The Ministry of Defence on August 8 held a ceremony to see off staff of the Engineering Unit Rotation No. 2 to join peacekeeping mission in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei.
15 years after Hanoi expanded its administrative boundaries on August 1, 2008, the capital has received a facelift and posted many breakthroughs and development successes, making an important contribution to Vietnam’s overall achievements.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s book on the military policy and defence strategy of Vietnam in the new period holds national significance and decisive importance to national peace, stability, and development, said a military officer.
Theoretical and practical issues related to the socialist-oriented renewal process in Vietnam over the past four decades were reviewed during the first meeting of the Defence-Security-Foreign Affairs Group on August 2.
The Vietnam-Singapore relationship is now at its prime with deep political trust, close economic and investment cooperation, and strong people-to-people exchange, Vietnamese Ambassador to Singapore Mai Phuoc Dung has said.
The book on the military policy and defence strategy of Vietnam in the new period by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong reflects his consistent thought about the leadership and directions over the national safeguarding, many experts, researchers and Party members have shared the view.
The Hanoi People’s Court on July 28 announced sentences for each of the 54 defendants in the case of “repatriation flights” after three weeks of trial and deliberation.
The Party Central Committee’s Politburo and Secretariat on July 28 imposed disciplinary measures on the Standing Boards of the Party Committee of Thanh Hoa in the 2010-2015 and 2015-2020 tenures, and a number of the central province’s former leaders for violating the Party’s regulations and State laws.
President Vo Van Thuong on July 27 held separate meetings with General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party Mauro Alboresi, Vice President of the Italian Democratic Party Chiara Gribaudo, and General Secretary of the Italian Communist Refoundation Party Maurizio Acerbo, as part of his State-level visit to the European nation.
The search and repatriation of remains of soldiers, officials and people, who laid down their lives to safeguard the Fatherland and perform international mission, have received great attention from the Party, State, localities and military units with the highest political determination and responsibility.
A delegation of the Party Central Committee, the National Assembly (NA), the State President, the Government, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee laid wreaths at the monument to war heroes and martyrs on Bac Son street and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on July 27.
Crowds of people from all around Vietnam have lit candles at the Nam National Martyrs Cemetery in Huong Son district, Ha Tinh province, to mark the 76th anniversary of the Invalids and Martyrs’ Day.
President Vo Van Thuong will pay a State visit to Italy at the invitation of Italian President Sergio Mattarella. On this occasion, Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Antonio Alessandro granted Vietnam News Agency an interview ahead of the visit.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong praised domestic artists and members of the Alliance of Arts and Literature Associations of Vietnam for their contributions to the country over the past 75 years during a ceremony marking the alliance’s 75th founding anniversary in Hanoi on July 25.
Over 3,700 entries in the categories of magazine, newspaper, and radio/television/video clip had been sent to the 2023 writing contest on protecting the Party’s ideological foundation as of June 30, said member of the Standing Board and head of the Information and Education Commission under the Party Committee of the Central Agencies’ Bloc Nguyen Minh Chung.
President Vo Van Thuong left Hanoi on July 23 for an official visit to Austria, a State visit to Italy and a visit to the Vatican. Austria is the first leg of the President’s trip. The visit to Austria is expected to help promote bilateral ties and multilateral diplomacy.
Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong’s upcoming official visit to Austria will help tighten relations between the two countries, Austrian Ambassador to Vietnam Hans-Peter Glanzer has said. The diplomat made the comment in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency on the threshold of President Thuong’s visit.
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