Politics

In the context of the increasingly complicated and unforeseeable developments of the COVID-19, the two sides concurred to intensify the sharing of information and to offer the best possible conditions for the citizens of their respective nation to repatriate safely if stranded in the other. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Canada hold deputy foreign ministerial political consultation

Singapore (VNA) – Political parties in Singapore wrapped up their nine days of campaigning on July 8 and they are having the Cooling-off Day on July 9 before over 2.65 million voters go to cast their ballots on the next day. This year’s election campaigns were special as they were mainly carried out online. Parties made full use of TV channels, newspapers and social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Youtube to reach voters. However, direct campaigning activities still took place. Due to restrictions on mass gatherings to curb the spread of COVID-19, candidates moved in groups of not more than five people to meet and persuade voters to vote for them. With advantages of the ruling party, the People’s Action Party made more concrete commitments to attract voters’ support such as accelerating suspended infrastructure projects, building new entertainment sites, and upgrading government-built flats. In fact, its top priorities are still post-pandemic economic … [Read more...] about Singapore: Political parties conclude election campaigns

The report went on to accuse the nation of suppressing freedom in terms of religious beliefs, persecuting followers of the Cao Dai religion, with a number of hostile organisations and individuals lacking goodwill as they fabricated information in an attempt to slander the nation on its religious freedoms. Indeed, the report is contrary to the positive developments that have been occurring in mutual relations with the United States in recent times and can be considered inconsistent with the principles defined in the joint statement issued in 2015 to set out the vision on Vietnam-US relations moving forward. … [Read more...] about Religious freedom in Vietnam requires objective insight and verified information

Hanoi (VNA) – Nguyen Duc Loi, General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), speaks about the agency's transition process on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day (June 21). Can you talk about the process to turn the Vietnam News Agency into a major national multimedia agency in recent years? Developing multimedia and multi-platform journalism is a common trend in the world today. The Vietnam News Agency has taken concrete steps in recent years, and in fact has become a multimedia agency, developing all types: print, radio, television, online newspaper and books. With all kinds of information on modern technical platforms, the Vietnam News Agency constantly strengthens the position of a news agency to provide original/source information to domestic and international press agencies and provides information directly to the public. The VNA operates under the consortium model with 16 news units for domestic and foreign service (consisting … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency to become national leading multimedia agency

Washington (VNA) - Vietnam-US relations have reached a level in both scope and scale that no one could have imagined 25 years ago, Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc said in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties (July 12). Twenty-five years is not an overly-long time but bilateral ties have nonetheless produced impressive achievements, the ambassador said, with remarkable progress seen not only in politics and diplomacy but also in such areas as economics, trade, investment, security, defence, education, culture, people-to-people exchanges, and science and technology. Partnerships in economics, trade, and investment have become a primary driver of the development of bilateral relations over the last 25 years, he said, adding two-way trade rose more than 170 times, from 450 million USD in 1995 to 77.6 billion USD last year. The US is now Vietnam’s largest importer while Vietnam remains the … [Read more...] about Vietnam-US relations at level no one could imagine 25 years ago: Ambassador