Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekend by VietnamNews Agency.
-PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking Party and State delegation arrived in Tokyoon September 25 afternoon, beginning his trip to attend a state funeral forlate Prime Minister Abe Shinzo from September 25-28.
The state funeral, due to take place on September27, is the second of its kind held for a former Japanese Prime Minister sinceWorld War II, following the first for late PM Yoshida Shigeru in 1967.Read full story
-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh on September 24 visited the construction sites ofseveral key socio-economic infrastructure projects in the northern mountainousprovince of Yen Bai.
The projects included one on building Thac Ba lakenational tourism site by 2040. The site is expected to attract about 1 milliontourists by 2030 and some 2.5 million by 2040.Read full story
-The same day, the Prime Minister attended a ceremony to receive the UNESCOcertificate recognising Xoe Thai as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanityheld in Yen Bai’s Nghia Lo town. Read full story
-Thestrengthening of international solidarity and cooperation is key to addressinginterlocking global challenges, affirmed Permanent Deputy Prime Minister PhamBinh Minh while addressing the general debate of the 77th Session of the UnitedNations (UN) General Assembly in New York on September 24.
Minh underlined that the world is at a watershedmoment in history as confrontation, conflicts and violations of internationallaw continue to intensify, mirroring great power competition andunilateralism.Read full story
The DeputyPrime Minister also shared Vietnam’s experience in economic development towardssocial justice while attending a Sustainable Development Impact Meeting held bythe World Economic Forum in New York on September 23.Read full story
On thesidelines of the high-level week of the 77th UN General Assembly, Minh had bilateralmeetings with the Dutch Prime Minister, and the Foreign Ministers of SierraLeon, Guinea-Bissau and Malawi in New York on September 23. Read full story
TheUnited Nations (UN) will continue paying attention to and support Vietnam'sdevelopment priorities towards green and sustainable orientations, and justtransition, especially in terms of financial access, UN Secretary-GeneralAntonió Guterres told Deputy PM Minh on September 23.
During their meeting on the sidelines of thehigh-level week of the 77th UN General Assembly (UNGA 77) in New York, Guterresappreciated Vietnam's active and responsible contributions to the commonaffairs of the largest global organisation in recent years, hoping that thecountry will promote its role and contribute more to addressing global issues. Read full story
Deputy Prime Minister Minh also presided over a ceremony to mark Vietnam's 77th NationalDay (September 2) and the 45th anniversary of Vietnam's accession to the UnitedNations (September 20), with the attendance of representatives from the UN aswell as leaders, ministers and officials of member states.
Speaking at the event, Minh briefed theparticipants on the country's development journey over the past more than sevendecades as well as its outstanding contributions since becoming the 149thmember of the UN on September 20, 1977.Read full story
-Ministerof Education Nguyen Kim Son on September 25 concluded his US working trip thataimed to strengthen education partnership between the two countries.
Along with attending theTransforming Education Summit, Son had meetings with the US Secretary ofEducation and representatives from the World Bank, Microsoft and New YorkUniversity.
He also had a working session with President ofthe US Educational Testing Service (ETS) Amit Sevak, and held a Vietnam-USeducation cooperation forum that drew leading US educational organisations.Participants at the event discussed major cooperation issues ineducation-training between the two sides.Read full story
-Adelegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam(CPV) joined 200 delegates frompolitical parties of 30 countries at an international conference themed"Political parties and a new society" in Mexico City from September22-24.
Addressing the event, Tran Duc Thang, member ofthe CPV Central Committee and head of its Inspection Commission said that theconference is a chance for participants to update each other on the situationof political parties and countries, discuss issues of shared concern, and seekways to coordinate actions for peace, national independence, democracy, cooperation,development and social progress in Latin America and around the world.Read full story
-Adelegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Bui Thi Minh Hoai,Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and head of its Commission for MassMobilisation made a working trip to Turkey from September 20-24.
During their stay, the delegation had a workingsessions with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkey Kemal Okuyan,leaders of the external relations committee of the ruling Justice and DevelopmentParty (AKP), head of the Turkish delegation to the Asian Parliamentary Assembly(APA) Asuman Erdogan, and officials of the Turkish Ministry of Interior.Read full story
-TheFrench Development Agency (AFD) will increase its support and donations forprojects funded by French non-governmental organisations and associations inVietnam.
The projects cover different areas, includingcapacity improvement for local authorities, vocational training for youngpeople, care for children, agricultural production and handicraft efficiencyenhancement, Nicolas Le Guen, a representative of the AFD, said at a meetingwith representatives from the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO)in Paris on September 23.Read full story
-The WashingtonTimes has published an article in which it supports Vietnam's candidacy for theUnited Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2023-2025 term.
According to the article, the Southeast Asiannation continues to be highly appreciated at the UN with its appointment ofofficers to join the peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and the CentralAfrican Republic, as well as its active participation in talks to achieve theUN's priority sustainable development goals.Read full story
-Thenational flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has been ranked 48th in the World's Top100 Airlines in 2022 announced at the World Airline Awards by Skytrax.
The ranking is based on more than 14 millioncustomer surveys in more than 100 countries between September 2021 and August2022.Read full story/.
-PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking Party and State delegation arrived in Tokyoon September 25 afternoon, beginning his trip to attend a state funeral forlate Prime Minister Abe Shinzo from September 25-28.
The state funeral, due to take place on September27, is the second of its kind held for a former Japanese Prime Minister sinceWorld War II, following the first for late PM Yoshida Shigeru in 1967.Read full story
-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh on September 24 visited the construction sites ofseveral key socio-economic infrastructure projects in the northern mountainousprovince of Yen Bai.
The projects included one on building Thac Ba lakenational tourism site by 2040. The site is expected to attract about 1 milliontourists by 2030 and some 2.5 million by 2040.Read full story
-The same day, the Prime Minister attended a ceremony to receive the UNESCOcertificate recognising Xoe Thai as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanityheld in Yen Bai’s Nghia Lo town. Read full story
-Thestrengthening of international solidarity and cooperation is key to addressinginterlocking global challenges, affirmed Permanent Deputy Prime Minister PhamBinh Minh while addressing the general debate of the 77th Session of the UnitedNations (UN) General Assembly in New York on September 24.
Minh underlined that the world is at a watershedmoment in history as confrontation, conflicts and violations of internationallaw continue to intensify, mirroring great power competition andunilateralism.Read full story
The DeputyPrime Minister also shared Vietnam’s experience in economic development towardssocial justice while attending a Sustainable Development Impact Meeting held bythe World Economic Forum in New York on September 23.Read full story
On thesidelines of the high-level week of the 77th UN General Assembly, Minh had bilateralmeetings with the Dutch Prime Minister, and the Foreign Ministers of SierraLeon, Guinea-Bissau and Malawi in New York on September 23. Read full story
TheUnited Nations (UN) will continue paying attention to and support Vietnam'sdevelopment priorities towards green and sustainable orientations, and justtransition, especially in terms of financial access, UN Secretary-GeneralAntonió Guterres told Deputy PM Minh on September 23.
During their meeting on the sidelines of thehigh-level week of the 77th UN General Assembly (UNGA 77) in New York, Guterresappreciated Vietnam's active and responsible contributions to the commonaffairs of the largest global organisation in recent years, hoping that thecountry will promote its role and contribute more to addressing global issues. Read full story
Deputy Prime Minister Minh also presided over a ceremony to mark Vietnam's 77th NationalDay (September 2) and the 45th anniversary of Vietnam's accession to the UnitedNations (September 20), with the attendance of representatives from the UN aswell as leaders, ministers and officials of member states.
Speaking at the event, Minh briefed theparticipants on the country's development journey over the past more than sevendecades as well as its outstanding contributions since becoming the 149thmember of the UN on September 20, 1977.Read full story
-Ministerof Education Nguyen Kim Son on September 25 concluded his US working trip thataimed to strengthen education partnership between the two countries.
Along with attending theTransforming Education Summit, Son had meetings with the US Secretary ofEducation and representatives from the World Bank, Microsoft and New YorkUniversity.
He also had a working session with President ofthe US Educational Testing Service (ETS) Amit Sevak, and held a Vietnam-USeducation cooperation forum that drew leading US educational organisations.Participants at the event discussed major cooperation issues ineducation-training between the two sides.Read full story
-Adelegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam(CPV) joined 200 delegates frompolitical parties of 30 countries at an international conference themed"Political parties and a new society" in Mexico City from September22-24.
Addressing the event, Tran Duc Thang, member ofthe CPV Central Committee and head of its Inspection Commission said that theconference is a chance for participants to update each other on the situationof political parties and countries, discuss issues of shared concern, and seekways to coordinate actions for peace, national independence, democracy, cooperation,development and social progress in Latin America and around the world.Read full story
-Adelegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Bui Thi Minh Hoai,Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and head of its Commission for MassMobilisation made a working trip to Turkey from September 20-24.
During their stay, the delegation had a workingsessions with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkey Kemal Okuyan,leaders of the external relations committee of the ruling Justice and DevelopmentParty (AKP), head of the Turkish delegation to the Asian Parliamentary Assembly(APA) Asuman Erdogan, and officials of the Turkish Ministry of Interior.Read full story
-TheFrench Development Agency (AFD) will increase its support and donations forprojects funded by French non-governmental organisations and associations inVietnam.
The projects cover different areas, includingcapacity improvement for local authorities, vocational training for youngpeople, care for children, agricultural production and handicraft efficiencyenhancement, Nicolas Le Guen, a representative of the AFD, said at a meetingwith representatives from the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO)in Paris on September 23.Read full story
-The WashingtonTimes has published an article in which it supports Vietnam's candidacy for theUnited Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2023-2025 term.
According to the article, the Southeast Asiannation continues to be highly appreciated at the UN with its appointment ofofficers to join the peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and the CentralAfrican Republic, as well as its active participation in talks to achieve theUN's priority sustainable development goals.Read full story
-Thenational flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has been ranked 48th in the World's Top100 Airlines in 2022 announced at the World Airline Awards by Skytrax.
The ranking is based on more than 14 millioncustomer surveys in more than 100 countries between September 2021 and August2022.Read full story/.
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