Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc cleared up questions regarding the management and monitoring of insurance business raised by legislators at the ongoing 31st session of the National Assembly Standing Committee on March 18.
The National Assembly Standing Committee started a Q&A session on finance and foreign affairs on March 18 under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, as part of its ongoing 31st sitting.
The Vietnamese Students’ Association in the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) held an event called "Bamboo Legend” on March 16 to conclude the Vietnamese Culture Week 2024 at the university.
State President Vo Van Thuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on March 17 sent separate greetings to leaders of Ireland on the occasion of its National Day.
On March 17, 1954, Vietnamese soldiers attacked, surrounded, and forced the enemy in the Ban Keo Fortress cluster to surrender and continuously defeated the enemy’s counterattacks. The task of forcing the enemy in Ban Keo to capitulate was assigned to the 36th Regiment.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and a government delegation offered incense and flowers in tribute to soldiers, who laid down their lives in the Dien Bien Phu battlefield at the temple dedicated to them and Martyrs’ Cemetery A1 on March 16 afternoon as part of his working visit to the northwestern province of Dien Bien.
Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa and Zimbabwe Hoang Sy Cuong presented his credential letter to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on March 13.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a government meeting on the current development of social housing and housing for workers on March 16 morning from the capital city of Hanoi.
Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath valued the cooperation between Vietnam’s Central Military Hospital 108 and Lao Central Military Hospital 103 when he received a delegation from the Vietnamese hospital in Vientiane on March 15.
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang on March 14 held a working session with State Secretary of the Croatian Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy Ivan Vidis to discuss the potential of labour cooperation between the two countries as part of her working visit to the European country.
General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of Defence, hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 15 for Ambassador of Thailand to Vietnam Nikorndej Balankura, who came to bid farewell at the end of his term.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Duong Hai Hung visited Basilicata region in southern Italy from March 12-14 to explore potential areas of collaboration between Vietnamese localities and Basilicata.
On the morning of March 16, 1954, after receiving the call to surrender that Vietnamese forces sent to the Commander of Ban Keo base, Captain Clarkambre agreed to let the French go to the designated location receiving wounded soldiers, where a lieutenant and several Thai soldiers arrived with stretchers.
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai needs to focus on administrative reform and give support to local enterprises so as to promote socio-economic development, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has said.
The establishment of the Vietnam-Australia comprehensive strategic partnership during the recent official visit to the Oceania nation by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh demonstrates joint efforts to deepen and promote mutual strategic trust, and contribute to building a new vision for the region, according to a scholar.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s speech at the recent meeting of the sub-committee in charge of the personnel work of the 14th National Party Congress has received applause from officials, Party members, and people in Ho Chi Minh City.
Delivering a speech at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) of the UN Economic and Social Council in New York, Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan expressed Vietnam's high-level commitment to ensuring gender equality and women's rights as well as its multifaceted engagement and contributions to this priority area, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang has assessed.
Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), has affirmed that ensuring food security remains a top priority of countries, including Vietnam, especially in the context of climate change.
Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Achim Steiner has congratulated Vietnam on many important achievements in human development it has obtained over the recent past.
Regiment 165 under Division 312 and Regiment 88 under Division 308 attacked the Doc Lap fortification at 2 AM on March 15, 1954. By 6:30 AM, the Vietnamese troops occupied the battlefield and destroyed the reinforced Bac Phi (North African) Battalion, killing more than 400 enemies and captured nearly 200 others. Lieutenant Colonel Piroth, Artillery Commander of the fortification, committed suicide because he could not destroy the Vietnamese artillery as promised to Navarre.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 4 for Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance, who is visiting Vietnam in his capacity as Honorary Chairman of the organising board of the ninth Japan-Vietnam Festival in Ho Chi Minh City.
The upgrade of Vietnam - Australia relations to a Comprehensive strategic partnership is a natural development step and in line with the level of relationship between the two countries after more than 50 years of establishment and development, for the common interests and aspirations of the people of the two nations and for peace, stability, cooperation, and prosperity in the region and the world, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on March 14.
Politburo member, permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission Truong Thi Mai hosted a reception for the new Ambassador of Laos to Vietnam, Khamphao Ernthavanh, in Hanoi on March 14.
Vietnam requests that China respect and comply with the Agreement on the delimitation of the territorial sea, exclusive economic zones and continental shelf between the two countries in the Tonkin Gulf signed in 2000, and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), said Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received Canadian Ambassador for Climate Change Catherine Stewart and Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Shawn Perry Steil in Hanoi on March 14.
On March 14, Various delegations of officials, soldiers and people organised a ceremony, offering incense and laying wreaths to pay tribute to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives to protect the country’s sacred sovereignty over seas and islands at Gac Ma Soldiers’ Memorial Site in Cam Hai Dong Commune, Cam Lam District, Khanh Hoa Province.
Thirty-six years ago, on March 14, 1988, during the fight to protect Vietnam’s sovereignty over the sea and islands, 64 officers and soldiers of the Vietnam People's Navy heroically sacrificed their lives at Gac Ma, Co Lin and Len Dao reefs. That is a testament to the Vietnamese people’s determination to preserve every inch of land and sea left by their ancestors.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 14 chaired a conference launching this year’s monetary policy-related tasks to tackle production and business obstacles, facilitate growth, and maintain macro-economic stability.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia Frano Matusic on March 12 co-chaired a political consultation between the two foreign ministries, aiming to review bilateral cooperation and seek ways to promote relations in the coming time, as well as exchange views on regional and international issues of mutual concern.