President of the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu (Source: vietnamnet.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – The Red Cross of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia signed a humanitarian cooperation agreement for the 2017-2022 period in Hanoi on September 22, aiming to reduce the vulnerability for people and develop the Red Cross and Red Crescent movements. Under the document, the three societies agreed to increase information exchanges of domestic, regional and international humanitarian policies, and organise activities to learn experience in the field.   [Hanoi hosts SE Asia Red Cross Red Crescent Leadership Meeting] The trio will send national disaster response teams, including experienced officials, to support relief operations and promptly provide material and spiritual assistance. They pledged to encourage and create the best conditions for cities and … [Read more...]

Hanoi and Vientiane share experience in propaganda work (Source:www.hanoimoi​.com.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Officials from Hanoi and Vientiane’s commissions for information and education shared experience at a workshop in Hanoi on September 19. They discussed political thought education and professional experiences as well as the promotion of youth cooperation and the role of press agencies in communication activities. Head of the Hanoi Party Committee’s Commission for Informational and Education Nguyen Van Phong asked the two sides to increase exchanges and raise public awareness of ties between Vietnam and Laos. Head of the Vientiane Party Committee’s Commission for Propaganda and Training Khemphet Phengduongchan said Hanoi and Vientiane share many similarities in development.  She noted that with a population of about 800,000 people … [Read more...]

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the conference (Source: VNA)   Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated that Party, State and Government leaders of Vietnam and Laos have always paid special attention to border and territory-related issues between the countries. He was speaking at a conference reviewing the implementation of a master plan on increasing and upgrading Vietnam-Laos border markers in Hanoi on September 19. The PM said before the master plan, only one marker was installed every 10km and even 40km of the border line. There are now 1,002 border markers and more than 2,337 poles standing along the borderline, with most of them lying in mountainous areas having rough terrains. The outcome is of significance as it serves as a foundation to complete a legal dossier for the Vietnam-Laos border line, he said. … [Read more...]

Illustrative image (Source:VNA)    Hanoi (VNA) – The stability and development of Vietnam-Laos border areas will contribute to strengthening solidarity between the two countries’ people and boosting social, economic and cultural development in border localities, said Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung. Trung, who is Chairman of the National Boundary Commission, made the remark during an interview recently granted to Vietnam News Agency. The interview came as a conference reviewing the implementation of the master plan on increasing and upgrading Vietnam-Laos border markers took place in Hanoi on September 19. Asked about major points in the settlement of Vietnam-Laos border issues, Trung said the Vietnam-Laos borderline stretches as far as nearly 2,337km, through 10 Vietnamese and 10 Lao provinces. On July 18, 1977, Vietnam and Laos … [Read more...]

President of the Vietnam Red Cross Society Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu (Source: http://www.redcross.org.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – The 14th Southeast Asia Red Cross Red Crescent Leadership Meeting is scheduled to take place in Hanoi on September 21-22 to discuss orientations to expand humanitarian cooperation in the region. At a press conference in Hanoi on September 18, President of the Vietnam Red Cross Society Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu said the leaders will look at ways to coordinate with the ASEAN Secretariat to address issues related to natural disasters, climate change, urban development, healthcare, youth development, gender and emigration. The meeting will also touch upon the agenda of the 21st General Assembly of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Forum to be held in Turkey in November this … [Read more...]

Thirty three Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air flights from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, Vinh, Dong Hoi and Thanh Hoa were cancelled due to storm Doksuri. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on September 17 sent a message to his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc, expressing his sympathy over the loss of human lives and property damage caused by storm Doksuri. The Lao government leader said he believes that under the leadership of the Vietnamese Party and Government, residents’ lives in the storm-hit areas would soon be stabilised. Doksuri, the 10th storm arising in the East Sea so far this year, swept through central Vietnam on September 15, killing nine and causing hundreds of injuries. The typhoon, said to be the strongest in a decade, brought heavy rains to central provinces from Thanh Hoa to Quang Ngai with rainfall of 100-200mm … [Read more...]