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The facilities include a purifying water system and a boarding dining room at Sao Mai Kindergarten and a new three-classroom building with necessities. Reportedly, it took the corps over six months to complete the construction of the facilities and the capital came from the Defense Ministry’s “For the needy people” fund. Once operational, the facilities help improve health and studying conditions for local people’s children and provide them with a safe environment to develop. On this occasion, Army Corps 16 also inaugurated a check-up room at the military-civilian clinic of the unit’s Regiment 726 stationed in Quang Truc commune, Tuy Duc district. Translated by Chung Anh … [Read more...] about Military unit boost living standards of local residents

Reporter : At the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue hosted by Singapore, Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang delivered a speech entitled “Strengthening defense capacity to safeguard the Fatherland.” Which messages did the speech, which attracted the attention of the dialogue’s delegates and received high appreciation from the public, convey, Colonel? Senior Colonel Duong Quy Nam : After a two-year hiatus due to the complicated developments of COVID-19, the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue was held on the largest scale in recent years. The dialogue attracted some 500 delegates who were governmental officials, defense-security officials, diplomats, defense-security experts from over 40 countries and territories worldwide. At the plenary session named “Military modernization and new defense capabilities,” Vietnamese Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang delivered a speech under the theme “Strengthening defense capacity to safeguard the Fatherland.” As a member of the delegation of the … [Read more...] about Part 2: Message of peace boosts strategic trust

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) New Delhi (VNA) - Vietnam's coastal localities and India’s Kerala state have many opportunities to expand cooperation in seafood-related business, investment and production, a fishery official of Kerala said at a recent online conference – part of trade promotion activities on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the two countries’ diplomatic ties. The event was jointly held on June 22 by the Trade Office under the Vietnamese Embassy in India, the host country’s Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) and Kerala authorities. Vietnamese Ambassador to India Pham Sanh Chau expressed his belief that through the conference, both sides’ businesses can understand more about each other’s market, and find suitable partners. Van Duc Phu, deputy head of Investment Promotion Division under the Foreign Investment Agency’s Northern Investment Promotion Centre, stated that many Vietnamese localities such as Hung Yen, Nghe … [Read more...] about Efforts made to boost seafood cooperation between Vietnam, India

National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ (left) meets Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament István Jakab in Albertirsa City on Sunday. — VNA/VNS Photo ALBERTIRSA — National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ and Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament István Jakab agreed that Việt Nam and Hungary need to focus on further boosting agricultural cooperation at their meeting in Albertirsa, Hungary on Sunday. NA Chairman Huệ visited Albertirsa on Sunday after arriving in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, on Saturday afternoon (local time), beginning an official visit at the invitation of the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary, László Kövér. The two sides stressed that the traditional friendship between the two countries has been strengthened by their leaders and people of different generations. They affirmed that there is still ample room for the development of bilateral relations and that the visit will help to enhance Việt Nam and Hungary's comprehensive … [Read more...] about Việt Nam, Hungary agree to boost agicultural cooperation

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung Public investment has been disbursed slowly in the first half of this year which shows weaknesses in the guidance and direction of the localities. Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung spoke to Vietnam News Agency about the reasons for the situation and solutions to speed up the disbursement rate and implementation progress. Could you explain why the disbursement rate of public investment capital was low in the first half of this year? By the end of May, the disbursement rate of public investment reached 22.4 per cent of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister, below the Government’s expectation. This led the Prime Minister to set up six working groups to inspect and push for faster disbursement in the ministries and localities with low rates. However, in my opinion, to assess whether it is slow or not, it’s necessary to look at it in a broad perspective and across the whole period. For example, during the … [Read more...] about Radical and long-term measures needed to boost public investment disbursement

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Al Busaidi had talks on Wednesday. — VNA/VNS Photo Son praised the remarkable developments in cooperation between the two countries over the past three decades in politics, diplomacy, economy and trade, saying they have maintained delegation exchanges and mutual support at international forums, and in natural disaster response and the fight against Covid-19. He views economic cooperation as a bright spot in the bilateral ties, with two-way trade hitting US$338.1 million last year, nearly doubling the figure in the previous year. The Vietnam-Oman Investment (VOI) fund has operated effectively, with an array of projects rolled out in essential fields in Vietnam like water management, agriculture, health care and renewable energy, the minister continued. For his part, the Omani minister lauded the achievements Vietnam has recorded in politics, external relations, economy and social … [Read more...] about Vietnam forges multi-faceted cooperation with Oman, UAE