Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
-PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc on November 30 asked the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) todevise specific programmes and plans to pool support from ministries, agenciesand localities, and social resources for the poor as the Tet (Lunar New Year)is approaching.
Speaking at a working session with VRCrepresentatives, Phuc, who is also VRC Honorary President, said VRC membersshould be the pioneers in humanitarian activities.Read full story
-Urbanisationand city development are a chance for each country, region, and locality tomake breakthrough development in all fields, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhtold a national conference on November 30.
The hybrid event was held to disseminate andlaunch the implementation of the Government’s Resolution No 148/NQ-CP, issuedon November 11, to carry out the Politburo’s Resolution No 06-NQ/TW, datedJanuary 24, on the planning, construction, management, and sustainabledevelopment of Vietnamese cities by 2030, with a vision to 2045.Read full story
-The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam and the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Laos should work more closely together to build labour and social cooperation strategies to suit the current situation of each country as well as the region and the world, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told Lao Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Baykham Khattiya.
Hosting the Lao minister in Hanoi on November 30, Deputy PM Dam said that the two ministries should share experience and support each other in policy making and the management of labour and employment market, migrant workers, as well as other social security issues.Read full story
-Minister ofJustice Le Thanh Long is paying a working visit to Cuba starting November 28,with an aim to deepen bilateral cooperation in legal and judicial affairs.
During his stay, Long held talks with his Cubancounterpart Oscar Manuel Silvera Martínez, during which they expressed theirsatisfaction with cooperation results of the two agencies, and agreed onspecific joint activities, including the effective implementation of acollaboration programme for 2022-2023 signed during President Nguyen XuanPhuc’s official visit to Cuba in September 2021, and the application ofinformation technology in carry out cooperation activities.Read full story
-ExecutiveDirector of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Catherine Russell onNovember 29 said that UNICEF will stand side by side with Vietnam in supportingchildren, especially those living in ethnic-inhabited and remote areas, toensure no one is left behind.
She made the pledge during her working sessionwith Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to theUnited Nations (UN).Read full story
-VietnameseAmbassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh and Governor of Thailand’s Udon Thaniprovince Wanchai Kongkasem exchanged views on economic cooperation between thetwo countries, as well as the demand for collaboration between their localitiesin their recent working session.
Thanh visited Udon Thani, home to the biggestcommunity of Thai people of the Vietnamese origin, from November 26-29, aimingto seek measures to enhance partnerships between the two countries’ localitiesin investment, trade, economy, tourism and culture, and people-to-peopleexchange.Read full story
-The NationalAssembly (NA) hosted the 10th Asia-Pacific meeting of the ParliamentaryAssembly of the Francophonie (APF) in the central city of Da Nang on November28 and 29, discussing international cooperation in response to climate change,medical crisis, and for socio-economic development.
Participants mulled over responsible andsustainable international collaboration in climate change, which theyconsidered one of the biggest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century,especially in developing countries.Read full story
-The officialvisit to Australia by National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has asignificant meaning to the relations of the two countries, according to Prof.Carl Thayer from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
He noted that this is the first by a senior leaderof Vietnam to Australia after the two countries re-opened their doors after theCOVID-19 pandemic, and also the first by Hue as the top legislator of Vietnam.He will have a meeting with the new Speaker of the Australian House ofRepresentatives, he added.Read full story
-Ho Chi MinhCity is an attractive investment destination for Japanese businesses thanks toits both development potential and mechanism to accompany and supportinvestors, heard a seminar held by the Investment & TradePromotion Centre of HCM City (ITPC) and the Japanese BusinessAssociation of Ho Chi Minh City (JCCH) on November 30.
JapaneseConsul General in HCM City Watanabe Nobuhiro said Vietnam is a destination thatJapanese businesses are interested in thanks to its rapid development andefforts to diversify supply chain.Read full story
-Agro-forestry-fisheryexports stood at about 49.04 billion USD in the first 11 months of 2022, higherthan last year’s record of 48.6 billion USD, the Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development (MARD) said.
The 11-month export rose 11.8% year on year whileimports increased 6.9% to some 41.22 billion USD, resulting in a surplus of7.82 billion USD – up 47.8%.Read full story
-The art ofpottery making of Cham ethnic people was inscribed in the list of intangiblecultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding by UNESCO on November 29.
The recognition was made at the 17th session ofthe Inter-governmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the IntangibleCultural Heritage in Rabat, Morocco, according to the Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism.Read full story/.
