Secretary of the Binh Duong provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi had a meeting on March 31 with visiting former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet and a delegation of the Cerro Navia municipality in Santiago.
A ceremony to launch a TV programme “ Chao Tieng Viet” (Hello Vietnamese language) and a contest to seek ambassadors of Vietnamese language aboard was held in Hanoi on March 31 by the Vietnam Education Publishing House, Foreign Affairs Ministry’s State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs and Vietnam Television (VTV).
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has sent a letter offering greetings to Khmer ethnic people on the occasion of their traditional Chol Chnam Thmay festival 2023.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Finance Vo Thanh Hung attended the 27th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting (AFMM), the 9th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (AFMGM), and related meetings in Bali, Indonesia, on March 30 - 31.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received Liu Ning, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in Hanoi on March 31 during his visit to Vietnam.
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien on March 31 held talks with Liu Ning, Secretary of the Party Committee of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and co-chaired a conference on Vietnam - China (Guangxi) trade and economic cooperation in the new era.
The first-ever Vietnamese “banh mi” (baguette) festival opened in Ho Chi Minh City on the night of March 30, bringing together 120 pavilions from domestic and foreign restaurants, hotels, bakeries, and businesses.
Outstanding artists and athletes were honoured at the Cong hien (Devotion) Awards 2023, an annual event sponsored by the Vietnam News Agency’s newspaper The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports and Culture) which for the first time featured new categories for sports in addition to the traditional ones for music.
Gemalink, the largest deep-sea container port in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau’s Cai Mep - Thi Vai seaport complex, has recently received a 24,188 TEU container vessel, the biggest ever of its kind anchored at the port to date.
The preparation for the ninth Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians was among the issues discussed at a working session between National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) in Hanoi on March 31.
Vietnam's banh mi brand is growing rapidly, thus its development should be promoted to help popularise the country’s images and fuel tourism, heard a symposium held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 31.
The participation of ASEAN member countries in the 12th ASEAN Para Games is not only a success for the host country but also the entire ASEAN family, Secretary-General of the National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia Yi Veasna has said.
Four military medical workers from Military Hospital 7B, based in the southern province of Dong Nai, have been deployed to Truong Sa Dong Island off the central province of Khanh Hoa.
A friendship exchange programme was held in Hanoi on March 31 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Australia diplomatic relations (February 26).
The Military High Command of the northern mountainous province of Son La on March 31 opened a Vietnamese language course for officers and soldiers of Laos' armed forces.
Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Tran Tuan Anh held a working session with the Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) in Hanoi on March 31.
Vietravel Airlines plans to increase the number of its domestic and international flights, and launch air ticket promotion programmes in the coming summer to meet the increasing travel demand in the peak period.
A conference was held in Hanoi on March 31 to review a German-funded project under the moniker “Support to Vietnam for the implementation of the Paris Agreement” (VN-SIPA).
Politics
