Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspected some key transport infrastructure and climate change response projects in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on May 12.
He examined the first phase of the Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang expressway project, which has total investment of nearly 44.7 trillion VND (1.7 billion USD). The four-lane road, over 188km long, runs through An Giang province, Can Tho city, Hau Giang province, and Soc Trang province.Read full story
-The Prime Minister and National Assembly (NA) deputies of Can Tho had a meeting with voters in O Mon district of the Mekong Delta city on May 12, ahead of the 15th NA’s seventh session.
Addressing the meeting, PM Chinh, who is also an NA deputy of Can Tho, gave voters a brief review of the country’s socio-economic situation during the first four months, which saw better results compared to the same period of 2023 in almost fields, including the macro-economy basically stable, the recovery trend sustained, inflation under control, and major balances of the economy guaranteed.Read full story
-The United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group adopted Vietnam’s National Report under UNHRC’s fourth cycle on May 10.
The working group’s report acknowledged Vietnam’s national report, content of the dialogue on May 7 and 320 recommendations made by 133 countries.Read full story
-Vietnam had a very successful dialogue on its fourth-cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) National Report with the participation of a large number of United Nations member countries on May 7, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet said, adding that the country brought to the session four important messages.
Talking to Vietnam News Agency reporters in Geneva after the national report was adopted by the UN Human Rights Council’s UPR Working Group on May 10, Viet said that the first message was the affirmation of the importance of peace, national independence, and the right of national self-determination to development efforts and promotion of human rights.Read full story
-Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs David Cameron expressed their delight over the two countries’ strategic partnership which has been developed in a more effective and deeper manner, during their phone talks on May 10.
The two ministers concurred that the two countries need to continue enhancing exchanges of delegations, particularly those at high level, make effective use of existing cooperative mechanisms such as strategic dialogue, defence policy dialogue, and Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO), building and implementing the Vietnam – UK action plan during 2024-2026, and supporting each other at regional and multilateral organisations and forums.Read full story
-Vietnam wishes to diversify its partners, consolidate a peaceful and stable international environment conducive to its development, and contribute to peace and development in the world, said Ambassador Mai Phan Dung.
The Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and other international organisations in Geneva made the remark in a recent interview granted to the Geneva Geostrategic Observatory. The interview was also published on Tribune de Genève, a Swiss newspaper.Read full story
-An event themed “Vietnam - EU joining hands for a clean environment” took place in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh, on May 12.
The event was held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee, the EU Delegation to Vietnam, and Sun Group.Read full story
-Vietnamese Ambassador to Poland Ha Hoang Hai said on May 12 that a fire that had broken out at the shopping centre on Marywilska street, Warsaw, Poland, where many Vietnamese run stalls, on early the day, and there was no casualty, but almost all property were destroyed, according to initial reports.
The shopping centre - a large retail trade centre in Poland with about 1,400 stores, of which one third are run by Vietnamese people, the ambassador added.Read full story
-Vietnam has made the shortlist in many accolades at the prestigious 31st World Travel Award, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) said on May 11.
The country has been nominated for Asia’s Leading Beach Destination, Asia's Leading Culture Destination, Asia's Leading Destination, Asia's Leading Heritage Destination, Asia's Leading Natural Destination, and Asia's Leading Youth Travel Destination in 2024.Read full story
-Vietjet opened a direct air route linking Hanoi and Hiroshima on May 12, marking the first of its kind connecting Vietnam and the Japanese prefecture and the eighth of Vietjet between the two countries.
Addressing the launch, Hiroshima Governor Yuzaki Hidehiko said his prefecture boasts close relations with Vietnam as seen in many of its large enterprises running in the Southeast Asian country and a Vietnamese community in Hiroshima.Read full story
-A mysterious lake has been discovered in Thung Cave within the World’s Natural Heritage Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, in the central province of Quang Binh.
It was discovered during an expedition by the Junglee Boss adventure tourism company and announced by director of the company Le Luu Dung.Read full story/.
