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Tran Quoc Vuong, Politburo member and standing member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat (R), and Emilia Moiane, member of the Central Committee of the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) and Director of the Mozambique Information Office (Gabinfo) (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam attaches importance to developing relations with Mozambique, which is an important partner of Vietnam in southern Africa, said Tran Quoc Vuong, Politburo member and standing member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on November 12. He made the affirmation during a reception in Hanoi for Emilia Moiane, member of the Central Committee of the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) and Director of the Mozambique Information Office (Gabinfo), who is in Vietnam for a working visit. Vuong congratulated Frelimo for its success in the general election in Mozambique in October this year, and expressed his belief that under the leadership of the party, the … [Read more...] about Party official affirms Mozambique’s importance to Vietnam

JAKARTA -- Indonesia will more than double its disaster response budget to 15 trillion rupiah ($1.06 billion) in 2019, officials said on Tuesday, after a series of major natural disasters devastated three regions of the vast archipelago last year. The Southeast Asian country suffered its deadliest year in over a decade in 2018, when over 3,000 people died in tsunamis and earthquakes in Sulawesi, Lombok, and West Java and Sumatra islands. Indonesia straddles the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire and sees frequent earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunami, and localized incidents like landslides, floods, and forest fires. “The funds have been prepared in anticipation of 2019,” said Askolani, budgeting director general at the finance ministry. Five trillion rupiah would be allocated to rehabilitation and reconstruction, while 10 trillion would be reserved for disaster response, said finance ministry spokesman Nufransa Wira Sakti. President Joko Widodo, who is running for … [Read more...] about Indonesia to double disaster relief budget in 2019 after year of tragedies

President Tran Dai Quang (R) and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during the latter's State visit to Vietnam in September 2017 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Delegation exchanges at the highest level between Vietnam and Egypt will create a solid foundation for bilateral cooperation to develop, said Vietnamese Ambassador to the African nation Do Hoang Long. He made the remark in an interview with Vietnam News Agency ahead of a trip to Egypt from August 25 to 29 by President Tran Dai Quang. This will be the first State visit by a Vietnamese head of State to Egypt since the countries set up diplomatic ties in 1963. Ambassador Long underlined the importance of this tour as it is not only a reciprocal visit after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi came to Vietnam in September 2017 but will also reiterate the commitments both sides made last year and strengthen bilateral connections in all aspects such as politics, economy, trade, investment, culture and … [Read more...] about High level visits to shape basis for stronger Vietnam-Egypt ties

Urban waste is collected in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Hanoi People’s Committee has asked all of its organisations and agencies to refrain from using plastic bags and single-use plastics starting from this month. Luu Thi Thanh Chi, deputy head of the Hanoi Environment Protection Division, told reporters at a recent press conference that the municipal People’s Committee has approved a plan to reduce plastic waste in the capital. It was the latest effort by authorities to combat "white pollution" in the city that sees about 80 tonnes of plastic and nylon bags discarded every day, not all of which can be properly collected or treated. According to Chi, the Hanoi People’s Committee demanded that 100 percent of the city organisations stop using polyethylene (PE) plastic bags – the most common type but takes the longest time to decompose – and single-use plastics products from November. The committee also set the goal of reducing … [Read more...] about Hanoi’s agencies requested to stop using single-use plastics

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the forum (Photo:news.un.org)   Paris (VNA) – A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung attended the second Paris Peace Forum that opened on November 12 under the chair of French President Emmanuel Macron. The event attracted 30 heads of State, leaders of countries and major international organisations, experts and businesspeople. Deputy FM Trung attended and delivered a speech at a session on the 70th anniversary of Geneva Conventions. Speaking at the event, President Macron said extreme nationalism, war and non-cooperation will destroy all that humans have built over the past years. Europe is the place where the price of non-cooperation is best known, he said. In order to cope with challenges amid changing world order and difficulties in multilateralism, the forum called on entities to make commitments and promote specific solutions to global governance. The event is part … [Read more...] about Vietnam attends second Paris Peace Forum