Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
-The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee convened its 33rd session on May 13, under the chair of NA Standing Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man.
Man said that during the three-day session, the committee will focus on preparations for the parliament’s upcoming seventh session.Read full story
-Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man on May 13 voiced concern over skyrocketing gold prices, asking the Government to quickly review market management measures to narrow the wide gap between domestic and global prices.
Gold market management was among the socio-economic issues discussed by the NA Standing Committee at its ongoing 33rd session that opened earlier the same day.Read full story
-A conference to share experience in implementing the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) within the framework of a justice and legal empowerment project in Vietnam funded by the European Union (EU) was held in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho on May 13.
The event, jointly held by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ)’s Department of International Cooperation (DIC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam, provided an overview of the ICCPR and the preparation of periodic national reports on, and shared experience in implementing the covenant.Read full story
-Vietnam hopes to get further support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to restructure and consolidate its preventive healthcare system, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said on May 13.
Hosting a reception for WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr. Saia Ma’u Piukala, Ha laid stress on the significance of the system to providing initial healthcare and detecting diseases early on, and asked the Ministry of Health to cooperate, share its plans, programmes and activities that need consultations from the WHO.Read full story
-Corvette INS Kiltan of the Indian Navy arrived at the Cam Ranh international port on May 12, starting its four-day visit to the south-central province of Khanh Hoa.
The visit aims to strengthen cooperation and mutual understanding and trust between the two countries’ armies in general and the navies in particular.Read full story
-Vietnam's data centre market is attracting foreign investors due to high demand, according to JLL's comprehensive market report on Vietnam’s data centre sector.
The report released recently by JLL, stated that the Vietnamese data centre market is currently dominated by local telecom players such as VNPT, Viettel IDC, FPT Telecom, and CMC Telecom, with significant growth noted in cloud service demands and big data analytics.Read full story
-Vietnam will provide free anti-phishing software for its people from July, heard a workshop on preventing cyber fraud held by the National Cybersecurity Association on May 13.
The application NCA Anti Phishing will be available on the two most popular operating systems today - Android and iOS.Read full story
-The Vietnamese team bagged five gold and three silver medals, ranking sixth in the tally at the Pattaya 2024 Para Powerlifting World Cup which was held from May 8 – 11 in Thailand.
The host country Thailand came first with 15 gold medals, four silver and ten bronze medals.Read full story/.
