Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a listof selected news summaries over the weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked theMekong Delta province of Hau Giang to turn its potential into resources andaspirations into practical and effective actions, and promote its internalstrength for faster and more sustainable socio-economic development and higherliving conditions of local people.
Working with the Standing Board ofthe provincial Party Committee on July 17, PM Chinh highlighted Hau Giang'sadvantages such as strategic location, a thick system of waterways, a wideprimary forest area, rice production, and high tourism potential.Read full story
– National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong DinhHue attended a ceremony in the central province of Nghe An on July 16 topresent the certificates recognising martyrs’ great contributions to the nationto their families, on the occasion of Vietnam’s War Invalids and Martyrs Day(July 27).
At the event, the certificates were presented to families of75 martyrs representing 387 ones of the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry ofPublic Security and in 30 provinces and cities nationwide. Read full story
– Politburo member and permanent member of theCommunist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong and ahigh-ranking Party and State delegation have been on a visit to Laos to attendthe celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomaticrelations (September 5, 1962 – 2022) and the 45th year of the singing of thebilateral Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (July 18, 1977 – 2022).
TheVietnamese officials were received separately on July 17 by General Secretaryof the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and Presidentof Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh and President ofthe Lao National Assembly Xaysomphone Phomvihane in Vientiane.Read full story
– The Vietnam-Laos relations have been specialand rare ties with loyalty and purity, a valuable asset, a rule for existenceand development of both countries and a decisive factor for the success of therevolution in each nation, Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuanghas said.
The Lao diplomat made the statement while speaking to themedia on the occasion of the 60th founding anniversary of Vietnam-Laosdiplomatic relations (1962-2022) and the 45th anniversary of the signing of thebilateral Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (1977-2022).Read full story
– The Vietnam National Administration ofTourism (VNAT) is taking extra efforts to realise the target of welcoming 5million foreign visitors amidst a decline in the numbers of tourists from Chinaand Russia.
The VNAT will further optimise markets which have air routeswith Vietnam and those that permitted their citizens to travel abroad andVietnamese expats to return to the home country after the COVID-19 pandemic wasput under control.Read full story
– Vietnamese beauty Nguyen Huynh Kim Duyenbecame the second runner-up in the Miss Supranational 2022 final in Polandon July 15. She is now the Vietnamese participant with the greatestachievement in Miss Supranational history. Lalela Mswane of South Africais this year's Miss Supranational. Read full story
– Dong Son bronze drum, the earliest form ofbronze drum found in Vietnam, has been introduced at the World of Sky DiscsExhibition held in Pfannerhall Braunsbedra in the German state of SachsenAnhalt by two archaeologists Dr. Dominique Görlitz and Dr. Kai Helge Wirth.
According to the German archaeologists, the Dong Son bronze drum, dating backto the Bronze Age, shares various similarities with many famous discs foundelsewhere around the world, including “Nebra Sky Disc,” an ancient objectthought to be the world’s oldest map of the stars created in Germany around1670 B.C. The disc illustrates what may be the sun or full moon, a crescentmoon and stars.Read full story
– As many as 8,500 runners joined the Vietcombank MekongDelta International Marathon - Hau Giang 2022 in Vi Thanh city in the morningof July 17. At the tournament, the runners, including 47 foreign from 18other countries, competed in the categories of 5 kilometres, 10 kilometres, 21kilometres and 42 kilometres. Read full story/.