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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extends Tet greetings to Vietnamese-Canadian s during a get-together on January 22. (Photo: VNA) Ottawa (VNA) – In Canada, Tet is an occasion to honour the immeasurable contributions by the Vietnamese-Canadian community, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his greetings to Vietnamese expats living in Canada during a get-together on January 22. The event was held via video teleconference by the Embassy of Vietnam in Canada and the Canada-Vietnam Association to celebrate the Vietnamese traditional New Year. It is the time to welcome the spring and be thankful for what have united the Vietnamese and Canadian people, PM Trudeau said. In his remarks at the event, Ambassador Pham Cao Phong highlighted the growing relations between the two countries last year despite challenges caused by COVID-19. A joint economic committee was established two weeks earlier to further facilitate the bilateral trade and investment, he said. He also … [Read more...] about Canadian PM extends Tet greetings to Vietnamese living in Canada

Addressing the event, Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu, who is head of the Foreign Ministry’s State Committee for OV Affairs, said that this is a special and meaningful occasion to look back on a challenging 2021, and express gratitude to individuals and organizations who have supported and accompanied the country to overcome difficulties in recent years. Accordingly, OVs in many countries had engaged in practical activities to help the homeland. They have donated up to VND 80 billion (over USD 3.5 million) to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in general and the COVID-19 vaccine fund in particular, along with large amounts of medical equipment and supplies. Many Vietnamese expatriates in Singapore, Australia, Japan, Germany, the U.S., and the Republic of Korea have actively worked along Vietnamese representative agencies abroad in calling for assistance from their host countries' governments, opening up many opportunities for Vietnam to access vaccines, medicines and … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese honored for contribution to homeland’s COVID-19 combat

Extending New Year greetings to the Army Corps 4 Command and Engineering Brigade 550 of Army Corps 4, Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet, Deputy Chief of the GDP, highly praised Army Corps 4’s achievements, especially in COVID-19 prevention and control work. General Quyet asked the corps to heighten spirit of pro-activeness, strictly observe combat readiness duties and military discipline, effectively manage troops, vehicles and materiel. Together with ensuring diverse Tet activities for troops, the corps should pay due attention to caring for troops’ families, especially needy ones. After the Tet holiday, the corps should focus on training new recruits and building comprehensively-strong unit, the GDP’s deputy chief added. While visiting Regiment 213 of Division 363 of the Air Defense – Air Force Service, Senior Lieutenant General Do Can, the GDP’s deputy chief, expressed his belief that the unit will bring into play its tradition of being awarded the title ‘Hero of the people’s … [Read more...] about Military units to ensure combat readiness and cozy Tet for troops

Trudeau affirmed that Canada attaches importance to bilateral friendship and wishes to lift bilateral comprehensive partnership to a new height. Speaking highly of Vietnam’s role and position on international arena, which was reflected via its position as ASEAN Chair 2020 and a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2020-2021 tenure, Trudeau reaffirmed commitment to fostering strong cooperation in trade, development and national defence. He vowed to continue assisting Vietnam and regional countries in access to COVID-19 vacines via mechanisms such as ACT Accelerator, COVAX Facility and ASEAN’s COVID-19 response fund. PM Chinh congratulated Canada on its successful fight against the pandemic. He thanked the Canadian Government and people for providing practical support for Vietnam via a gift of 120,000 N95 masks, 3.5 million CAD for ASEAN’s COVID-19 response fund and a relief package worth 700,000 CAD to help Vietnam's central region overcome … [Read more...] about Vietnamese, Canadian PMs hold phone talks

During the meeting, Minister Son thanked press agencies and reporters for their effective contribution to the overall success of foreign affairs as well as external information work of the country in 2021, saying that they provided timely and accurate information for both domestic and foreign audiences, contributing to popularizing the foreign policy of the Party and State, and creating consensus, solidarity and support of the public at home and abroad, as well as international friends. 2021 is a challenging and difficult year, especially with the great and extensive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, he said, adding that a fast changing world situation along with non-traditional security challenges such as diseases, climate change, and cyber security are negatively affecting international relations. In that context, Vietnam’s foreign affairs activities have been implemented in an active, creative and flexible manner, closely following the Party's foreign policy, achieving important … [Read more...] about Foreign Minister holds New Year meeting with press agencies

A medical worker taking a COVID-19 test sample from a resident in the southern province of Vĩnh Long. — VNA/VNS Photo Lê Thúy Hằng HÀ NỘI – In the two years since Việt Nam's first confirmed COVID-19 patient the country has recorded more than 2.1 million infections, as the Ministry of Health announced another 14,978 new cases on Sunday. The very first case was a visitor from Wuhan, China, who tested positive for COVID-19 on January 23, 2020. The number of transmissions in the country crossed the one-million mark on November 11, 2021, before quickly hitting two million on January 15, 2022. On Sunday, the health ministry also announced a further 123 COVID-19 related deaths. Among the new cases, 44 were imported and the rest were local transmissions. A total of 10,324 new infections were detected in the community. The capital city Hà Nội recorded the highest daily case count with 2,967, followed by Đà Nẵng at 984 and Hải Phòng at 764. Other transmissions were found in Hưng … [Read more...] about Two years since the first case, Việt Nam’s caseload exceeds 2.1 million

An additional 14,978 Covid-19 cases were confirmed in Vietnam on Sunday and Hanoi continued to record the highest number of patients with over 2,900 cases, the Ministry of Health has reported. According to the ministry's report, 14,934 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 62 out of 63 localities in the country with five localities seeing the highest numbers including Hanoi (2,967), Danang (984), Hai Phong (764), Hung Yen (629), and Thanh Hoa (489). There were 44 imported cases confirmed the same day. The new infections showed a decrease of 724 cases compared to yesterday's figure. There were 10,324 infections found in the community. As of Sunday evening, 2,134,788 infections had been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country in late April. Some localities that have recorded the highest number of patients include HCM City (512,774), Binh Duong (292,492), Hanoi (108,627), Dong Nai (99,663), and Tay Ninh (87,131). Vietnam has so far confirmed … [Read more...] about Additional 14,978 Covid-19 cases confirmed on Sunday

As the Lunar New Year nears, Vietnamese people often visit their ancestral tombs and clean gravesites. They light incense at the graves, sum up the family’s major events during the year for their ancestors and invite the dead back home to enjoy Tet. Many families have come to Lac Hong Vien Cemetery in Hoa Binh City in the northern province of Hoa Binh for the ceremony earlier than usual to avoid the crowds in the coming days. It took Pham Thi Nghiem’s family in Ha Ba Trung District, Hanoi, more than an hour to the cemetery. Over the past six months, they have not been able to come to the ceremony due to being quarantined and social distancing measures. People usually prepare offerings such as incense, fruits, sticky rice and Chung cakes for their ancestor worshipping on this occasion. Nguyen Thanh Liem’s family in Thanh Xuan District came to Lac Hong Vien Cemetery quite early to invite the ancestors to return home for Tet. … [Read more...] about Traditional grave cleaning as Tet nears

Australia coach Graham Arnold is set to miss their crucial World Cup qualifier against Vietnam on Thursday after returning a positive test for COVID-19, Football Australia said. Arnold has gone into isolation ahead of the game in Melbourne and will be replaced on the sidelines by his assistant, Rene Meulensteen. "Arnold -- who is fully vaccinated, received a booster 10 days ago, and is asymptomatic -- immediately isolated from Socceroos staff after returning the result upon his arrival into Melbourne late last week," the governing body said in a statement on Sunday. "Socceroos staff already in Melbourne have also been isolating over the past two days and have since undertaken three rounds of PCR testing." Australia are third in Group B of Asia's World Cup preliminaries. Only the top two finishers are guaranteed to advance to the finals in Qatar later this year. Saudi Arabia lead the standings with 16 points, four ahead of Japan with the Australians a further point adrift. … [Read more...] about Australia coach Arnold set to miss Vietnam game after positive COVID-19 test