UNESCO representative in Vietnam Christian Manhart has highlighted Vietnam’s leading role in protecting intangible cultural heritage during an interview to Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the country’s election as a member of the Intergovernmental Committee of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage for the 2022 – 2026 term.
Professor Julie Dai Trang Nguyen (Julie Nguyen), director of the Canada-Vietnam Society (CVS), highlighted the importance of Vietnam to Canadian businesses during talks at the Standing Committee on International Trade under the House of Commons of Canada on April 27.
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) should play a pioneering role in reform, renovation and science-technology development, and demonstrate their leading role of the economy, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) should carry forward its leading role in promoting free trade, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son at the 32nd APEC Ministerial Meeting held in the form of teleconference on November 8-9.
Vietnam will continue to affirm its leading political position and economic role in the Asia-Pacific region, head of Russian News Agency TASS’ bureau in Vietnam Yuri Denisovych has said.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement, the world’s largest trade pact, was signed on November 15 by leaders of 15 member countries after eight years of negotiations.
Vietnam expects that Japan will continue to play a leading role in strengthening the multilateral trading system, facilitating trade and investment, and contributing to regional and global development and prosperity, said Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and General Secretary of the National ASEAN 2020 Committee Nguyen Quoc Dung has emphasized Vietnam’s leading role in the fight against the COVID-19 in Southeast Asia, and its efforts to enhance the bloc’s proactiveness in addressing regional challenges.
Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu on April 14 affirmed that his country highly values the leadership by Vietnam during the ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2020.
Vietnamese actor Nguyen Song Luan has won the Best Actor in a Leading Role Award granted by the Asian Academy Creative Awards 2019, for his role as captain Duy Kien in Vietnamese-version ‘Hau Due Mat Troi’ (Descendants of the Sun).
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has highlighted the leading role of cooperatives in connecting famers with businesses, towards promoting strong and effective agricultural production and consumption.
Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son spoke highly of Japan’s leading role in negotiating and signing the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement of Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).