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In their first time participating in the International Economic Olympiad, Vietnamese students won two bronze medals. According to the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences, the organizer of the International Economic Olympiad in Vietnam, the two students who won the bronze medal are Do Hoang Minh from the Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted and Luong An Khang from the British Vietnamese International School, Ho Chi Minh City. Do Hoang Minh from the Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted. Luong An Khang from the British Vietnamese International School, Ho Chi Minh City. Three other students who joined this competition are Nguyen Minh Vinh Ky of the British Vietnamese International School, Ho Chi Minh City; Vu Duc Kha of Nguyen Huu Huan High School, Ho Chi Minh City; and Nguyen Hoang Dam Thuyen of the Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted. The International Economics Olympiad (IEO) is an annual competition for high … [Read more...] about Vietnam wins two bronze medals at International Economics Olympiad

For the first six months of this year, over 70 Party organizations and 8,000 Pary members were disciplined, including 180 involved in corruption offenses. Five major corruption cases under the direct supervision of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption are set to be taken to court from now on until the end of this year. Overview of the meeting. Photo: VNA Deputy Head of the Central Committee for Internal Affairs Nguyen Thai Hoc revealed the move at the 20th meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption held today [August 5] under the chair of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong. These five cases that cause great losses to the State include public funds embezzlement at the Project Management Board of the Danang - Quang Ngai Expressway; embezzlement and mismanagement of state assets at Tan Thuan Industrial Promotion Company (IPC) and the South Saigon Development Corporation (Sadeco);  mismanagement … [Read more...] about Vietnam set put five major corruption cases to be brought to trial

All four deputy prime ministers have engaged in the missions. Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 5 assigned four deputy prime ministers to missions related to the fight against Covid-19. From left: Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh, DPM Le Minh Khai, DPM Vu Duc Dam, DPM Le Van Thanh. Photo: Ta Lu Accordingly, Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh will take responsibility for external relations regarding Covid drugs, vaccines and tech transfer, and donation. Deputy PM Le Minh Khai will be in charge of issues related to financial, tax, and insurance policies, bank interests, procurement mechanisms, prices of essential goods, stimulus packages to businesses, people, unemployed, and non-resident laborers in lockdown areas. Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam, head of the National Steering Committee on Covid-19 Prevention and Control, assumes responsibilities for overseeing the battle, monitoring the purchase of medical equipment, allocating vaccines, developing homegrown vaccines, … [Read more...] about Today’s Covid News: Government leaders assigned to anti-pandemic missions

"Overriding theme is progress but not without sacrifice and struggle along the way". On the occasion of 90 th founding aniversary of Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), British expert Nicholas Chapman shared with Hanoitimes his view over the nine-decade-path of the Party. Today (Feb. 3, 2020) marks the 90th anniversary of founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam. How do you comment on the development path of the CPV during the past nine decades? If I were to describe the CPV trajectory in a single phrase, it would be “two steps forward, onestep back.” It’s important to note, however, that the step back has, the majority of the time, been a result of external factors, something the Party has had little-to-no control over. I will list five examples: -  Hopes were high when the communist party was formed in 1930. Party membership began to increase to about 1,500, with the large peasant population showing strong sympathies towards the organization. … [Read more...] about The 90-year-old CPV crafts a steady foreign strategy for Vietnam: Expert

The negotiations on a free trade agreement between the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and Vietnam are expected to finalize this year. Ignazio Cassis, Swiss Vice President and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, has visited Hanoi to strengthen economic ties which are regarded as fruitful with the large presence of Swiss businesses in Vietnam pouring capital in 117 FDI projects worth US$1.9 billion thus far. The three-day trip is also aimed at sharing innovative technologies for sustainable and environmentally friendly development. Ignazio Cassis, Swiss Vice President and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (L) and Vietnam's Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son in Hanoi on August 5. Photos: MoFA Cassis plans to launch a cooperation strategy in line with the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs’ 2021-2024 plans that will provide $70 million of development grants to Vietnam, particularly supporting its manufacturing sector, … [Read more...] about Swiss vice president visits Vietnam for economic push

The event was attended by Vietnamese Deputy Defense Minister and Head of the National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemicals (Steering Committee 701) Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien and U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, President pro Tempo of the U.S. Senate and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. Speaking at the opening ceremony, U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy said that addressing war legacy has been one of significant cooperation fields between Vietnam and the U.S. and received much support from leaders of the two countries. The U.S. senator took this occasion to thank Vietnam for its efforts in searching for U.S. soldiers missing in action. He also emphasized the importance of a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in searching for, collecting and verifying Vietnamese war martyrs signed during the recent official visit of U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III to Vietnam. This agreement has opened … [Read more...] about Vietnam, U.S. continue to cooperate in settling war legacy