- President Vo Van Thuong and other leaders andformer leaders of the Party and State, joined many activities in tribute tomartyrs, revolutionaries and patriots in the southern province of Ba Ria VungTau on June 19 on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of WarInvalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947-2023).
The delegates also met with revolutionarieswho were once detained in the offshore Con Dao Prison and presented gifts topeople with meritorious services to the revolution, in Con Dao district. Read full story
– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hailed the ongoing Vietnamvisit by Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Zambry Abdul Kadir onthe occasion of the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Malaysia diplomatic ties thisyear, during a reception in Hanoi on July 19.
PM Chinh welcomed the Malaysian Foreign Ministerand his Vietnamese counterpart to co-chair the seventh meeting of the JointCommission for Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation from July 19-20,contributing to reviewing the implementation of cooperation agreements betweenthe two countries and preparing for the official Vietnam visit by the MalaysianPrime Minister and his spouse from July 20-21. Read full story
– National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue underlined theimportance of planning, especially urban planning during a meeting with theVietnam Urban Development Planning Association (VUPDA) in Hanoi on July 19.
NA Chairman Hue thanked VUPDA members for offeringfeedback on the revised Land Law, the amended Housing Law, the draft revisedLaw on Real Estate Business and relevant laws such as the Law on Urban Planningand the Law on Construction which are being considered by the legislature. Read full story
– Do Van Chien, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam(CPV) Central Committee and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)Central Committee, had a meeting in Beijing on July 19 with Zhao Leji, memberof the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’sPolitical Bureau and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the NationalPeople’s Congress of China.
Chien expressed his delight at the flourishingrelations between the two Parties and the two countries, especially thesignificance of the official visits to China by CPV General Secretary NguyenPhu Trong in November 2022 and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in late June 2023. Read full story
– Japan’s discharge of treated radioactive water into the seawill not impact Vietnam’s sea areas, said Deputy Director of the Vietnam Agencyfor Radiation and Nuclear Saftery under the Ministry of Science and TechnologyPham Van Toan told the ministry's regular press conference for the secondquarter in Hanoi on July 19.
Toan said that on March 11, 2011, an incidentoccurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan due to theimpact of an earthquake and tsunami, resulting in a large amount of radioactivewastewater. To handle this waste, Japan's discharge plan has been assessed bythe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and leading nuclear safetyexperts based on the IAEA's safety standards. Read full story
– The building and development of the e-Government anddigital Government were among the outstanding achievements in administrativereform in the first half of this year, the Ministry of Home Affairs has said.
In June alone, nearly 22 million transactions wereconducted through the National Data Exchange Platform, raising the six-monthfigure to 276.9 million, according to the ministry. Read full story
– The export of rice, fruit and vegetables to China and othermarkets posted a remarkable surge by 34.7% and 64.2%, respectively in the firsthalf, said an official during a meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development (MARD) in Hanoi on July 19 to review the market situation andlaunch tasks for the coming quarters of this year.
Director of the MARD’s Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance DepartmentNguyen Nhu Tiep predicted export growth of fruit and vegetables to be maintainedin the second half if exporters pay attention to quality, design, packaging andorigin tracing to meet market demand. Read full story./.
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