Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
-The 10th plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee began in Hanoi on September 18.
In the morning, the committee held a plenary session. Participants observed a minute of silence in memory of residents and soldiers killed during the recent Typhoon Yagi and its aftermath, and raised fund in support of the victims.Read full story
-Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son talked on the phone with Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Badr Abdelatty on September 17.
Abdelatty extended deep condolences to the Government and people of Vietnam over severe consequences left by Typhoon Yagi, affirming that Egypt always stands by, unites with and supports Vietnam as repeatedly affirmed by leaders of the two sides.Read full story
-The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held an event in Hanoi on September 18 to receive emergency aid from other countries for victims of super Typhoon Yagi.
Briefing participants on the serious impacts of the storm and its accompanying downpour and flooding, MARD Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep thanked disaster risk reduction partners, international organisations, and foreign embassies for their assistance, both in cash and in kind, to the seriously affected localities.Read full story
-The Engineering Unit Rotation 3 and the Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 6 paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi, and to fallen soldiers at the Heroic Martyrs' Monument in the capital city on September 18 before they head for UN peacekeeping missions.
On this occasion, Major General Pham Manh Thang, Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations under the Ministry of National Defence, launched an emulation movement in the units.Read full story
-Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, who is also Climate Envoy, and some officials of the Netherlands have agreed to enhance cooperation with Vietnam in climate change response while receiving Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang.
At the September 17 meetings, Prince Parme, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) Summit Steven Collet, and Water Envoy Meike van Ginneken noted with pleasure the positive development of the comprehensive partnership between the two countries.Read full story
-The Ho Chi Minh City Association of Mechanical – Electrical Enterprises (HAMEE), in collaboration with the Vietnam Trade Office in the US and the Asian American Chamber of Commerce (AACC), recently organised a Vietnam-US trade promotion forum on smart technology.
US businesses and Asian American enterprises showed their admiration for the development of smart technology and the qualifications and skills of Vietnamese young workforce.Read full story
-Tens of thousands of visitors and local residents joined Cao Dai followers at the “Hoi Yen Dieu Tri Cung”, the biggest festival of the Cao Dai sect, in the southern province of Tay Ninh on September 17 night.
The festival is a major great religious banquet for the Great Mother and nine female immortals of the Dieu Tri (Jasper Pond) Palace held annually on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month.Read full story
-The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam, in collaboration with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of the southern city of Can Tho, on September 18 launched a campaign to collect waste and clean the environment in Cai Rang floating market on the Can Tho River, one of the popular tourist destinations in Ninh Kieu district which is facing a risk of pollution.
The event aims to raise public awareness and change people's behaviour in waste disposal and recycling while strengthening cooperation between stakeholders to improve the efficiency of solid waste management in Can Tho.Read full story
-The Meeting of Governors and Mayors of ASEAN Capitals (MGMAC) and the ASEAN Mayors Forum (AMF) officially opened in Vientiane, Laos, on September 18.
The event gathered representatives from ASEAN capitals and cities, including ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn. The Vietnamese delegation was led by Tran Sy Thanh, Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee.Read full story
-A delegation of Hanoi led by Tran Sy Thanh, member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee, has separate meetings with leaders of Vientiane capital, Laos.
The Hanoi delegation was in Laos from September 17-19 for the Meeting of Governors and Mayors of ASEAN Capitals (MGMAC) and the ASEAN Mayors Forum (AMF) 2024 and a working visit to Vientiane.Read full story/.
