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Representatives of the University of Science under the Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City receive the ICT Education Award (Photo: tuoitre.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Three representatives of Vietnam won ICT awards for 2019 of the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO), according to the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA). The awards were presented at the ASOCIO-PIKOM Digital Summit that is taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from November 11 to 14. While national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines was honoured with the Outstanding User Organisation Award, the CMC Technology Corporation won the Outstanding ICT Company Award, and the University of Science under the Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City obtained the ICT Education Award. VINASA Secretary General Nguyen Thi Thu Giang said the awards honour achievements by organisations and businesses in ICT development and application. For Vietnam, they are not only the … [Read more...] about Vietnam wins three ASOCIO awards for 2019

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan receives Deputy Speaker of the Assembly of the Union of Myanmar Aye Thar Aun Chairwoman Ngan congratulated Myanmar on its recent socio-economic achievements, voicing her belief that the country will succeed in promoting national reconciliation and harmony and improving its stature in the region and the world. She expressed her delight at the increasingly strengthened friendship and cooperation between the Vietnamese NA and the Myanmar parliament, as seen in an official visit to Vietnam by Speaker of the Assembly of the Union Mahn Win Khaing Than in May 2017 and another trip to Myanmar by a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese NA in September 2016. Deputy Speaker Aye Thar Aung highly valued Vietnamese people’s heroic struggle in the resistance wars to liberate the country in the past, as well as its achievements in social affairs, economy, political stability and external work at present. He said Vietnam is increasingly affirming … [Read more...] about Leaders highlight strengthened Vietnam-Myanmar parliamentary ties

At the inauguration ceremony for Dakcheung School (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – Dakcheung School was inaugurated and handed over to the Lao province of Sekong’s Dakchueng district on November 13, as a gift from the Vietnamese Party, State and people. Construction of the two-storey building started in June 2018 with a total cost of more than 23 billion VND (around 1 million USD). Covering 1,276 square metres, the school has six classrooms, two laboratories, a library, an informatics room, a foreign language learning room and a meeting hall. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung expressed his belief that the school, equipped with modern teaching aids and functional facilities, will contribute to improving the quality of human resources training for Dakchueng district. He stressed that the building, as a symbol for the Vietnam-Laos friendship, will help consolidate and promote the special ties between the two nations, … [Read more...] about Vietnam-funded school handed over to Laos

The Vietnam-funded headquarters of the Lao military art troupe (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – The Vietnam-funded headquarters of the Lao military art troupe was handed over to the Lao military in Vientiane on April 10. The construction is billed as a gift from the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence to the Lao People’s Army on the occasion of 70th anniversary of the Lao army and 50th birthday of its art troupe. The five-storey building was constructed on an area of over 3,000 square metres at a total investment of nearly 6 million USD, 5.5 million USD of which was provided by Vietnam and the remainder came from Laos’ corresponding fund. Speaking at the hand-over ceremony, deputy head of the General Department of Politics under the Lao People’s Army Sonethong Phomlavong thanked the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence for its support, affirming that the construction is a vivid illustration for the solidarity between the two ministries. He stressed that it will make … [Read more...] about Vietnam hands over Lao military art troupe’s headquarters

At the seminar. (Photo: dangcongsan.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese and Lao experts gathered at a seminar held in Hanoi on March 28 to share experience in the operation of the political system. Assoc. Prof Le Quoc Ly, Vice Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics laid stress on the significance of refining the political system in each nation. In the past years, Vietnam and Laos have worked to step by step renew their political systems and renovate the Party’s leadership to build a law-governed socialist state. In Vietnam, functions and competence of the Party’s leadership, the State’s authority and the surveillance of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and other socio-political organisations have been assigned in a more specific manner. The apparatus has been streamlined to become more efficient, Ly noted, adding that Vietnam can learn from Laos’s management decentralisation from central to grassroots levels and personnel work in the election … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Laos exchange experience in political system operation