Việt Nam News

Delivering a speech at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) of the UN Economic and Social Council in New York, Vice State President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân expressed Việt Nam's high-level commitment to ensuring gender equality and women's rights.

More than 100 delegates gathered in HCM City on Friday for the 12th Ocean Dialogue to discuss ways to maintain maritime connectivity in an increasingly divided global environment.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phùng Đức Tiến on Thursday inspected the implementation of the European Commission (EC)’s recommendations on combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Hoài Nhơn Township, the central coastal province of Bình Định.

According to the draft, Hà Nội People’s Council has the authority to stipulate establishment criteria and decision to form, restructure and dissolve departments and administrative organisations under the city People’s Committee. 

The People’s Committee of southern An Giang province held a conference on Thursday to review its cooperation with Cambodia’s Takeo Province last year and set out directions for the first half of this year.

Việt Nam and Australia pledged to further develop their relations in all areas and promote the upgraded relationship on the basis of respecting international law as well as sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and political system of each country

PM Phạm Minh Chính hailed the festival as the first major event during the inaugural year of the Việt Nam-Japan comprehensive strategic partnership, which attracted nearly 400,000 visitors on March 9-10.

Politburo member, permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission Trương Thị Mai hosted a reception for the new Ambassador of Laos to Việt Nam, Khamphao Ernthavanh, in Hà Nội on Thursday.

The spokeswoman once again asked Vietnamese citizens to remain cautious in the face of invitation to come abroad and work for work for "high pay, easy job" with no requirements of qualifications or skills, no labour contracts, no mediators, or no labour-sending organisations.

Việt Nam hopes Canada will share experience, methods, and carbon pricing tools to support Việt Nam in building a carbon market

Việt Nam believes all countries need to abide by the 1982 UNCLOS when drawing the territorial baseline used to calculate the width of the territorial waters and to ensure that the baseline does not affect the lawful rights and interests of other countries.

President Pro Tempore of the US Senate Patty Murray affirmed her strong support for the US’s efforts to enhance its friendship and cooperation with Việt Nam over recent times, and pledged to continue joining the congress’s efforts to facilitate the development of the bilateral ties, including the implementation of the comprehensive strategic partnership framework.

The memorial ceremony was an opportunity to educate patriotic tradition for younger generations.

The NA Standing Committee will also review the legislature's ombudsman work report in February 2024, and organise question-and-answer activities.

On the sidelines of the function, the VCG delegation held meetings with leaders of law enforcement forces at sea from the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and India, exchanging information and coordinating efforts to combat various crimes and protect the marine environment.

Exactly 70 years ago, on March 13, 1954, the Vietnamese revolutionary army launched the first attack against the French colonialists’ heavily fortified base of Điện Biên Phủ, starting a 56-day historic campaign whose victory directly led to the signing of the Geneva Accords on ending the war and restoring peace in Indochina.

The Asian Development Bank has financed about 600 programmes and projects in Việt Nam with total funding of nearly US$18 billion, covering agriculture, rural areas, education, health care, energy and urban infrastructure.

Since 1993, the WB has allocated about US$25 billion in concessional loans to Việt Nam, along with technical assistance and policy consultation, contributing significantly to national socioeconomic development.