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Newborn babies at the Children Hospital No. 2 in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s family planning has contributed greatly to the country’s hunger elimination and poverty reduction, fostering its socio-economic development, improving living conditions of local people and helping to fulfill the millennium and sustainable development goals, said a local official. Deputy Minister of Health Pham Le Tuan delivered the remarks at a meeting co-organised in Hanoi on July 11 by the Ministry of Health and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam to celebrate World Population Day 2018. Vietnam’s family planning has helped the country cut costs of social services and increase per capita gross domestic product (GDP) by 2 percent annually, Tuan said. He affirmed that the country’s population and family planning programme has gained a range of achievements as its annual population growth rate dropped from 2 percent in 1993 to around 1 … [Read more...] about Family planning facilitates Vietnam’s sustainable development

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Global Summit of Women in Sydney, Australia(Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Global Summit of Women in Sydney, Australia, on April 26, highlighting women’s role in promoting global governance, inclusive and sustainable development and building economies of shared values. Following is the full text of the speech of Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh at Global Summit of Women. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to attend the 2018 Global Summit of Women with the delegation of female leaders and businesswomen. First of all, on behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, I would like to thank the host country of Australia for your gracious hospitality and warm reception extended to the delegates attending the Summit, including our delegation. Nearly 80 members of our delegation would like to send our best … [Read more...] about Vice President Thinh addresses Global Summit of Women’s opening ceremony

PANO – The President of the United States of America (USA) Barack Obama started an official May 23rd-25th visit to Vietnam, at the invitation of Vietnamese State President Tran Dai Quang. Barack Obama is the third consecutive US President to visit Vietnam. In 2000, President Bill Clinton paid the first-ever visit to Vietnam after the Vietnam War. The next US President, George W. Bush, visited Vietnam in 2006. Ten years later, President B. Obama is the third US president to visit Vietnam. The visit is expected to be a hallmark of the comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and the USA. In fact, bilateral relations between Vietnam and the USA saw big developments in recent years. These developments included the historic visit of Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to the USA last year. Both the Vietnamese and US sides hope the visit of US President B. Obama will strengthen the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership, accelerate the implementation of signed … [Read more...] about President Obama’s visit is a hallmark of Vietnam-US relations

Nguyen Thien Nhan, Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee, speaks at a conference held on July 16 in the city on information and communications applications for a smart city (Photo: VNA)   HCM City (VNS/VNA) - To achieve smart-city status, at least 90 percent of residents in Ho Chi Minh City should be using a smartphone by 2022, a top official said at a communications conference held in the city on July 16. Nguyen Manh Hung, Minister of Information and Communications, said that smartphones were being used by only 60 percent of people in the city that leads the country’s telecommunications industry.  To improve the city’s economy and solve its urgent problems, the use of new technologies must be promoted more aggressively by the city authority, he said. The city should also aim to have all households connected to the internet so that a foundation for an … [Read more...] about Smartphone use, internet access critical to building ‘smart’ HCM City

Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan (R) and former US President Barack Obama  (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan hosted a reception for visiting former US President Barack Obama on December 9. During the meeting, the host affirmed that Obama’s visit shows his continued care for Vietnam-US relations, as well as the Southeast Asian nation’s development. The HCM City leader appreciated Obama's contributions to bilateral ties when he was US President, especially in the period when the two countries established a comprehensive partnership in 2013. Nhan said he hopes that Obama will continue to promote bilateral relations, especially in the context that Vietnam and the US are preparing to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the normalisation of bilateral ties in 2020. While praising the … [Read more...] about HCM City’s Party leader receives former US President