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During his visit to the province on September 23, 1958, Uncle Ho asked the provincial Party Organization and ethnic groups to promote solidarity, step up production, ensure social order, protect their cultural identity, and make efforts to turn Lao Cai into a more prosperous and happier province. More than 30 years since its re-establishment, Lao Cai has been developing strongly, from a war-ravaged locality and one of the country's six poorest provinces, to lead the Northwestern region in terms of socio-economic development, with average economic growth during 1991-2022 reaching nearly 10%, and GRPD per capita hitting nearly 90 million VND (3,690 USD) per year. Congratulating Lao Cai on its major achievements over the past years, President Vo Van Thuong asked the province to exert greater efforts to realize its set goals as the achievements have yet to be commensurate with its potential and strengths. Weak competitive capacity, asynchronous socio-economic infrastructure, and poor … [Read more...] about President attends ceremony marking 65 years since Uncle Ho’s visit to Lao Cai

Young people try technologies at Intel Tech Camp 2023. The exhibition is organised in HCM City this weekend. — VNS Photo Thu Ngân A large technology and gaming exhibition, Intel Tech Camp 2023, opened in HCM City on Saturday, and is expected to welcome thousands of technology lovers over two days. Open until 9pm each day at Hoa Lư Stadium in District 1, Intel Tech Camp 2023 gathers 30 brands and agencies, bringing many advanced technologies and game devices to customers. Visiting the event, customers will enjoy many technology shows and seminars brought by Intel as well as other technology brands. Winning works from the Intel Creative Fest 2023, a competition for professional and amateur creators, are also displayed during the exhibition. This year, the competition attracted 3,500 creations. At the event, Intel also has an area for visitors to directly experience the Intel Unison application on laptops that meet Intel EVO standards. Launched by Intel in September last … [Read more...] about Intel Tech Camp 2023 opens in HCM City

Vietnamese and New Zealand officers at the welcome ceremony in HCM City on September 24 (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Two ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy, frigate HMNZS Te Mana and sustainment vessel HMNZS Aotearoa , arrived at the international port of Ho Chi Minh City on September 24, starting a five-day friendship visit to Vietnam. Leading the New Zealand delegation, Commander of the Joint Forces New Zealand Rear Admiral James Gilmour said the visit follows a successful trip to his country by Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, in July 2023. It is a demonstration of the intensive cooperation between the two countries and aims to help strengthen their defence relations as well as people-to-people ties, he noted. New Zealand pledges to boost defence cooperation with Vietnam on the basis of respect for international law and the rules on navigation freedom, he … [Read more...] about Naval ships of New Zealand visit Vietnam

Shin Dong-bin, chairman of Lotte Group attending the official openning ceremoney of Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi After nearly two months of trial operations, on September 22, Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi officially held an opening ceremony, with chairman of Lotte Group (in South Korea) Shin Dong-bin attending. “With the total investment of $643 million, this is a key project of Lotte Group in Vietnam. Since the land was handed over in 2016, we have mobilised all the member companies and resources of the group to pour and develop the project,” said chairman Shin. He said that Lotte now had 19 companies operating in Vietnam since the first present in 1996. "We are committed to accompanying Vietnam in the next development," he said. Spanning 7.3 hectares, Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi mega complex includes a commercial centre, and three 23-store buildings for hotel, offices and serviced apartments. Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi is expected to become a new symbolic building of the … [Read more...] about High expectations for Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi complex

Addressing the opening of the Vietnam Artificial Intelligence Festival 2023 (AI4VN) in Ho Chi Minh City on September 22, Dat said the building of this workforce aims to achieve the goal of making Vietnam an innovation and AI hub in ASEAN and the world, as outlined in the national strategy on research, development and application of AI till 2030. Via the two-day event, he said the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) wants to connect Government officials, experts, scientists, businesses and investors interested in AI at home and abroad. The U.K. Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, Emily Hamblin said the solutions on display have demonstrated the development of Vietnam's technology sector with the active involvement of numerous enterprises. The event provides a platform to promote AI application in daily life. Initiated by MoST, the event was held for the first time in 2018. This year, it took the theme “AI: Power for Life" with the plenary session discussing hot topics to … [Read more...] about Minister calls for preparation of workforce for AI ecosystem

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính meets business representatives in Brazil. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Giang Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Sunday (local time) asked Vietnamese and Brazilian businesses to concretise cooperation mechanisms with specific programmes and projects, with an aim to bring two-way trade turnover to US$10 billion by 2025, and $15-20 billion by 2030 in a more balanced direction. PM Chính, who is in an official visit to the South American country, stressed that after nearly 35 years of the establishment of diplomatic ties, the bilateral relations have developed positively in all fields. Việt Nam and Brazil are currently each other's largest trading partner in Southeast Asia and South America, with their trade turnover reaching a record level of about $6.78 billion in 2022, up 6.6 per cent year-on-year, and by threefold in the past decade. However, investment cooperation remains very modest, as Brazil currently has six valid projects totalling $3.83 million in … [Read more...] about Vietnamese, Brazilian firms asked to work together to raise trade to US$10 billion

Outstanding digital technology companies honoured. — VNA/VNS Photo Việt Nam’s Top 10 digital technology companies in 2023 were announced at a ceremony in Hà Nội late last week. Among them are Viettel Solutions, OneMount Group, VNPT, Mobifone, Rạng Đông and FPT. Launched two months ago, the organising board selected from 104 nominations in various fields to honour the top 10 digital technology enterprises in Việt Nam. According to statistics, the total revenue in 2022 of these 104 businesses reached VNĐ164 trillion (US$6.7 billion), accounting for 43.75 per cent of the total revenue of Việt Nam's software and information services sector. Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phan Tâm said that digital technology enterprises were the nucleus of the country's industrialisation and digital transformation of all industries. He said that the honoured companies' strategies to conquer the market were valuable lessons, opening the way for many … [Read more...] about Việt Nam’s Top 10 digital technology companies named for 2023