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At the commendation ceremony (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The level-two field hospital No.1 of the Vietnam People’s Army was honoured at a ceremony at Military Hospital 175 in Ho Chi Minh City on December 5, after it completed the peacekeeping mission at the UN mission in South Sudan. Addressing the ceremony, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh affirmed that participation in UN peacekeeping activities is a breakthrough step for Vietnam’s external policy, marking a change both qualitative and quantitative in multilateral cooperation in general and defence-security cooperation in particular. On behalf of the Government, Deputy PM Binh honoured the achievements made by the field hospital No.1 while performing duty at the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. He said the hospital staff have united to overcome all difficulties and complete all duties, leaving good impression on international friends and people in the host country.   “Each … [Read more...] about Vietnam peacekeeping force honoured

Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh (R) and UK defence attaché Col. David Houghton (Photo: VNA)   Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 14 for outgoing UK defence attaché Col. David Houghton and his successor Col. Beatrix V.H. Walcot. Vinh said Vietnam and the UK have fostered long-standing friendship and all-around cooperation, including in defence, especially since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on bilateral defence cooperation in November 2011. He thanked the UK Defence Ministry for assisting Vietnam in launching a Level-2 field hospital in South Sudan and training, especially English language, for officers to the United Nations peacekeeping mission. In order to develop bilateral defence ties into a pillar in Vietnam – UK strategic partnership, Vinh suggested facilitating all-level visits, particularly high-level ones, to raise mutual understanding and … [Read more...] about Deputy Defence Minister receives UK defence attachés

ASEAN groups 10 members, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam (Source: internet)  Pretoria (VNA) – The ASEAN Committee in Pretoria (APC) held a ceremony in South Africa on August 7 in celebration of the 51st founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (August 8, 1967). The event was jointly held by ambassadors from ASEAN nations in South Africa with the participation of nearly 200 delegates. Speaking at the opening, Malaysian Ambassador to South Africa Mohamad Nizan Mohamad, Chairman of the APC, highlighted achievements that ASEAN has gained over the half century, developing the bloc into a strong community with solidarity, rule-based operation, and comprehensive connectivity in all fields. This has contributed to the maintenance of peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region as well as increase the association’s role and position in the region and the … [Read more...] about ASEAN’s founding anniversary marked in South Africa

Temperature reduced across the country on December 6. Specifically, it dropped to 11-12 degrees in Hanoi, 4-7 degrees in Ha Giang province, 4 degrees in Lai Chau, 3 degrees in Sa Pa district of Lao Cai province and 2 degrees in Mu Cang Chai district of Yen Bai province. Frost occurred in many places. HCMC saw it swing around 21 degrees early this morning.  Temperature will drop to 20 degrees tonight. This cold wave is expeted to prolong in the next 8-9 days. The highest temperature will be 31 degrees in daytime. Many places in the Central Highlands have been cold with temperature dropping to 14-17 degrees. About 5-7 cold spells are forecast to slam in Vietnam this month. It is amid the dry season so localities should prevent drought and water shortage. Boats in the East Sea should watch over strong northeast winds caused by cold fronts. Frost in Fansipan mountain top where temperature dropped to 0 degree Celsius  By Van Phuc – Translated by Phuong Ho Tags: Cold … [Read more...] about Cold snap moving south, reducing HCMC temperature to 20 degrees Celsius at night

Vietnamese police are investigating the death of a 50-year-old Russian man who was found dead, naked in his room at the Malibu resort in south central Vietnam coast on Wednesday. The death of the foreigner, Suvorov Alexander, was discovered at 10 pm that day by a staffer at the Malibu resort in Mui Ne Ward, Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan Province. As the foreigner stayed in his room all day long, the staffer called him to open the room door to visit him but received no response.     The staffer then opened the door and saw the man lying without clothes, with his back leaning against the door. View full script here … [Read more...] about Russian man found dead, naked in central Vietnam’s resort