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Delegates at the grand opening ceremony of GO! Lao Cai. — VNS Photo Central Retail Viet Nam on Friday launched its GO! Mall on Urban Sub-area 13, Tran Hung Dao Street, Bac Lenh Ward, Lao Cai City. It is its 39th shopping centre in Viet Nam, but the first of its kind in the northwest area. The opening of GO! Lao Cai comes as the company celebrates its 10th anniversary in Viet Nam. Built on a total area of 30,000sq.m with an investment of VND300 billion (US$12.9 million), GO! Lao Cai is the largest and most modern shopping mall of Central Retail in Lao Cai. The mall is expected to provide a wide range of products from essential goods, and fast-moving consumer goods to household electrical appliances and entertainment services to meet local demands, from basic to high standards. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Olivier Langlet, General Director of Central Retail Viet Nam, hoped that the presence of GO! Lao Cai can bring convenience to local people's lives, enhancing their … [Read more...] about The first GO! Mall in Lao Cai officially launched

Present at the event were VNDPKO Director Major General Hoang Kim Phung, Director of Military Hospital 175 Major General Nguyen Hong Son, the Australian Defense Attaché to Vietnam, representatives of Air Division 370, international delegates, and relatives of the field hospital’s staff. At 01:30 on May 27, the military transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster III of the Royal Australian Air Force carrying the second group of the L2FH Rotation 3’s staff landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Earlier, the first group of the hospital’s members arrived home on April 30. After undergoing a rapid COVID-19 testing, the Vietnamese peacekeepers attended a welcoming ceremony chaired by leaders of the VNDPKO and Military Hospital 175. In a cozy and solemn atmosphere, leaders of units expressed their delight at the L2FH Rotation 3’s significant outcomes, which have contributed to raising the quality of defense external relations and diplomatic activities. Speaking at the welcoming … [Read more...] about Second group of L2FH Rotation 3 arrives home

Nguyễn Thị Kim Thúy during a National Assembly meeting. — VNA/VNS Photo Doãn Tấn Nguyễn Thị Kim Thúy, deputy chair of the National Assembly’s Committee for Social Affairs, spoke to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about the textbook reform programme, which is expected to see the assembly’s highest supervision next year. What is your view on the textbook and curriculum reforms being one of the four topics proposed for the National Assembly’s supreme supervision in 2023? I believe that this matter should not be limited to the oversight of the Standing Committee, but should be under the supreme supervision of the National Assembly (NA). These two NA resolutions [No 88 in 2014 and No 51 in 2017 on textbook and curriculum reforms] have a special significance. According to the roadmap specified in Resolution No 51, after two more years (2024 - 2025 academic year), the first phase of textbook and curriculum reforms will be completed at all levels of general education. The NA’s … [Read more...] about NA’s supreme supervision will contribute to effective textbook, curriculum reforms: NA deputy

Officers and soldiers of Sapper Unit No. 1 (Photo: VNA) set off to participate in the UN peacekeeping operations (Photo: VNA) The spirit of dedication and responsibility of Vietnamese soldiers has helped spread the image of the country and people of Vietnam who love peace for a prosperous and progressive human community. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assessed the engagement in UN peacekeeping activities over the past 8 years as a bright spot in the multilateral diplomacy of the country’s Party, State and army. The establishment of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre and the send-off for the first two VPA officers to work as liaison officers at the UN Mission in South Sudan on May 27, 2014, marked the nation's official participation in UN peacekeeping operations. On November 13, 2020, the National Assembly passed Resolution No. 130/2020/QH14 on joining the UN peacekeeping force, which clearly stipulates principles, forms, fields and forces, competence, force deployment process, … [Read more...] about Engagement in UN peacekeeping missions

The spirit of dedication and responsibility of Vietnamese soldiers has helped spread the image of the country and people of Vietnam who love peace for a prosperous and progressive human community. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assessed the engagement in U.N. peacekeeping operations over the past 8 years as a highlight in the multilateral diplomacy of the country’s Party, State and military. The establishment of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Center (now the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations) and the send-off for the first two VPA officers to work as liaison officers at the U.N. Mission in South Sudan on May 27, 2014, marked the nation's official participation in U.N. peacekeeping operations. On November 13, 2020, the National Assembly passed Resolution No.130/2020/QH14 on joining the U.N. peacekeeping force, which clearly stipulates principles, forms, fields and forces, competence, force deployment process, guaranteed funding, regimes, policies and state management for the … [Read more...] about Engagement in U.N. peacekeeping missions – prominent point in Vietnam’s multilateral diplomacy

Professor Tran Thanh Van talks to participants in the gathering on May 26. (Photo: VNA) Paris (VNA) – A gathering of former Vietnamese students at the National Institute of Applied Sciences Center Val de Loire (INSA Blois) who benefited from the Rencontres du Vietnam (Meeting Vietnam) - Vallet (RVN-Vallet) Scholarship was held in France’s Blois city on May 26. The event was part of the Rencontres de Blois (Meetings of Blois) conferences. Vietnamese Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang highly valued contributions by Vietnamese-French Professor Tran Thanh Van and his wife, Professor Kim Ngoc, to the establishment and operation of the RVN-Vallet Scholarship Fund, which has helped create opportunities for many disadvantaged but talented students of Vietnam to advance on the path of knowledge and science. He voiced his hope that the scholarship Fund and the RVN organisation will bring about more opportunities for students in Vietnam to bring into play their talent and contribute … [Read more...] about Beneficiaries of RVN-Vallet Scholarship Fund gather in French city

The National Assembly will this week discuss how to provide more jobs for Vietnam’s citizens, Photo: Le Toan Over the past seven months, Nguyen Duc Minh has been in a lurch to feed his 4-member family, with his wife having had to stop working since late last year for a garment company in Hanoi. Before that time, Minh had been working for a Japanese company based in the capital’s Thang Long Industrial Park for four years. However, the company, producing electronics and plastics equipment, has made a staff cutback of 150 employees including Minh, whose monthly income was about VND7 million ($300). “The company had to reduce production caused by a decrease in export orders from Japan, South Korea, and some European markets,” Minh said. “I hope to be employed again by the company as I learned that the company is going to recover.” In Dong Anh district’s Kim Chung commune, home to Minh’s family, thousands of unemployed people are commonly seen now. They used to work in Thang Long … [Read more...] about All policies on table to ignite enterprises

BANGKOK -- Thailand and Vietnam are in talks on a pact to raise the price of their rice exports to increase their leverage in the global market and improve farmer incomes, a Thai government official said on Friday. Agriculture officials from Thailand and Vietnam, the world's second and third biggest rice exporters, met in Bangkok on Friday to discuss joint measures to support their farmers and rice industries and manage growing production costs. "We aim to raise rice prices, increase farmer income and increase bargaining power in the global market," Thai government spokesperson Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said in a statement after discussions on the sidelines of a farms expo. "The rice price has been low for more than 20 years while the cost of production has been increasing." Vietnam's agriculture ministry could not immediately be reached for comment. Vietnam and Thailand account for roughly 10% of global production of rough rice, and about 26% of global exports, according … [Read more...] about Thailand aims for pact with Vietnam to raise rice prices

At the meeting, Secretary of the City Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Van Nen expressed his pleasure to visit and work in Savannakhet province, the hometown of President Kaysone Phomvihane, a land rich in revolutionary traditions and the attachment of the Vietnam - Laos fighting alliance. Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen (L) shakes hands with Secretary of Provincial Party Committee, Governor of Savannakhet Province Santiphap Phomvihane (Photo: SGGP) Mr. Nen informed about the socio-economic situation of Ho Chi Minh City in recent years. After the Covid-19 pandemic, the southern metropolis’ socio-economic situation gradually recovered and developed. Currently, Ho Chi Minh City is continuing to focus on building and perfecting institutions, mechanisms, and policies in order to maximize all resources to restructure the economy, renew the growth model as well as strengthen urban area management capacity, promote digital transformation, reform … [Read more...] about HCMC, Savannakhet Province sign Memorandum of Understanding in 2022-2025

Lao Minister of Education and Sports Phout Simmalavong (right) and Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) - Cooperation in education is one of the symbols of the special relations between Vietnam and Laos, said Lao Minister of Education and Sports Phout Simmalavong. The parties and governments of Laos and Vietnam always consider education a sector of strategic cooperation, the minister said at a talk at Laos National University in Vientiane capital on May 27 on the occasion of Vietnam-Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022. During the struggle for national liberation, Vietnam not only helped Laos to develop education in the liberated areas of Laos, but also established schools in Vietnam to receive Lao students, he added. Over the past six decades, Vietnam has helped Laos train tens of thousands of officials in all fields from politics, administration, security and defense to research, the minister said, adding that many of them … [Read more...] about Vietnam-Laos cooperation in education a symbol of special relations