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The Vietnam National University's Hoa Lac campus is ready with all facilities and equipment for educational and research activities. The Vietnam National University (VNU)’s headquarter has been relocated to its newly built campus in Hoa Lac on Hanoi's outskirt this week. The campus is expected to be the most modern and advanced university town in Southeast Asia. Planned to cover about 1,113.7 hectares, the campus includes the Polytechnic School, a research center, and offices of the management board. Built with a total investment of VND22 trillion (nearly US$950 million), the college town consisting of nine member universities, eight institutes, 13 research centers, and four specialized high schools will provide training for more than 41,000 students. A bird's eye view of the Center for Library Information and Digital Knowledge in the  VNU-Hanoi campus in Hoa Lac. Photo: VNU Currently, the VNU-Hanoi student population on the Hoa Lac campus has numbered … [Read more...] about Vietnam National University moved to Hanoi’s outskirt

It is the information stated in the Government's report No.174/BC-CP sent to the NA to prepare for the third session. According to the report, in case Resolution No.42 cannot continue to be implemented, the volume of bad debts determined under Resolution No.42 that has not been resolved, including newly arisen bad debts, is expected to reach VND430 trillion ($18.6 billion) at the end of 2022 and VND443 trillion at the end of 2023. After handling a large number of bad debts in 2018 and 2019, the bad debt settlement speed in 2020 and 2021 tended to slow down due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the financial situation. Therefore, to continue to achieve the goal of handling and controlling the bad debt ratio of the system of credit institutions in the coming time is a big challenge for the banking industry, requiring the participation of the political system, the close coordination of ministries, agencies, and localities in implementing solutions on handling bad debts, … [Read more...] about Unresolved bad debt remains at high level

The host described his guest’s official visit as highly important to promoting the two countries’ strategic partnership. He expressed his delight that despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts, bilateral trade has still been on the rise, and Singapore is the largest ASEAN investor in Vietnam with 2,866 valid projects worth 67.56 billion USD. The two sides should increase all-level mutual visits and effectively implement bilateral cooperation mechanisms and agreements, especially the Vietnam - Singapore ministerial meeting on economic connectivity. Besides, their parliaments should continue supporting connections in post-pandemic economic recovery and development, with focus on the areas of Singapore’s strength and Vietnam’s demand like innovation, green energy, digital economy, and supply chain diversification, PM Chinh suggested. Sending thanks to Singapore for its precious and timely provision of medical supplies and COVID-19 vaccines, the Government leader of Vietnam asked both … [Read more...] about PM Pham Minh Chinh welcomes Speaker of Singaporean Parliament

Forty doctors and nurses of the participating units offered free medical examination, health counseling, and medicines for more than 660 local people. In addition, medical staff worked with the local health sector to disseminate information about healthy lifestyle among local people. Along with health check-ups, Defense-Economic Unit 379 presented 300 gifts, valued at VND 20 million, to policy families and needy households in its stationed area. These practical activities aimed to mark the 132nd birthday anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh and help local people stabilize their life, contributing to consolidating the people’s trust in the local authorities and firmly safeguarding political security in border areas. On the occasion, Defense-Economic Unit 379 opened a military-civilian medical examination and treatment area in Si Pha Phin commune, Nam Po district, Dien Bien province. Translated by Song Anh … [Read more...] about Defense – Economic Unit 379 provides free health examination and medicines

The course was co-organized by the standing office of the national coordinating agency for prevention and control of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation (also called Standing Office 81) and the Export and Related Border Security Program of the U.S. Department of State, via both online and offline formats. Joining the course, experts updated participants with information related to chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear and explosive weapons, measures to detect materials and equipment related to CBRNE weapons, methods of preventing the production, sale, and distribution of materials and equipment regarding CBRNE weapons, as well as regulations on chemical management, radiation and nuclear safety, and WMD proliferation prevention in Vietnam. The training course gave troops a better understanding of the Government’s Decree 81/2019 on the prevention and control of WMD proliferation, contributing to promoting the implementation of U.N. Security Council’s resolutions and … [Read more...] about Training course on CBRNE held for military units in Central region

At the ceremony held by Minh Dam Regiment under the Ba Ria - Vung Tau provincial Military Command, its chief Senior Colonel Nguyen Tam Hung emphasized the importance of planting trees to beautify barracks, create shade for troops during their break-time, contributing to improving troops’ living standard. According to Colonel Hung, this year, the regiment plans to build 3,500 trees. The unit will study to plant fruit and shade trees in the coming time. Apart from planting trees, the unit has over the past time joined hands in taking care of and protecting 570 hectares of local forests, and actively participated in local forest fire prevention and control. The same day, in Vung Tau city, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, the Naval Region 2 Command and its affiliates launched the tree-planting ceremony. Senior Captain Dinh Van Thang, Second-in-Command of the Naval Region 2 Command, in his speech, emphasized the need to take care of, and develop a system of green trees and build green, … [Read more...] about Military units launch tree-planting in tribute to Uncle Ho

A report delivered at the meeting stressed that thanks to the attention of the Central Military Commission, Ministry of National Defense, General Department of Political Affairs, General Staff, Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee, party committees, chains-of-command, political agencies, and military scientific agencies at all levels, the youth union affairs and the youth movements in general and the young creative movements in the military in particular have comprehensively, strongly, and widely developed, and reaped outstanding results. In addition, military youths have always received the most favorable conditions to promote talent, intelligence, and vanguard role in doing science and technology. They have produced tens of thousands of creative ideas per year. The report emphasized that the Military Creative Youth Awards remains a typical movement that fosters military youths to create and devote. Over the past 21 years, the organizing panel has received 5,480 … [Read more...] about Creative military youths receive awards

Mai Thi Ben, 59, was informed by police that she had the exact same face as another woman in Phu Yen, who lives about 175 kilometers away. Police of Binh Dinh’s Hoai Nhon Town on Thursday said they were cooperating with police of Phu Yen’s Tuy An District to help Ben reunite with C, her long-lost twin sister. Previously on Monday, police of Hoai Nhon informed Ben she could not have an ID card made since her face matched that of C, who got her card back in March. Thinking they may be twins, police visited Ben’s home, while requesting police of Tuy An District to contact the other woman. Both were later confirmed as twins. Ben said her family was poor, so her parents had sent her to live with a relative in Binh Dinh when she was 5-6 years old. When she was 7-8 (in 1971), Ben tried to return home in Phu Yen. She got lost along National Highway 1, and a woman who sold rice paper took her home. After simultaneously working and studying, she got married at 18. Ben said she missed … [Read more...] about Long-lost twins reconnect after 47 years through ID card registry

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng meets the Speaker of the Singaporean Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin on Friday. VNA/VNS Photo Trí Dũng HÀ NỘI — Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng met the Speaker of the Singaporean Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin yesterday, highlighting that the two countries should continue promoting their strategic partnership. The Singaporean Speaker emphasised that the strategic partnership between them had developed strongly and deeply in all fields. Singapore attached great importance to developing relations with Việt Nam, he said, noting that people-to-people exchanges were an important basis for bilateral relations. He informed the Vietnamese Party chief of the results of talks with the Chairman of Việt Nam’s NA Vương Đình Huệ, including the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation, agreeing to strengthen exchanges and contacts between parliamentarians as well as cooperation between committees and at international forums. Party General … [Read more...] about Việt Nam, Singapore to promote strategic partnership

Experts at the workshop. — Photohanoimoi.com.vn Recognising that cyberattacks targeting the ICT supply chain are increasing, experts said that organisations in Việt Nam needed to be prepared to respond by sharing and updating knowledge about this form of attack. The Authority of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications and the security firm Kaspersky co-organised a workshop titled “ICT Supply Chain Cyber Resilience” in Hà Nội on Thursday. The workshop aimed to support and prepare the country to respond to cyberattacks on the ICT supply chain. “Cyberattacks on the supply chain have grown strongly during the COVID-19 pandemic period and are expected to increase in the near future as well as the appearance of organisations and enterprises providing cyber attack weapons,” said Nguyễn Thành Phúc, director of the Authority of Information Security. “Therefore, sharing and updating knowledge related to this type of attack will help organisations … [Read more...] about Vietnamese businesses need preparation to respond to cyberattacks on ICT supply chain