- Singaporean President Halimah Yacob and her spouse began a State visit toVietnam on October 16 at the invitation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
This is the first State visit by a foreign head of State to Vietnam since the13th National Party Congress, and also the first trip overseas by the Presidentof Singapore since the COVID-19 broke out. Read full story
- Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu on October 15 held a meeting with votersin Dong Da, Ba Dinh and Hai Ba Trung districts of Hanoi, during which theytheir concerns over the combat against corruption and negative phenomena.
During the meeting, voters spoke highly of efforts made by the entire politicalsystem in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and promoting socio-economicdevelopment in 2022. They said that the trust of people in the Party, State,Party committees and authorities at all levels has been increasing. Read full story
- The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has sent amessage of congratulations to the Central Committee of the Communist Party ofChina (CPC) on the CPC’s 20th National Congress, which opened on October 16 inBeijing.
The CPV Central Committee extended the warmest congratulations to the CPC’s20th National Congress, and through the congress, to all CPC members andChinese people, the message reads. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said the banking system plays the role as arteriesof the economy while addressing a meeting with chairpersons and CEOs ofcommercial banks in Hanoi on October 16.
The event took place on the occasion of 77 years since late President Ho ChiMinh sent a letter to the industry and trade sector and the 18th VietnamEntrepreneurs Day (October 13). Read full story
- Tra fish exports to member countries of the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN) have been rising sharply, and this market is forecast tosurpass the European Union in terms of catfish imports from Vietnam in the nearfuture.
Tra fish exports to ASEAN countries were estimated at over 152 million USD inthe first nine months of 2022, accounting for nearly 8% of the total, accordingto the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). Read full story
- The Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA) recently coordinated with the FrenchChamber of Commerce and Industry and the Vietnamese Embassy in France to hold abusiness matching event in Paris to boost pepper trading. Read full story
- The non-profit Food Bank Vietnam on October 15 launched a programme calledFood Share to promote food sharing and stop wastage.Read full story
- A Vietnamese cultural day was hosted by the United Associations of VietnameseStudents in New South Wales (UAVS-NSW) in collaboration with four otherVietnamese students’ associations in Australia in Sydney on October 15. Read full story
- A fine arts exhibition is being co-held by the northern city of Hai Phong andthe Republic of Korea’s Gwangju city, displaying over 100 works by 90 paintersfrom both sides.
Underway in Hai Phong information, exhibition and cinema centre, the exhibitionalso displays three books featuring selections of artworks by 100 painters fromHai Phong and Gwangju released by three Korean publishing houses. Read full story
- Works by Vietnamese professor andguitarist Dang Ngoc Long were among the required performances at theInternational Guitar Competition and Festival Berlin 2022 which wrapped up onOctober 15. Long has acted as the biennial event’s art director for nine times. Read full story./.
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