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PANO - The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics on October 25 organized a scientific seminar, themed “Vietnam-China relationship: Reality and Issues”, under the chair of the academy’s Director Nguyen Xuan Thang who is also the President of the Vietnam-China Friendship Association. This was part of the activities in celebration of the 25 th anniversary of the normalization of the Vietnam-China ties. At the seminar A number of scientists, speakers, researchers, leading experts on foreign relations from the academy, the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Affairs, academies and universities participated in the event. At the seminar, delegates discussed research results and multidimensional assessments on the 25 years of Vietnam-China relations, especially at the time when the political, economic, and defense-security situations in the region and the world as a … [Read more...] about Scientific seminar discusses Vietnam-China ties’ reality

Vietnam attended four WEF annual meetings at prime ministerial level in 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2019, and joined the WEF on ASEAN at prime ministerial level four times in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017. (Photo: AFP/VNA) This will be one of the major multilateral foreign relations activities of Vietnam in 2022, especially in the context that the annual meeting of this major global economic forum has been postponed over the past two years due to Covid-19, according to Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international organizations in Geneva. She said that since Vietnam and the WEF set up their relationship in 1989, leaders of both sides have paid great attention to the promotion of bilateral ties in many fields. Vietnam attended four WEF annual meetings at prime ministerial level in 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2019, and joined the WEF on ASEAN at prime ministerial level four times in 2012, 2013, … [Read more...] about Vietnam to introduce national development strategies at 2022 Davos WEF

This will be one of the major multilateral foreign relations activities of Vietnam in 2022, especially in the context that the annual meeting of this major global economic forum has been postponed over the past two years due to COVID-19, according to Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international organizations in Geneva. She said that since Vietnam and the WEF set up their relationship in 1989, leaders of both sides have paid great attention to the promotion of bilateral ties in many fields. Vietnam attended four WEF annual meetings at prime ministerial level in 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2019, and joined the WEF on ASEAN at prime ministerial level four times in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017. The country hosted the WEF on ASEAN in 2018, the WEF on Mekong in 2016 and the WEF on East Asia in 2010. The first WEF's Country Strategic Dialogue on Vietnam was held on October 29, 2021 in the … [Read more...] about Vietnam to introduce national development strategies at 2022 Davos WEF: Ambassador

Speaking to Vietnam News Agency following the visit, Ha said that senior leader of Laos highly valued the first visit by Hue as the Vietnamese top legislator during the Vietnam - Laos, Laos - Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022, making him the first foreign parliament leader to visit Laos during the ninth tenure of the Lao N.A. The Lao side congratulated Vietnam on its achievements in socio-economic development and pandemic control, and informed the Vietnamese leader on Laos’ socio-economic targets and tasks as well as its action plan to deal with COVID-19 impacts and boost socio-economic development, he said. Ha underlined that N.A. Chairman Hue’s visit sent out a message that the Vietnamese Party, State, N.A. and people always have understanding of and sharing with Laos with a spirit of comradeship, brotherhood and mutual support, and Vietnam always stand by the side of, accompanies and assists Laos to overcome all challenges for further development. Ha noted that … [Read more...] about N.A. Chairman’s visit helps bolster partnership with Laos: Official

An individual grey-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix cinerea), one of the world’s 25 Critically Endangered primates, is found living in a forest of Quảng Nam Province. Photo courtesy of Ái Tâm Since the government’s Decision 628 – an action plan for the protection of the primate species in Việt Nam –  was issued in 2017, a total of 684 endangered douc langurs, including 86 grey-shanked douc langurs ( Pygathrix cinerea ), one of the world’s 25 Critically Endangered primates, have been captured by rangers and authorities in 80 illegal hunting and wildlife trafficking cases. However, a report by ENV, an NGO focused on wildlife protection, showed that only 30 per cent of total poaching violations in Việt Nam were discovered, while 70 per cent were unknown, meaning that the number of the langurs hunted in the forest was unclear. Biologists, conservationists and experts shared the report at a conference on the conservation activities on endangered primates in the central … [Read more...] about Urgent action needed on primate protection