Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekendby Vietnam News Agency.
– Vietnam and Cambodia have completed the demarcation and marker planting of 84 percent of their shared border line over the two decades between 1999 and 2019, heard a conference reviewing the work held in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on March 4.
Per a report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two countries have finished the demarcation of about 1,045 km of the border line and planted 2,047 markers at 1,553 positions. Read full story
– PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh on March 6 stressed the need for Mekong Deltaprovinces and centrally-run cities to create breakthrough changes in themindset and have a strategic vision in agricultural development. The Governmentleader made the request at a conference on agricultural development in theMekong Delta held in Kien Giang province by the Ministry Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (MARD) and the People’s Committees of 13 and provinces andcentrally-run cities in the region. Read full story
– PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh on March 5 requested the gradual normalisation of theCOVID-19 pandemic at a teleconference between the National Steering Committeefor COVID-19 Prevention and Control with ministries, sectors, and 63 provincesand cities. PM Chinh ordered readiness without neglect andsubjectivity as the pandemic may continue developing in a complicated andunpredictable manner with the Omicron variant. Read full story
– About800 Vietnamese people have been safely evacuated to Romania from Ukraine as ofMarch 6 morning, according to incomplete data. However, the actual numbermay be higher because many people do not contact the Vietnamese Embassy orVietnamese associations in Romania. Read full story
- Theindustrial production and trade of Hanoi has been on a recovery trend fromthe beginning of the year, driven by the capital city’s policies ofreopening business activities after months of closing down to fightthe pandemic. The capital city’s index of industrial production wasestimated to increase by 4.6 percent in the first two months of this year. Red full story
– Twoflights repatriating Vietnamese people from Ukraine will depart fromRomania and Poland this week. One flight, conducted by national flagcarrier Vietnam Airlines, is scheduled to depart from Romania on March 7transporting 283 Vietnamese citizens. It is expected to arrive at Noi BaiInternational Airport in Hanoi at noon on March 8. The other flight,conducted by Bamboo Airlines, will depart from Poland on March 9 with 270passengers onboard. It is scheduled to arrive at the Noi Bai airport on March10 in the morning. Read full story
– TheMinistry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has asked provinces and centrally-runcities to review wind, solar and hydropower projects included in the nationalplanning scheme for electricity development for 2011-2020 with a vision towards2030. Under a document recently sent to the provincial and municipal People’sCommittees, the ministry ordered a look-back at the projects, includingoperational ones and those that have yet to be put into use as of February2022. Read full story/.
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