Themed “Youths of the Binh Thuan provincial Military Command promote the traditions of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union,” the festival drew the participation of new enlistees of the command and youths from universities in the locality and featured various activities, including a camping competition, campfire, folk games, artistic exchange programs, among others. The festival aimed to raise youths’ awareness of glorious traditions of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, contributing to improving the spiritual life of troops, tightening the military-civilian solidarity, enhancing the training quality of new enlistees in the 2023 training session, and renovating the training program, the work of Youth Union and youth movements. Below are some photos of the training camp festival. Translated by Quynh Oanh … [Read more...] about Training camp held in Binh Thuan
Peking university exchange program
Potential remains for Vietnam – Malaysia trade, tourism cooperation: former diplomat
Hong Leong Bank of Malaysia has operated in Vietnam since 2009. - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Kuala Lumpur, (VNA) – Former Malaysian Ambassador to Vietnam Dato Azmil Zabidi has highlighted the close relationship between the two countries, stressing that trade and tourism cooperation are potential areas that need to be promoted. In a recent interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency’s correspondents in Malaysia on the occasion of the 50th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries (March 30, 1973-2023), Zabidi said the increasing trade turnover between Vietnam and Malaysia is an important achievement and a testament to the bilateral cooperation . “When I first go to Vietnam in 2011, the bilateral trade between Malaysia and Vietnam stood at about 6.6 billion USD, and then when I left at the end of January 2016, the figure has grown to somewhere between 11-12 billion USD, nearly double.”, Zabidi said This shows that bilateral trade has been … [Read more...] about Potential remains for Vietnam – Malaysia trade, tourism cooperation: former diplomat
Vietnam, Malaysia enjoy thriving relations over five decades
Sound political-diplomatic relations In terms of politics - diplomacy, the two sides regularly exchange delegations and high-level meetings through all channels of Party, Government, State, and people-to-people contacts. Even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam and Malaysia still promoted their relations through telephone talks among their senior leaders. The two countries have approved an action program to implement their Strategic Partnership for the 2021-2025 period with major orientations, aiming to effectively exploit the potential and strengths of each country, thus recovering sustainable development together in the post-pandemic period. During Malaysian PM Dato Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob’s visit to Vietnam last March, leaders of the two sides pledged to further deepen bilateral political and economic cooperation by increasing and maintaining high-level meetings and promoting the existing collaboration mechanisms, especially the joint committee on economic, science and … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Malaysia enjoy thriving relations over five decades
Vietnam’s Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong accepts President Biden’s invitation to visit US
Vietnam’s Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong accepted the invitation by President Joe Biden to visit the U.S. during their phone talks focusing on promoting the two countries' comprehensive partnership on Wednesday night (Vietnam time). Throughout their phone talks, Trong and Biden reiterated their invitations for mutual high-level visits and they accepted the invites with pleasure. The two sides said they would direct their relevant agencies to arrange such visits at appropriate times. Expressing their delight that the talks offered them an opportunity to exchange views as Vietnam and the U.S. are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their comprehensive partnership, the two leaders lauded the fruitful development of the bilateral ties over the past years. They agreed to promote, develop, and deepen their relationship in the coming time in the interests of both nations, as well as for peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world, according to the … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong accepts President Biden’s invitation to visit US
ICAEW, KPMG continue to develop high-quality financial human resources in VN
Mark Billington, Managing Director, International, ICAEW (left) and Warrick Cleine, Chairman & CEO of KPMG in Vietnam and Cambodia (right), signed an extension of cooperation on developing high-quality human resources in Việt Nam. — Photo courtesy of the company The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and KPMG in Viet Nam will continue to cooperate in developing high-quality human resources in Viet Nam, according to a recent renewal of their existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The new MoU on developing high-quality human resources aims to meet the new requirements of the domestic financial market, which is opening up to extensive international integration. Under the framework of the three-year cooperation agreement, the two sides will continue to work together in creating favourable conditions in terms of finance and time for young talents who study ICAEW ACA programmes, in order to develop their careers in the fields of finance, … [Read more...] about ICAEW, KPMG continue to develop high-quality financial human resources in VN