Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekend by VietnamNews Agency.
-Vietnamresolutely opposes and demands Taiwan to cancel its live-fire exercises in thewaters around Ba Binh island belonging to Vietnam's Truong Sa (Spratly)archipelago and not to repeat similar actions in the future, spokeswoman of theVietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said on March 11 in responseto reporters’ query regarding the live-fire drill conducted by Taiwan. Read full story
-Party GeneralSecretary Nguyen Phu Trong on March 12 sent his congratulatory message toPresident-elect of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Yoon Suk-yeol and Lee Jun-seok,head of the country’s People Power Party (PPP). Read full story
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 12offered incense in commemoration of naval soldiers who sacrificed their liveswhile safeguarding Gac Ma Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago(March 14, 1988).
He paid tribute to the fallen soldiers at the Gac Ma soldiers’ memorial site inCam Hai commune of Cam Lam district, Khanh Hoa province, during a fact-findingtrip to Cam Lam as part of his working visit to this central province. Read full story
The same day,the PM visited the Van Phong Economic Zone (EZ), and urged favourablemechanisms be issued to facilitate public - private partnership (PPP) ininfrastructure building, so as to boost the development of the zone. Read full story
-Chairmanof the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue has welcomed the interest of foreigninvestors, including Japan's Erex Co Ltd, in clean energy development inVietnam.
He hosted a reception for Erex Chairman andRepresentative Director Honna Hitoshi in Hanoi on March 11. Read full story

Theprogramme, which was broadcast live on YouTube, consisted of a conference onthe Kanagawa-Vietnam friendship, a contest to make “Banh xeo” (crispyVietnamese pancake), and an art performance. Read full story
-Close to500 young volunteers joined a cycling held by the Ho Chi Minh Communist YouthUnion (HCYU) chapter in HCM City on March 13 to kick start this year’s EarthHour campaign.
Afterbeing virtually hosted over the last two years because of COVID-19 impacts, theEarth Hour returns to HCM City this year with more practical and excitingprojects, said Le Hoang Minh from the HCM City’s HCYU and head of the EarthHour’s organising committee this year. Read full story
-Nearly600 Vietnamese people fleeing from war-torn Ukraine to Poland and Romania weresafely brought home by two Vietnam Airlines flights on March 13, bringing thetotal number of Vietnamese in Ukraine repatriated so far to over 1,100.
They are the first two repatriation flightsoperated under an agreement between national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines andSun Group in which the later covers the entire cost for the arrangement of theflights. Read full story
-Warveterans who used to be stationed on the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago held aceremony in the central city of Da Nang on March 13 to commemorate 64 soldiersof the Vietnamese navy who died on duty 34 years ago while defending the Gac Ma(Johnson South) Reef in Vietnam's Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago on March 14,1988. Read full story
-ThePeople’s Committee of Quang Tri has approved a Norwegian-funded project oncapacity building for this central province’s mine action centre during 2022 -2025.
The project is financed with over 1.3 million USDin non-refundable aid by the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA). Read full story
-ThePeople's Committee of Quang Ninh on March 12 held a conference to announce itsapplication of an electronic ISO software system following the Vietnamesestandard ISO 9001:2015 in the operations of 227 local publicadministrative agencies, making the province the first in the northern regionto do so. Read full story
-Budgetcarrier Vietjet Air will reopen and increase frequency of various domesticflights this month to meet travel demand in summer. Read full story/.