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The book shows the Party Chief’s comprehensive direction in the graft fight drawn from practice and foresight on issues of Party building, anti-corruption, and the country’s development. Vietnam today [February 2] introduced the launch of a 600-book on the corruption fight by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong. The book on Anti-corruption was written by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong. Photo: NLD Titled “Persistently determined to prevent and fight against corruption and negative phenomena, contributing to building an increasingly transparent and strong Party and State”, the book summarizes the anti-corruption direction of the General Secretary, who is also head of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-corruption. The book, published by the National Political Publishing House, will be released in print and online. The online version is available for free on stbook.vn . … [Read more...] about Vietnam publishes book on Communist Party chief’s anti-corruption

Participants at the ceremony (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A ceremony was held in Hanoi on February 2 to release the book entitled “Resolutely, persistently fighting corruption and negative phenomena to contribute to building more transparent and stronger Party and State” by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong. The release of the book is part of activities to celebrate the 93rd founding anniversary of the CPV (February 3) and the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena (February 1). Jointly published by the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs and the Su That (Truth) National Political Publishing House, the book presents directions of comrade Nguyen Phu Trong as the Party leader and head of the steering committee in a systematic manner, and demonstrates the Party’s consistent ideology on the prevention and control of … [Read more...] about Party chief’s book on fight against corruption and negative phenomena released

The conference was attended by Deputy Chiefs of the General Staff Senior Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang, Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Lieutenant General Nguyen Doan Anh, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Nghia, and Major General Pham Truong Son. In the previous month, the General Staff directed its affiliated units to strictly maintain combat readiness, grasp local situations and address arising issues, contributing to firmly protecting national sovereignty. They also closely worked with relevant forces; observed all directives of of the Secretariat, the Prime Minister and the Directive of the Minister of National Defense on combat readiness and well organized activities in celebration of the lunar New Year 2023 (Tet) with absolute safety. During the Tet holiday, the General Staff extended greetings and inspected combat readiness in some military units, made good preparation for training work in 2023, mobilized troops in response to natural disasters and search and … [Read more...] about General Staff reviews task performance in January 2023

According to Artillery Corps’ Commander Major General Nguyen Hong Phong, over the past time the Artillery Corps has well given recommendations to the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and the General Staff to issue guidelines, policies, and measures on building the artillery and militia forces. The corps has ensured artillery for combat readiness mission, training, combat, and search and rescue activities while directing, guiding, and checking the observance of combat readiness and training of artillery units. Concluding the working session, Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam acknowledged and praised the Artillery Corps for its outstanding achievements in task implementation over the past time. Regarding missions in the first quarter of this year and the time to come, the Deputy Defense Minister asked the Artillery Corps to strictly grasp and implement orders on military and defense in 2023 of the General Staff and resolutions, directives, and … [Read more...] about Defense leader works with Artillery Corps

During the visit, Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San checked accommodation and logistic supplies of the unit for new recruits while touring gardens and breeding grounds of Regiment 102 of the division. At the working session with Division 308, the unit’s Commanding Officer Colonel Nguyen Hai Anh briefed the delegation on its preparations for the 2023 recruitment drive. Accordingly, the division has built combat training plan for the first stage, launched refresher courses for commanding officers at all levels, directed affiliates to reinforce training grounds and prepared adequate facilities for the mission. In addition, the division has paid much attention to ensure logistical supply for new recruits, built plans to give them health check-ups, and more. Speaking at the event, Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San praised the division’s efforts in preparing for the tasks. He required the unit’s leadership to continue embracing higher levels’ instructions and directives on new … [Read more...] about Defense leader checks Division 308’s preparations for welcoming new recruits

Last year, Vietnam’s export revenue of agro-fishery-forestry products set a record high of 53.22 billion USD, up 9.3% year-on-year. However, Europe accounted for only 11.3% of its market share. This is a modest number, although the agricultural sector has optimized many advantages of the E.U. - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). One of the main reasons is said to be the union’s high requirements on farm imports, while Vietnam’s agricultural production has yet to meet green growth requirements. According to the World Bank’s report, agriculture is the second highest emitter, accounting for 19% of the nation’s total gas emissions in 2020. About 48% of the sector’s emissions and more than 75% of methane emissions are from rice production. Therefore, to boost farm exports to the E.U., the sector is advised to pay more attention to green growth indicators through making policies and roadmaps to reduce greenhouse gas and methane emissions in accordance with international … [Read more...] about Vietnam develops green agriculture to increase exports to E.U.

The survey showed that the overall national poverty ratio was 7.52%, with 4.03% being poor households and 3.49% being near-poor families. The highest poverty ratio based on the multi-dimensional poverty standards was in the northern midland and mountainous region, at 21.92%, followed by the Central Highlands at 15.39%, the north-central and central coastal region at 10.04%, the Mekong Delta region at 5.73%, the Red River Delta region at 2.45%, and the southeast region, 0.34%. The northern midland and mountainous region led in both ratios of poor and near-poor households (14.23% and 7.69%, respectively), while the southeast region reported the lowest ratios at 0.21% and 0.13%, respectively. The data of the survey serve a foundation for the ministry to decide poverty reduction and social welfare policies as well as other socio-economic policies in 2023. Under a government decree on the new multi-dimensional poverty standards for the 2021-2025 period, the income-based poverty … [Read more...] about Over 1.9 million households still struggle with poverty: ministry

Vietnamese athletes will get US$1 million for each gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, $500,000 for silver, and $200,000 for bronze. The bonuses, which are the biggest rewards ever offered in Vietnam’s sports history, result from a deal signed by the Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC) and a strategic partner of the International Sports Funding & Support Association (ISF) in South Korea that will sponsor the entire amount. As per the agreement, some key Vietnamese athletes and teams will go to South Korea for training. Dang Ha Viet, general director of the General Sports Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, affirmed the ISF support will create a 'golden' chance for Vietnam to elevate its rankings in the regional, continental, and global arenas. The 2024 Summer Olympics are scheduled to take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024 with Paris as its main host city alongside 16 other French cities. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held … [Read more...] about Vietnam athletes offered $1mn for winning Paris Olympic gold medal

ChatGPT and AI is set to boom in Vietnam In the early days of 2023, ChatGPT released by OpenAI is becoming popular all over the world. ChatGPT is a chatbot providing solutions to complex problems directly like composing essays, coding, and drafting business proposals. Within a few seconds after entering keywords, ChatGPT will provide text, images, audio, and other entertainment media in excellent quality. Just a few weeks after launching, this “super AI” has reached over 10 million users and has rapid growth. This success helps OpenAI negotiate an investment agreement worth $30 billion, more than double its valuation in 2021. After investing $1 billion in ChatGPT in 2019, Microsoft is planning to invest another $10 billion in exchange for 49 per cent of OpenAI's stake. This tech giant is considering integrating ChatGPT into Word, Powerpoint, Outlook, and even the Bing search engine to compete for market share with Google Search. Eric Boyd, CVP of AI Platform at Microsoft, … [Read more...] about ChatGPT and AI booms in Vietnam

Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – There remained more than 1.97 million poor and near-poor households nationwide based on the multi-dimensional poverty standards , according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs ( MoLISA ) in 2022. The survey showed that the overall national poverty ratio was 7.52%, with 4.03% being poor households and 3.49% being near-poor families. The highest poverty ratio based on the multi-dimensional poverty standards has been seen in the northern midland and mountainous region, at 21.92%; followed by the Central Highlands at 15.39%; the north-central and central coastal region at 10.04%; the Mekong Delta region at 5.73%; the Red River Delta region at 2.45%, and the southeast region, 0.34%. The northern midland and mountainous region led in both ratios of poor and near-poor households (14.23% and 7.69%, respectively), while the southeast region reported the lowest ratios at 0.21% and … [Read more...] about Over 1.9 million households still struggle with poverty: Ministry