 2014, theGovernment established VNMAC, under the direction of the Prime Minister and themanagement of the Ministry of National Defence. Read full story

- Vietnam, the only representative of Asian, has ranked fifth in a list of the10 best graduation trips to take in 2024 by Lonely Planet.

According to the travel magazine, the affordable, beautiful, and warm countrywill get graduates out of their comfort zone. Read full story

- A Vietnam classical music festival (VCMF) will be held for the first time inthe Central Highlands resort city of Da Lat – the UNESCO Creative Music City -from March 10-17.

The event is expected to attract about 30,000 music lovers with numerousclassical music works performed by both domestic and foreign artists fromArietta, Song Hong Ensemble, Schubert in a Mug, Vietnam Youth Music Institute -VYMI, and Vietnam Youth Orchestra, among others. Read full story

- Three Vietnamese teams have won one silver and two bronze medals at theInternational Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Asia Pacific Championship.

The Sudo team from the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) under theVietnam National University-Hanoi secured a silver medal in the final round of the2024 ICPC Asia Pacific Championship. Read full story./.
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National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man joins the ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the memorial site dedicated late Party General Secretary Le Duan in Trieu Thanh commune, Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province. (Photo: VNA)

NA Chairman attends inauguration of memorial site of Party General Secretary Le Duan

Throughout nearly six decades of revolutionary activity, including 26 consecutive years of working as First Secretary and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1960 – 1986), comrade Le Duan, along with the Politburo and Party Central Committee, steered the nation through some of its most decisive moments. Under his leadership, Vietnam achieved complete national liberation and embarked firmly on the path towards socialism.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (L) and his Japanese counterpart Ishiba Shigeru inspect the guard of honour. (Photo: VNA)

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Japan stands as Vietnam’s largest bilateral supplier of official development assistance (ODA), the top partner in labour cooperation, the third largest foreign investor, and the fourth largest partner in trade and tourism. Bilateral trade reached 47.6 billion USD in 2022, 44.98 billion USD in 2023, and 46.2 billion USD in 2024, and 12 billion USD in the first quarter of 2025 alone.

A story on Ámbito Internacional about Vietnam on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30, 1975 - 2025). (Photo: VNA)

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Party General Secretary To Lam (second, right), and his spouse welcome Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and his spouse in Hanoi on April 27 (Photo: VNA)

Party chief receives Japanese PM in Hanoi

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NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man offers incense in tribute to fallen combatants at the Road 9 Martyrs' Cemetery in Quang Tri province. (Photo: VNA)

NA Chairman pays tribute to fallen heroes in Quang Tri province

Chairman Man expressed profound gratitude and deep respect for the great sacrifices of the fallen heroes who gave their youth, courageously fought, and sacrificed their lives for the independence and freedom of the nation and the happiness of the people.

A banner marking the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (Photo: VNA)

April 30 victory's significance highlighted at Paris seminar

Historian Alain Ruscio affirmed that this anniversary provided an opportunity to revisit the reasons behind Vietnam’s victory and the strong international solidarity shown during the war, particularly the extensive anti-war movement in France which offered political, material, and moral support to Vietnam.

The flag of the Liberation Army flies at Tan Son Nhat Airport on April 30, 1975. (Photo: VNA)

April 30 victory - Inspiration for global liberation movements: Politician

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro receives the Spanish edition of "The world's affection for President Ho Chi Minh" from Nguyen Tuong Lam, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee. (Photo: Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela)

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Thousands gather in St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis's funeral. (Photo: AA/VNA)

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