Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is abrief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
– Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trongattended a ceremony held in Hanoi on March 6 to mark 75 years since thepeople’s public security force began to study and implement the six teachingsfor the force given by President Ho Chi Minh.
Addressing the event, held by the CentralPublic Security Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security, PartyGeneral Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong congratulated the people’s public securityforce on its achievements over the 75 years of following President Ho's sixteachings.Read full text
– Experts and scholars gathered at a conferencein Hanoi on March 6 to highlight the theoretical and practical values of PartyGeneral Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s book on the fight against corruption andother negative phenomena, which was published in February.
The book, entitled "Resolutely, persistentlyfighting corruption and negative phenomena to contribute to building moretransparent and stronger Party and State", was published on the occasionof the 93rd anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the 10thanniversary of the Central Steering Committee on Prevention and Control ofCorruption and Negative Phenomena.Read full text
– Malta-flagged cruise ship Mein Schiff 5docked in Quang Ninh province on March 6, carrying nearly 2,000 Europeanvisitors to the famous tourist destination in the north of Vietnam.
The visitors are scheduled to explore a number oftourist attractions in the locality, including Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO-recognisedWorld Natural Heritage Site, as well as the local culture and cuisine in HaLong city before leaving the province for Hong Kong (China) in the evening ofthe same day.Read full text
– The fifth session of the IntergovernmentalConference on an international legally binding instrument under the UnitedNations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation andsustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond nationaljurisdiction concluded in New York on March 5, with participants reaching anagreement on the instrument.
The Vietnamese delegation, led by Ambassador DangHoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, made severalproposals on regulations related to the building of capacity and transfer ofmaritime technologies in the interests of developing countries, whileadvocating contents in line with the UNCLOS, protecting the rights and interestof Vietnam.Read full text
– Vietnam’s outbound investments reached 115.1million USD in the first two months of this year, 2.16 times higher than thatthe same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO)under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Of the sum, 109.4 million USD was poured into 10new projects, a 2.1-fold rise year-on-year. Meanwhile, four other projectsincreased their capital by nearly 5.7 million USD.Read full text
– The Cao Phong orange from the northernprovince of Hoa Binh is now officially put up for sale in the UK, marking thereturn of this specialty to the global market after over 40 years.
The nearly 7 tonnes of Cao Phong orange, exportedvia the official channel by the Hoa Binh-based RYB Joint Stock Company, metstrict quality, food safety, and origin standards, including passing thetesting for nearly 900 chemical elements in plant protection products.Read full text
– An international transit terminal project inCan Gio district, Ho Chi Minh City, has been proposed to start in 2024 and haveits first phase put into use in 2027.
As the cargo volume handled at seaports in HCMCity is forecast to be 60 million tonnes higher than their capacity by 2030,the southern metropolis wants to accelerate the construction of this 5.3billion USD terminal, which is expected to create a breakthrough in sea-basedeconomic activities for not only the city but also the entire Vietnam,according to the Lao dong (Labour) daily.Read full text/.
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