Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received visiting Lao Minister of Technology and Communications Boviengkham Vongdara in Hanoi on May 29.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha (R) receives visiting Lao Minister of Technology and Communications Boviengkham Vongdara. (Photo: VNA) Welcoming agreements signed between the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) and the Lao Ministry of Technology and Communications, Ha expressed his wish that the two sides will actively promote cooperation and technology transfer so that Vietnam and Laos can jointly implement digital and green transformation as soon as possible. Read full story
- A delegation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee held talks with representatives from the National Council of the Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland in Hanoi on May 29.
At the talks between the delegations of the VFF Central Committee and the National Council of the Solidarity for the Development of Cambodian Motherland. (Photo: VNA) At the talks, Vice President and Secretary General of the VFF Central Committee Nguyen Thi Thu Ha affirmed the fruitful relations between the two sides, with the signing of cooperation documents. Read full story
- Agro-forestry-aquatic product exports were estimated at 20.26 billion USD in the first five months of 2023, down 11.1% year on year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Meanwhile, the country's imports also dropped 8.7% to 13.15 billion USD, resulting in a five-month trade surplus of 3.55 billion USD, falling 21.1% from a year earlier. Read full story
- The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) will pilot the use of level-2 electronic identification (eID) authentication for air passengers at airports nationwide from June 1 to August 1, it said in its recent report sent to the Ministry of Transport.
The level 2 account is created in case the information of the declarant has been verified by a portrait photo or a fingerprint that matches the information recorded in the country’s databases on population, citizen identity, or immigration. Read full story
- The first-ever Vietnam NASA Space Week will be held in Ho Chi Minh City and Hau Giang and Binh Dinh provinces in the South from June 5-9, heard a press conference on May 29.
The event will be co-organised by the People’s Committees of Hau Giang province, Thu Duc city (HCM City), and Binh Dinh province, and the HCM City Computer Association, with the support of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Read full story
- A team of Vietnamese students won the third prize in the Cloud Track category of the Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023 Global Final held in China’s Shenzhen city, the Ministry of Information and Communications announced on May 29.
Vietnamese students win the third prize in the Cloud Track category of the Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023 Global Final. (Photo courtesy of Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023) The team members included Nguyen Quoc Hung from the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT), Tran Duc Lam and Vu Quang Hai from FPT University, under the guidance of Dr. Tran Tien Cong of the PTIT. Read full story
- More than 77,000 computers in Vietnam have suffered data encryption since December 2022, according to Bkav – a leading Vietnamese technology corporation that specialises in cyber security and software.
The corporation’s Technical Support Centre has also received hundreds of calls, asking for assistance in handling data encryption malware./. Read full story
