Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekendby Vietnam News Agency.
- PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc on February 26 concluded a State visit to Singapore at theinvitation of his counterpart Halimah Yacob. Vietnam and Singapore have issued a joint statement onstrengthening strategic partnership and recovery cooperation on the occasion ofPresident Phuc’s visit. Read full story
In an interviewgranted to the Vietnam News Agency on the outcomes of the visit, Deputy ForeignMinister To Anh Dung said the 3-day state visit that concluded on February 26by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to Singapore is a fine success that helps realisethe policy of foreign relations set by the 13th Party Congress that prioritisesthe comprehensive development of relations with neighbouring countries and theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Read full story
During the visit, Vietnamese and Singaporeanbusinesses signed cooperation deals worth nearly 11 billion USD at theVietnam-Singapore business dialogue on February 25, which was attended by PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc. Read full story
-PermanentDeputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh made important proposals for theinternational community to achieve the goal of universal COVID-19 vaccinationin his pre-recorded speech sent to the High-level thematic debate entitled“Galvanizing momentum for universal vaccination" of the UNGeneral Assembly on February 25 (US time). Read full story
- PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc on February 26 concluded a State visit to Singapore at theinvitation of his counterpart Halimah Yacob. Vietnam and Singapore have issued a joint statement onstrengthening strategic partnership and recovery cooperation on the occasion ofPresident Phuc’s visit. Read full story
In an interviewgranted to the Vietnam News Agency on the outcomes of the visit, Deputy ForeignMinister To Anh Dung said the 3-day state visit that concluded on February 26by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to Singapore is a fine success that helps realisethe policy of foreign relations set by the 13th Party Congress that prioritisesthe comprehensive development of relations with neighbouring countries and theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Read full story
During the visit, Vietnamese and Singaporeanbusinesses signed cooperation deals worth nearly 11 billion USD at theVietnam-Singapore business dialogue on February 25, which was attended by PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc. Read full story
-PermanentDeputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh made important proposals for theinternational community to achieve the goal of universal COVID-19 vaccinationin his pre-recorded speech sent to the High-level thematic debate entitled“Galvanizing momentum for universal vaccination" of the UNGeneral Assembly on February 25 (US time). Read full story
Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang (L) presents his credentials to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (Photo: VNA) - Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee ChuNgoc Anh on February 27 warned the capital city will see the peak of thecurrent COVID-19 surge in the middle of March.
The situationis complicated in Hanoi as there are more than 10,000 new patients reported ona daily basis, and 76 communes and wards (12.8 per cent of the total) have hadtheir risk levels raised to Level 3 (high risk), the city’s chair said at ameeting with local authorities in Hanoi on measures to reduce pressure forgrassroots-level medical workers, those who work at the health clinics of wardsand communes. Read full story
-Students fromthe first to sixth grades in the 18 suburban districts and town of Hanoi willreturn to online learning from February 28, part of local efforts to curbCOVID-19 transmission.
The Hanoi People’s Committee made the decision onFebruary 27 basing on the proposal submitted by the Department of Education andTraining. Read full story
-The AirportsCorporation of Vietnam (ACV) has been honoured at Corporate Excellence Categoryat the 2022 Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) held in Ho Chi MinhCity under the theme “The Epitome of Success.”
It was the fourth consecutive times the State-runcorporation, which operates 22 airports across the country, including nineinternational and 13 domestic airports, has earned the awards. Read full story
-Vietnam earned their first AFF U23 YouthChampionship title after beating Thailand 1-0 in the final match in Cambodia onFebruary 26. Read full story
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent their congratulations to the Vietnam’s U23 football team. Read full story
- A passengerboat with 36 tourists and three crew members onboard sank offshoreCua Dai Beach in Hoi An ancient town in central Quang Nam province onFebruary 26. Rescuers had by 5:30pm on February 26 saved 22 people and foundthe bodies of 13 dead victims. Read full story
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent his condolences to families of the victims the same day.
- Foreignministers of the 10 ASEAN countries on February 27 issued a statement callingfor dialogues among the parties concerned in the Ukraine crisis.
The statement was released amid growing tensionsin Ukraine since Russia recognised the independence of the self-proclaimedPeople’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk and launched a special militaryoperation in Donbass region, eastern Ukraine. Read full story/.
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