Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
-PresidentVo Van Thuong attended a ceremony in Bac Ninh city, the northern province ofBac Ninh to mark the 60th anniversary of the "A Thousand of GoodDeeds" movement and honour outstanding figures in the field.
The event, jointly organised by the Ho Chi MinhCommunist Youth Union's Central Committee, the Central Council of the Ho ChiMinh Vanguard Children's Union and the provincial People's Committee, drew 263delegates representing 1,000 outstanding children who showed good deeds in 2023.Read full text
-NationalAssembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue held a working session with the standing boardof the Party Committee of the south central province of Binh Thuan on March 26,during which he congratulated the province on successfully holding the openingof the National Tourism Year themed “Binh Thuan – Green Convergence” a dayearlier.
Noting that Binh Thuan is referred to as a"transportation hub" that connects the north central and centralcoastal regions with the southern key economic region, Chairman Hue saidwith existing potential and advantages as well as socio-economic achievementsin recent years, Binh Thuan will have all the important conditions to make astrong breakthrough when the eastern section of the north-south expressway isopen to traffic and Phan Thiet airport is put into operation.Read full text
-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh attended the opening of the fifth National StartupFestival for students in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue's Hue city onMarch 25.
Expressing his delight at the high startup spiritand aspirations of students, PM Chinh said that startup and innovation is animportant resource for each country, especially during the era ofglobalisation, international integration and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.Read full text
-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the central province of Thua Thien-Hue tostrive to become a major cultural and tourism hub with distinctive features,considering that the province holds ample development potential, especially inmarine-based economy and cultural-historical-ecological tourism.
He made the request during a working session withthe standing board of the provincial Party Committee on March 25, as part ofhis working trip to the province to attend the fifth National Start-up Festivalfor students.Read full text
-The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) organized a ceremony in Hanoi on March 25 to mark 52 years of the diplomatic relationship between Vietnam and Chile.
In her opening speech, VUFO President, Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, highlighted major milestones in the Vietnam – Chile relations, and expressed her belief in the bright prospects of bilateral ties in the future.Read full text
- VietnameseAmbassador to Brazil and Guyana Pham Thi Kim Hoa recently presented credentialsto President of Guyana Mohamed Irfaan Ali.
At a reception for the diplomat, President MohamedIrfaan Ali said he hopes Vietnam will assist Guyana in agriculture, animalhusbandry and cultivation.Read full text
-ViceSecretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai has expressedwish to boost ties between Mexico and Vietnam, and between Mexico and Ho ChiMinh City in particular, stressing that the city always welcomes Mexicandelegations and offers all possible support for Mexican enterprises.
Meeting Politburo member of theMexican Labour Party (PT) and Chairman of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies’Committee on Foreign Affairs Alfredo Femat Bañuelos during his ongoing workingtrip to the Latin American country from March 22-27, Hai said the Partyorganisation of HCM City wishes to contribute to maintaining and bolsteringfine relationship between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the PT.Read full text
-Vietnam exported 7,420 tonnes of coffee worth18.77 million USD to the Netherlands in the first two months of the year, up93.1% in volume and 105.7% in value year on year, according to the GeneralDepartment of Vietnam Customs.
The average export price of Vietnamese coffee tothe market also rose by 5.7% to 2,517 USD per tonne from one year ago.Read full text
-Vietnamrecorded 64 COVID-19 cases in the week from March 21-25, raising the totalnumber of cases from the start of the pandemic to 11,527,203.
As of March 25 evening, 10,614,899 COVID-19patients have recovered. Only one patient is receiving breathing support, andno fatality was recorded in the past week.Read full text
-Withlights turned off for one hour starting 8:30 pm on March 25 in response to the2023 Earth Hour campaign, Vietnam saved 298,000 kWh of electricity equivalentto about 555.6 million VND (23,617 USD), according to the Vietnam Electricity(EVN)’s National Load Dispatch Center.
Respondingto this year’s edition themed "Save electricity - Become a habit",myriad activities took place nationwide on the day with the participation ofpeople from all walks of life.Read full text
-Asapling marcotted from a 2,300-year-old Bodhi tree (also known as sacred figwith the scientific name of Ficus religiosa), the oldest of its species in theworld, has been planted at the Bai Dinh pagoda in the northern province of NinhBinh.
The tree, named Sri Maha Bodhiya, stands inAnuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Read full text
-Aceremony to welcome the first direct flight from Narita airport in Tokyo(Japan) to Da Nang after a long suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic washeld by the national carrier Vietnam Airlines in the central beach city onMarch 26.
Thenearly 180 Japanese passengers on the Vietnam Airlines flight were greeted withart performance and gifts from the city.Read full text
-Malta-flaggedcruise ship Mein Schiff 5 docked at Ha Long international port in the northernprovince of Quang Ninh province on March 26, carrying 2,191 European visitorsto the locality.
The visitors explored a number of famous localtourist attractions such as the UNESCO-recognised World Natural Heritage Siteof Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh Museum, as well as the local culture and cuisine inHa Long City before leaving for other destinations in the evening of the sameday.Read full text/.
