International migratory bird day

Receiving the Russian minister at the government's office on Wednesday, Chinh said he wished to make the bilateral cooperation "deeper and more effective" in all fields. He said Lavrov's visit came as the two nations mark the 10th anniversary of their comprehensive strategic partnership and Vietnam always highly evaluates that partnership, Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) shakes hands with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Hanoi, July 6, 2022. Photo by Vietnam News Agency PM Chinh proposed that related ministries and departments of the two countries should soon remove barriers in the fields of trade, investment and transport, and continue to make efforts to take full advantage of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), a free trade agreement that came into being in 2015 to increase economic cooperation and raise the standard of living of its members. He also called for an early restoration … [Read more...] about Vietnam PM receives Russian foreign minister

Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen (R) receives Ambassador of India to Vietnam Pranay Verma. The city’s Party Chief expressed his sincere thanks for the warm and respectful welcome by Indian leaders and people to the delegation of HCMC high-ranking officials during a five-day official visit to India from June 19-23, presenting a vivid demonstration of the friendship and special solidarity between the two countries. During the visit, the city’s delegation attended an inauguration ceremony of the statue of President Ho Chi Minh in New Delhi. HCMC will inaugurate a statue of Indian national hero Mahatma Gandhi in the center of the southern metropolis in the coming time. Mr. Nen emphasized that the high-level mutual visits, political and cultural events have contributed to deepening and tightening bilateral relations in various fields. He hoped Ambassador of India to Vietnam Pranay Verma will continue to foster Vietnam-India relations in general, and … [Read more...] about Vietnam, India have a lot of opportunities to foster cooperation

The two-day exam begins with Literature, with a two-hour test starting 7:35 a.m. In Hanoi, around 98,000 students woke up from 4-5 a.m. to have breakfast and prepare for the day ahead. Students need to be present at exam ground from 6:45 a.m., but many decided to go early anyway to be able to respond to any mishap on the road. At the Yen Hoa Middle School in Cau Giay District, no student showed up late. Thanks to spacious sidewalks and police personnel directing the flow of traffic, there was no congestion at the school gates. Students' family members were directed to the Yen Hoa Primary School and the Cau Giay District Cultural House to wait. At the Nam Trung Yen Middle School, Hoang Viet, a 20-year-old army recruit, said he was present on the grounds from 6 a.m. His platoon is stationed around two kilometers from the examination site so it didn’t take him much time to get to the location. He only brought with him necessities like documents required for the examination, as … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s biggest exam kicks off

The patient is a 45-year-old male Malaysian national who resides in Singapore. He tested positive on Wednesday. Three close contacts of the man were identified as of Wednesday, and all will be placed under quarantine for 21 days since their last contact with him, the statement added. He had symptoms such as lower abdomen skin lesions, fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, fever and a sore throat. His condition is stable and he is currently in a ward at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) in Singapore, the ministry said, adding that the transmission risk to the general public remains low. The patient is not linked to the imported case announced last month. More than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 58 countries during the current outbreak, the World Health Organization has said. … [Read more...] about Singapore confirms first local case of monkeypox infection

I have been reading a lot about sexual harassment in the workplace recently. I want to share how I deal with similar incidents at work so that people could stop becoming victims. I am a woman who has been working in a male-dominated field for over a decade. No unfortunate incident has happened to me, and this was not because I am surrounded by nice people but because I know exactly how I should act in such situations. The first thing I do when I am being harassed is to make my stance known to the other party directly and immediately. I do not fear losing my job by protecting myself. If push comes to shove and I end up being singled out at the workplace, so be it. So I always choose to stand my ground instead of compromising. It should be noted that I am not a rich person. But if I ever end up being in a situation where I am short of money, I am willing to do any work to put food on my table, even menial work. Secondly, I believe fear and weakness will only be fuel for an … [Read more...] about Silence is not golden when it comes to sexual harassment

For around three months now, miners have rushed to the mountainous district of Phuoc Son in the central province to illegally extract gold. Miners set up tents and made a pond to pan for gold in a protected forest in Phuoc Son. People living near the site said two Quang Nam residents had invested in machinery and hired locals to work at the mining site without permission. A tunnel that runs five meters deep at the mining site. A power generator and oxygen provider. A gold miner is seen filtering ore to remove excess mud. Ore is soaked in a combination of chemicals for several days to extract the gold. Not very far from the gold mine is another operating at a larger scale on top of a hill. Miners have cut down trees and dug many tunnels into the mountain. The gold mining site seen from above. A … [Read more...] about Gold rush turns Vietnam forest into construction site