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At the meeting, Sr. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien congratulated Mr. Sergio Narea Guzman on his new appointment as Chilean Ambassador to Vietnam and expressed strong belief that the diplomat would have a successful term of office, contributing to further strengthening the Vietnam - Chile comprehensive partnership. The Vietnamese deputy defense minister emphasized that despite geographical distance, Vietnam and Chile share some similarities and strive for independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation, and development. He said that Vietnam treasures the comprehensive partnership with Chile and hopes to foster the multifaceted relationship with the country, including defense ties. Gen. Chien suggested Ambassador Sergio Narea Guzman, in his term of office, pay attention to strengthening the bilateral defense cooperation focusing on such fields as delegation exchange to strengthen mutual understanding, training, defense industry, military medicine, and U.N. peacekeeping operations. He … [Read more...] about Defense leader receives newly-appointed Chilean Ambassador to Vietnam

PM Pham Minh Chinh spoke highly of the maintenance of high-level contacts, especially the recent successful phone talks between Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and U.S. President Joe Biden. He suggested that in the near future, both sides continue enhancing cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, investment, science and technology, education and training, innovation, digital transformation, and climate change response. The host asked the U.S. senators to support the U.S. opening its market to and limiting anti-dumping investigations and trade remedy measures against Vietnamese goods, especially agro-forestry-fisheries, which directly affect the people’s livelihoods. He also urged the U.S. Congress to continue heeding and allocating resources for cooperation with Vietnam in overcoming the war consequences, as well as offer support to the Vietnamese community in the U.S. Expressing their impression on Vietnam's country, people, and development, the U.S. senators … [Read more...] about Vietnam values comprehensive partnership with U.S.: Prime Minister

Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard Region 3 Command Senior Colonel Nguyen Minh Khanh and Director of the MRCC III Nguyen Bao Anh co-chaired the conference. Under the deal, the two units will promote coordination in exchanging information, supporting each other in search and rescue missions, giving recommendations to higher levels to deal with arising issues in a timely and effective manner, and implementing the “four on-the-spot” motto in search and rescue at sea. Meanwhile, both sides will organize training activities and exercises to raise expertise, carry out dissemination activities among fishermen and ship owners to raise their awareness of ensuring safety for personnel and vehicles during maritime activities and other activities taking place at sea, among others. Over the past years, the MRCC III and the Coast Guard Region 3 Command have clearly defined their position and missions in coordination activities in search and rescue at sea while promoting practicing search and … [Read more...] about Coordination regulation on search and rescue at sea signed

Vietnam, who topped Group F of the event’s first qualifying round, will compete in Group A with Australia, Iran and Lebanon in the second qualifier. “Vietnam’s opponents are all strong," coach Akira Ijiri said. "Australia are the strongest, but Iran and Lebanon in recent years are also very strong. It's going to be a tough qualifier. However, Vietnam are ready to compete well at the event." To prepare for the AFC event, Vietnam had an intensive training trip in Japan, where they had three friendly matches with Seisa Academy, JFA Fukushima Academy and Tokyo High School. According to coach Ijiri, this training was a valuable experience, helping young players make great professional progress in terms of skills, speed, and strength. Vietnam team will be present in Phu Tho on May 28 to continue practicing for the tournament. According to the schedule, the hosts Vietnam will meet Iran, Lebanon and Australia on June 3, 5, and 7, respectively at 7.00pm. In the second qualifying … [Read more...] about Vietnam ready for AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup’s second qualifying round

Like the dry locks of Sinh Ton (Sin Cowe), Song Tu Tay (Southwest Cay), and Da Tay (West Reef) islands, the dry lock of Truong Sa Island is seen as a firm fulcrum for the task of marine economic development on Truong Sa archipelago. Stepping off fishing trawlers moored in the dry lock, captain of trawler NT 90228 TS Le Xuan Du received me. Du and crew-members on board come from Phuoc Dinh commune, Thuan Nam district, Ninh Thuan province. He shared that on average the trawler conducts fishing in the open sea for about 16 days, unless the trawler experiences some problems. They often make thorough preparations for the trip; however, things sometimes do not go as planned. In the past, Truong Sa archipelogo did not have any dry locks. When receiving the information about the upcoming storms, fishing trawlers ran back to the shore, resulting in the loss of money and materials. The dry lock is a place for fishing boats to take a rest and receive logistic and technical services. Thanks to … [Read more...] about Happy smiles on dry lock of Truong Sa