Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
- ActingPresident Vo Thi Anh Xuan on April 21 offered incense at the Dien Bien PhuBattlefield Martyrs' Temple and the A1-Dien Bien Martyrs Cemetery and visitedveterans who contributed to Dien Bien Phu Victory 70 years ago.
Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan (second from right) visits veteran Nguyen Viet Diem (centre), 94, in Thanh Binh ward, Dien Bien Phu city on April 21. (Photo: VNA) Xuan and her encourage visited and gave gifts toveteran Nguyen Huu Chap, 93, residing in Him Lam ward, and veteran Nguyen VietDiem, 94, in Thanh Binh ward, Dien Bien Phu city.Read full text
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked the northern border province of Lang Sonto maximise its development resources while addressing a conference announcingthe locality’s master plan for 2021-2030 with a vision towards 2050 on April 21.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh(sixth, left) and delegates at the conference. (Photo: VNA) Highlighting Lang Son’s strategic position inpolitics, economy, culture, national defence and security, and foreign affairs,the leader lauded its achievements over the past time, with its gross regionaldomestic product (GRDP) growing 7% last year.Read full text
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 21 visited the Huu NghiInternational Border Gate and inspected some socio-economic developmentprojects in Lang Son as part of his ongoing visit to the northernprovince.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (fifth from right) inspects border marker 1116 at the Huu Nghi International Border Gate in Lang Son province (Photo: VNA) At the international border gate, Chinh emphasised its important role inpromoting the friendship and economic ties between Vietnam and China, betweenChina and ASEAN, as well as between Lang Son and Guangxi provinces.Read full text
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 20asked ministries, sectors, agencies, localities, and businesses to makeforecasts on the situation and prepare response plans to ensure sufficientpower supply for production and daily activities under any circumstances.
At a working session with relevant ministries,sectors, and agencies on the production and supply of electricity, especiallyin peak times of 2024 and following years, PM Chinh pointed to the need tofocus on five major issues, including of production, distribution, and price.Read full text
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested the Ministries of Justice ofVietnam and China to foster cooperation and mutual support, making them to beon a par with the height of the bilateral relations.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chinese Minister of Justice He Rong (Photo: VNA) While receiving Chinese Minister of Justice HeRong in Hanoi on April 19, PM Chinh affirmed that Vietnam considers thedevelopment of the stable, healthy, sustainable and long-term ties with Chinaas a consistent policy, an objective requirement, a strategic choice and aleading priority in its foreign policy.Read full text
-More than 40 companies and agencies from 19 foreign countries and territoriesworldwide have confirmed their participation in the Vietnam InternationalDefence Expo 2024, to be held in December this year, heard a conference held bythe Ministry of Defence in Hanoi on April 20.
Participants at the conference held by the Ministry of Defence in Hanoi on April 20. (Photo: qdnd.vn) Themed ‘Peace, Friendship, Cooperation for MutualDevelopment”, the expo will be held on the outskirts of Hanoi from December 19- 22.Read full text
-Economic outlook, demographictransformation and changing consumer trends are among macro shifts reshapingVietnam’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) landscape, according to marketingdata and analytics company Kantar Worldpanel.
In its recent report on the Vietnam FMCG marketoutlook 2024, Kantar has a positive outlook for Vietnam’s economy, saying thatdespite obstacles and short-term headwinds, the long-term economic trajectoryremains robust.Read full text
-Vietnam has for the first time surpassed India and Thailand to become thelargest rice exporter to Singapore by shipping 36.15 million SGD (26.55 millionUSD) worth of rice in the first three months of this year, an increase of80.46% over the same period in 2023, winning 32.03% of the market share,according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore.
Vietnam was followed by Thailand with an exportvalue of 33.63 million SGD, while India came third with 33.16 million SGD.Read full text
-Canoeing and rowing have secured the eighth and ninth spots for Vietnamat the Paris 2024 Olympics, according to the General Department of Sports andPhysical Training under Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Competing in the women’s C1 200m event at the 2024 Asian Canoe SprintChampionships in Japan on April 21, Huong finished second with a time of 49.351seconds, earning one of the two spots available for Olympic qualification. Shewas just behind Nilufar Zokirova of Uzbekistan.Read full text/.
