- President Vo Van Thuong on July 27 held separate meetings with GeneralSecretary of the Italian Communist Party Mauro Alboresi, Vice President of theItalian Democratic Party Chiara Gribaudo, and General Secretary of the ItalianCommunist Refoundation Party Maurizio Acerbo, as part of his State-level visitto the European nation. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspected the construction progress of theEast-West road project in the northern province of Ninh Binh on July 27.
The road links the westernmost point with the easternmost point of theprovince, from Nho Quan mountainous district to Kim Son coastal district. It alsoconnects the nation’s important traffic axes, including the eastern North -South Expressway, Ho Chi Minh Road, National Highway 1A, the coastal road fromQuang Ninh to Thanh Hoa and the North - South railway. Read full story
- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang and Prime Minister of Egypt MostafaMadbouly have agreed to continue cultivating bilateral traditional friendshipand fine cooperation via further increasing the exchange of delegations,especially those at high level, during their talks in Cairo on July 27. Read full story
- The Ministry of National Defence on July 27 held a ceremony to hand over thePresident’s decision to an officer who will take on United Nations (UN)peacekeeping mission in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA)Mission in Abyei on the border of South Sudan and Sudan.
Under the decision, Lieutenant Colonel Dang Quoc Tuan, deputy head of theDepartment of Foreign Languages and Vietnamese Language, Faculty of Culture andForeign Languages under the Political Officers College, will be sent to theUNISFA Mission (Abyei area) to take the duty of combat staff officer. Read full story
- The Vietnamese Government and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)always treasure trade cooperation with Japan, Deputy Minister of Industry andTrade Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan told Governor of Japan’s Wakayama prefectureKishimoto Shuhei during a working session in Hanoi on July 27. Read full story
- A batch of the 5-in-1 vaccine supported by the World Health Organization(WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) arrived in Hanoi on July27.
The batch consists of 185,700 doses of DTP-VGB-Hib vaccine, urgently providedfor the Ministry of Health to address a reduction in immunisation rates and ashortage of the 5-in-1 vaccine. Read full story
- The Vietnam - Laos trade fair (VIETLAO EXPO 2023), the largest annual tradepromotion event co-organised by the countries’ ministries of industry andtrade, opened in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on July 27.
Lasting until July 31 and attracting hundreds of Vietnamese and Lao firms, thefair features approximately 250 booths. The Vietnamese section comprises 120standard booths run by 60 enterprises from various sectors such aspharmaceuticals and medical equipment, agro-forestry-fishery, food processing,garments, handicrafts, interior and exterior decorations, plastics, andconsumer products. Read full story
- More than 1,000 beauty brands of around 400 companies from 25 countries andterritories are being introduced at the international beauty exhibition -Vietbeauty & Cosmobeauté Vietnam 2023 which opened in Ho Chi Minh City onJuly 27.
Accordingly, exhibitors from such countries as the US, France, Italy, Belgium,Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, India, China, Singapore, Malaysia,Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam are showcasing cutting-edge spa and beautysalon equipment and products on an area of 10,000sq.m. Read full story./.
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