Entitled ‘Your Pain In My Heart: Vietnam’, the exhibition is arranged into two parts reminiscing on the Vietnamese people’s resistance war and their lives during wartime, as well as the country’s medical achievements. Works on display provide a closer look on the resistance war of the Vietnamese people and army, and the severe consequences left by the war in the country. The exhibition also introduces to the public for the first time medical equipment provided by Russia to Vietnam, including sets of surgical and first aid tools, uniforms and personal belongings of Vietnamese soldiers. Retired Russian military doctor Anatoly Levshankov, who worked in Vietnam between 1977 and 1978, expressed his sympathy over the Vietnamese people’s losses during the wartime, comparing the losses with those suffered by Russians during their Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). The event will run until the end of 2019 at the Russian Museum of Military Medicine. … [Read more...] about Saint Petersburg exhibition highlights Russian support for Vietnam during wartime
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Vietnam highlights women’s role in peacekeeping at UNSC debate
A view of the UN Security Council's open debate on women in peacekeeping in New York on April 11 (Photo: VNA) New York (VNA) – Vietnam and other United Nations member nations discussed women’s active role in peacekeeping during an open debate of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in New York on April 11. Addressing the event, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung, head of the Vietnamese delegation, said women play an active role in UN peacekeeping, especially in addressing gender-related issues, protecting and promoting women and girls’ rights, creating momentum for women and girls in the areas they are working in to participate in peacekeeping and positively impacting the settlement of sexual abuse and violence in UN peacekeeping operations. He said to improve women’s participation, the UN should promote the implementation of the UNSC’s Resolution 2242. He asked UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to look into barriers to women’s engagement in … [Read more...] about Vietnam highlights women’s role in peacekeeping at UNSC debate
Vietnam vets welcome French PM’s visit to Dien Bien Phu battle site
Former Vietnamese soldiers Nguyen Tran Viet (L), Tran Quoc Hanh (C), and Hoang Bao, war veterans of Dien Bien Phu campaign, look at Viet's old photograph at his house in Hanoi during an interview with AFP on November 1, 2018. Photo by AFP/Nhac Nguyen Hoang Bao was barely 20 years old when he trekked to Dien Bien Phu in northern Vietnam to fight the French, facing his enemy full of hatred and ready to die for his country's independence. More than 60 years after the shock victory in the epic battle, the site of which French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will visit Saturday, retired colonel Bao is happy to call his former foe a friend. "We have no hatred toward the French any more," 85-year-old Bao told AFP in Hanoi, wearing his dark green military uniform decorated with medals. But he said there are important lessons to be learned from the bloody 56-day fight that sparked the collapse of France's colonial Indochina empire and paved the way for northern Vietnam's independence. "The … [Read more...] about Vietnam vets welcome French PM’s visit to Dien Bien Phu battle site
Coffee shop brings Truong Sa to the heart of Hanoi
VietNamNet Bridge – At first glance, Lê Nổ Tổ Chè at Hanoi’s 35 Nguyen Cong Hoan Street looks much like any other coffee shop in the capital. The establishment, however, boasts a unique draw: its décor focuses on the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, confirming Vietnamese sovereignty over the islands and instilling in visitors a sense of national pride. Indisputable: The coffee shop has beautiful pictures, clear notes, and a map of Vietnam to show the country’s sovereignty over the Truong Sa islands. VNS Photo Hoang Linh Hostess Tran Thi Thanh Liem warmly welcomed us and passionately recounted how she turned her idea of a coffee shop focused on the Truong Sa islands into reality. Her husband, who works at the General Political Department at the Ministry of Defence, made two trips to Truong Sa. He told her stories about the people on the islands and showed her photographs he took, and love for the motherland’s territory rose … [Read more...] about Coffee shop brings Truong Sa to the heart of Hanoi
Nearly 67,000 investors victimized by fraud
Nearly 67,000 investors victimized by fraud The Saigon Times Daily Le Xuan Giang (in military uniform) is seen at an event of Vietnam Trading-Links Production JSC - PHOTO: ANNINHTHUDO.VN HCMC – Le Xuan Giang, chairman of the board of directors at Vietnam Trading-Links Production JSC, and his accomplices have been charged with defrauding and expropriating assets of 66,880 investors in 49 localities across the country, with total losses exceeding VND2 trillion, the local media reported. The Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam on September 24 transferred the case to the Hanoi People’s Court to prosecute the seven accused under Article 139 of the 1999 Penal Code. The accused comprise Chairman Le Xuan Giang; General Director Le Van Tu; Vice General Director Nguyen Thi Thuy; and members of the firm’s market development division, Le Thanh Son, Trinh Xuan Sang, Vu Thi Hong Dung and Nguyen Xuan Truong. According to the indictment, between March 2014 and … [Read more...] about Nearly 67,000 investors victimized by fraud