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Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (Photo: VNA) New York (VNA) – Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son joined nearly 150 ministers and representatives from UN member countries at a preparatory ministerial meeting for the 2024 Summit of the Future in New York on September 21 (local time). At the meeting, ministers pointed to major difficulties and challenges currently, especially those related to climate change, environment, food security, energy, water resources as well as the decline in trust and multilateral cooperation. They were especially concerned as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been completed by 14%, and believed that the 2024 Summit of the Future is significant in creating new catalysts to promote the implementation of the 2030 Agenda . The ministers shared their countries' vision and priorities for the summit, and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening global governance and multilateralism, calling for respect for the basic principles of … [Read more...] about Vietnamese FM attends preparatory meeting for 2024 future summit, holds bilateral meetings

The congress (GEC) was organised by the Global Entrepreneurship Network, gathering thousands of delegates and senior leaders from more than 170 countries to connect and share experience to create a unified and strong global innovation startup ecosystem. At GEC, Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat introduced the dynamic and highly open innovation startup ecosystem in Vietnam to attract international attention and resources, including those from Vietnamese overseas. “The Ministry of Science and Technology focuses on connecting the bilateral innovation startup ecosystem with other countries, hosting many international events, and implementing initiatives to promote cooperation between the innovation startup community and organisations,” he said. He added that activities such as promulgating specific policies, setting up innovation startup advisory networks, and connecting ecosystems at all levels have being strengthened and consolidated. According to the … [Read more...] about Vietnam attends Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2023

VietnamEuropa Editor-in-Chief Le Ngoc Dung (R) is given an administrative fine of 7.5 million VND (308.23 USD). Ha Tinh (VNA) – VietnamEuropa , a newspaper of the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic has had its journalism activities suspended in the central province of Ha Tinh since September 19 due to violations of regulations on information and journalism activities of foreign press, foreign rep offices and foreign organisations in Vietnam under Decree 88/2012/ND-CP. According to the provincial Department of Information, VietnamEuropa Editor-in-Chief Le Ngoc Dung was also given an administrative fine of 7.5 million VND (308.23 USD), and required to stop all information and journalism activities by the newspaper in Ha Tinh until he gets a licence from competent agencies. The department said since 2017, Dung has issued press cards for many Vietnamese working as the reporters and collaborators of the newspaper in Hai Phong, Hanoi, Nam Dinh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe … [Read more...] about Ha Tinh suspends VietnamEuropa’s journalism activities

Delegates at the event (Photo: VNA) Seoul (VNA) – A delegation from the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV), led by Deputy Auditor General Nguyen Tuan Anh, attended the 59th meeting of the Governing Board of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) in Busan city, the Republic of Korea (RoK) from September 19-22. The event was co-chaired by the State Audit Office (SAO) of Thailand as the Chair of ASOSAI and the National Audit Office of China as the Secretary General of ASOSAI. The SAV attended the event in its capacity as a member of the ASOSAI Governing Board for the 2021-2024 tenure. In his opening speech, President of SAO Thailand Chanathap Indamra affirmed that the meeting will serve as a common platform for ASOSAI members to reach a consensus on the most critical issues of the ASOSAI community. Jaehae Choe, President of the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) of the RoK, stressed that it has been the first in-person meeting since the end of … [Read more...] about Vietnam attends 59th meeting of Governing Board of ASOSAI in RoK

A musical performance staged at the ceremony (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A ceremony, co-organised by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations ( VUFO ), the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association ( VJFA ) and the Foreign Ministry, took place in Hanoi on September 21 evening to celebrate five decades of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan (September 21, 1973 - 2023). Addressing the event, Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat, Chairwoman of the CPV Central Committee’s Organisation Commission, underscored the countries’ people-to-people exchange history spanning over 13 centuries and 50 years of cooperation and development. Vietnam and Japan hold a trustworthy and close partnership covering myriad fields from politics, economy, trade, investment to human resources, culture, education, science-technology, and people-to-people and locality-to-locality exchanges, she said. Mai, … [Read more...] about Ceremony marks 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic relations

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has a seminar and a working dinner with leaders of multinational businesses and leading US investment funds in New York on September 21 (local time) (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is in the US for the high-level week of the UN General Assembly’s 78th session, had a seminar and a working dinner with leaders of multinational businesses and leading US investment funds in New York on September 21 (local time). At the seminar, leaders of businesses and investment funds as well as Vietnamese State management agencies discussed measures and orientations to attract more financial resources for socio-economic development, especially the building and development of financial centres in Vietnam. Leaders of US investment funds held that amid fluctuations in the world geo-political and economic situation, Vietnam has been evaluated by international organisations as a bright spot in investment attraction with many … [Read more...] about US investment funds appreciate potential of Vietnam

The second defence policy dialogue between Vietnam and Canada in Ottawa on September 21 (Photo: VNA) Ottawa (VNA) – The second defence policy dialogue between Vietnam and Canada took place in Ottawa on September 21 under the chair of Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and his Canadian counterpart Bill Matthews. The two officials highly valued the recent defence cooperation results in such fields as high-level mutual visits, dialogue - consultation, personnel training, UN peacekeeping operations, maritime security, defence industry, border management, migration, and cooperation at regional and international forums, matching the areas promoted by the two countries’ leaders and defence ministries under the 2019 memorandum of understanding (MoU) on defence cooperation and the defence cooperation plan for 2021-2023. They agreed to continue promoting defence cooperation in line with the signed documents and agreements with a focus on holding … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Canada hold second defence policy dialogue

Headquarters of the State Bank of Vietnam (Photo: VNA) Hanoi – The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) will continue to accompany and support the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) in investing in payment and financial infrastructure development and promoting digital transformation, contributing to improving risk management in the local banking sector, stated BIS General Manager Agustin Carstens. Carstens made the statement at a meeting with Politburo member and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Tran Tuan Anh in Hanoi on September 21. Welcoming Carstens on his first visit to Vietnam as BIS General Manager, Tuan Anh thanked the organisation for its support for the SBV in joining and familiarising itself with BIS cooperation mechanisms. After three years of membership, the SBV has proactively participated in BIS activities and implemented its recommendations in the banking sector. He proposed that BIS continue to enhance its role in developing payment … [Read more...] about BIS pledges support for Vietnam in banking infrastructure development, digital transformation

Outstanding digital technology companies honoured (Photo: VNA) Hanoi – Vietnam’s Top 10 digital technology companies in 2023 were announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 22. Among them are Viettel Solutions, OneMount Group, VNPT, Mobifone, Rang Dong and FPT. Launched 2 months ago, the organising board selected 104 nominations in various fields to honour the top 10 digital technology enterprises in Vietnam. According to statistics, the total revenue in 2022 of these 104 businesses reached 164 trillion VND (6.7 billion USD), accounting for 43.75 per cent of the total revenue of Vietnam's software and information services sector. Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phan Tam said that digital technology enterprises are the nucleus of the country's industrialisation and digital transformation of all industries. He said that the honoured companies' strategies to conquer the market are valuable lessons, opening the way for many others … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Top 10 digital technology companies named for 2023