The Vietnamese Embassies in India, the Philippines and Tanzania on August 14 held respect-paying ceremonies and opened books of condolences in commemoration of former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu.
Memorial services for former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu, who passed away on August 7 morning at the age of 89, were held in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and his home province of Thanh Hoa on August 15 afternoon.
Close to 660 delegations of Party and State leaders, ministries, localities, people’s armed forces, and diplomatic offices, as well as representatives from international organisations paid tribute to late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Le Kha Phieu at a national mourning held in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and his home province of Thanh Hoa on August 14.
The respect-paying ceremony for former General Secretary of the Party Central Committee Le Kha Phieu started on August 14 at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi, Thong Nhat Hall in Ho Chi Minh City and 25B Hall in the late leader hometown of Thanh Hoa.
A ceremony was held at 6am on August 14 to hoist the national flag at half-mast at Ba Dinh square, Hanoi to commemorate former Party Chief Le Kha Phieu who passed away on August 7.
The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, the National Assembly, the President, the Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee have issued a special communiqué, announcing that former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu passed away at 2:52 on August 7, and his funeral will be held as a national mourning.
“Nguoi lao dong” (The Labourer) newspaper on July 22 handed over 2,000 national flags to the authority of the north central province of Thanh Hoa to present to local fishermen.
The north central province of Thanh Hoa signed memorandum of understanda on 15 projects worth 12.5 billion USD during an investment promotion conference on June 12.
Police in Muong Lat district in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa on May 27 said they have arrested a smuggler of nearly 2,000 methamphetamine pills.
The tourism market has recovered since mid-April when social distancing measures against COVID-19 were eased, heard a conference held in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa on May 16.
The remains of 20 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives in Laos during wartime were laid to rest at the Dong Tam international martyrs’ cemetery in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa on May 8.
The north central province of Thanh Hoa had 17,422 hectares of forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) for sustainable management by the end of April.
Gaia Nature Conservation has planted 4,500 trees in the Xuan Lien Nature Reserve in the north central province of Thanh Hoa to mark World Planting Day on March 21.
The second Bamboo Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft carrying passengers from Ho Chi Minh City landed at Tho Xuan airport in the north central province of Thanh Hoa last weekend, making it the first wide-body aircraft to arrive at the airport.
The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) said 21 airports that it is managing and operating are expected to serve a total of 127 million passengers in 2020, a year-on-year rise of 10 percent.
A meeting took place in Sam Son city, the north central province of Thanh Hoa, on October 13 to mark International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction and release the World Disaster Report 2019.
The Border Guard High Command of the north central province of Thanh Hoa on September 13 said they had arrested a man trafficking seven bricks of heroin (weighing about 350 grams a brick) and 56,000 methamphetamine pills.
Five people have died and 14 remain missing as storm Wipha brought torrential rains and strong wind to northern and north central localities for several days from August 1.
The World Bank-funded Program for Results (PforR) of rural water supply and sanitation in eight Red River Delta provinces has so far benefited 1.4 million residents.
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