Two draft laws and the National Assembly (NA)’s draft supervisory programme for 2024 are high on the agenda of the 15th parliament’s ongoing fifth session on May 27.
The Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Task Force held its 70th meeting at the headquarters of the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on May 25, with the participation of all member states and Timor-Leste who joined for the first time as an observer.
President Vo Van Thuong, on behalf of the Party and the State, presented the first-class Feat of Arms Order to the Defence Ministry's General Department II (General Department of Defence Intelligence) in recognition of its significant contributions to national construction and defence, at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 18.
Mongolia is proud to be a friend of Vietnam - a country with increasing international prestige and position in the region and the world, which has a vital position in Mongolia's foreign policy in Southeast Asia, Secretary of the National Security Council of Mongolia Jadamba Enkhbayar told President Vo Van Thuong at their meeting in Hanoi on May 17.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and leaders of other ASEAN countries on May 10 engaged in dialogues with representatives of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), the youth, the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ABAC), and the High-Level Task Force (HLTF) on the ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision.
Sport Center 1 made history on May 2 to become the first team ever from Vietnam to capture their unprecedented title in the 2023 Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship following their epic comeback 3-2 win against Thailand’s Diamond Food Fine Chef-Air Force in the highly-anticipated final showdown at Vinh Phuc Gymnasium in the northern province of the same name.
Vietnam will focus on developing its private sector to turn it into an important driving force for the socialist-oriented market economy, contributing to rapid and sustainable socio-economic development and improving the economy's self-reliance.
Australian Governor-General David Hurley and his spouse Linda Hurley arrived in Hanoi on April 3 afternoon, beginning their State visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong.
The private business sector has been an important driving force of the economy and is expected to raise GDP contribution to 55% by 2025, a top economist told the second Private Economic Forum 2023 in Hanoi on April 2.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced a decision to set up the public-private partnership (PPP) task force on rice and discussed an action plan for 2023 at a recent conference held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho
The Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) held a ceremony on March 24 in the presence of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to mark 60 years since then President Ho Chi Minh had a meeting with intellectuals (May 18, 1963) and its 40th founding anniversary (March 26, 1983 - 2023).
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) is seeking a budget of 40 billion baht (1.2 billion USD) for fiscal 2024 with additional funds needed for essential aircraft upgrades and replacements, Commander-in-Chief Air Chief Marshall Alongkorn Vannarot has said.
Drug prevention and control activities must be put under the leadership and direction of the Party Committees and administration at all levels, especially the grassroots level, with the People’s Public Security force playing the key role but not the only force in the work, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at an online conference on drug prevention and control on March 10.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue met with female officers of the public security force in Hanoi on March 6 on the occasion of the 113th anniversary of International Women’s Day and the 40th founding anniversary of the Ministry of Public Security’s Women Union (March 8).
Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan visited and congratulated the Vietnam Academy of Border Defence Force (VABDF) in Hanoi on February 28, on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of the Traditional Day of Border Guard Force and the 34th anniversary of All-People Border Defence Day (March 3).
Since its establishment 70 years ago, the Security Guard under the Ministry of Public Security has developed comprehensively and proven itself to be a “sharp sword” in defending the Party, State, and people.
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