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President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov had talks on Thursday in Moscow, Russia. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất MOSCOW — Việt Nam wishes to foster cooperation with Russia across fields and channels, including the traditional friendship with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told the Party's chairman Gennady Zyuganov in a meeting in Moscow. President Phúc emphasised that Việt Nam always attaches importance to the traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia. He applauded the KPRF’s role and contributions to the Việt Nam-Russia relations, stressing that the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) and the Vietnamese State always keep in mind the great support of the Russian Party and people during Việt Nam’s past struggles for national liberation as well as the present cause of national development. Zyuganov congratulated Việt Nam on … [Read more...] about Việt Nam wants to strengthen friendship with Russian Communist Party: President Phúc

A meeting of the UNSC (Photo: AFP/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Ambassador Pham Hai Anh , Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), has affirmed that terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction continue to be a serious threat to peace and international security. Addressing a briefing of the UN Security Council (UNSC)’s three counter-terrorism committees on December 2 on their activities, the Vietnamese diplomat appreciated the work results of the committees, overcoming challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining exchanges, strengthening capacity, and sharing information with other countries. The Ambassador suggested that the committees continue to coordinate activities, provide technical assistance to countries in the implementation of the resolutions of the UNSC. He reaffirmed Vietnam's commitment to fully implementing the UNSC's resolutions on combating terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and … [Read more...] about Vietnam commits to implementing UNSC’s resolutions on counter-terrorism

Russian leaders shared the sentiment that the visit of Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to Russia would create the driving force for bilateral relations in the coming time. State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his entourage returned to the Noi Bai International Airport today [December 3] and wrapped up the successful trip to Russia at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin. State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: MoFA Phuc’s wide range of activities and meetings in his four-day visit to Russia from November 29 to December 2 has marked major advances in bilateral relations and left a strong impression on Russian friends. It is worth mentioning that the country leader’s visit to Russia was one of the highlights in Vietnam’s foreign affairs in 2021, and more importantly, to add momentum and lift the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership to a new height in the future. The most important event … [Read more...] about State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc wraps up successful trip to Russia

TV Audience in Vietnam will have chance to learn about Italian contemporary art through the short series “Contemporary Italy” that will broadcast on Vietnam Television VTV in early December. The four episodes of the “Contemporary Italy” short series, including the Metropoli, Open Air, Old and New, and Off Road, will be screened on channel VTV2 on Monday 6, Tuesday 7, Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 of December at 11am and will be accessible on smartphones and tablets via the VTV Go app. The banner of the program. Photo courtesy of Italia Embassy in Vietnam Introduced by the Embassy of Italy to Vietnam on the occasion of 17th Italian Contemporary Day, the short film series is dedicated to show the landmarks of contemporary art in Italy. Italy is home to many museums and exhibition spaces of great beauty and innovation hosting works of artists from all over the world. Through this initiative with VTV, the Embassy of Italy aims at sharing with the Vietnamese public … [Read more...] about Italian contemporary art films broadcast

A medical employee checks health for a COVID-19 patient who is treated at home in Thanh Bình District of southern Đồng Tháp Province. VNA/VNS Nhựt An Photo HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese capital Hà Nội reported a record number of coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day on Friday, registering 791 infections, according to the Ministry of Health. A total of 13,670 transmissions were recorded across the country, taking the number of nationwide infections since the start of the pandemic to 1,280,780. The country also recorded 200 further fatalities, bringing the death toll to 25,858. Of the new transmissions, 8,628 were community cases and nine were imported infections that were quarantined on arrival. HCM City again topped the list of new infections with 1,311, followed by Cần Thơ Province with 982 and Hà Nội with 791. Other infections were found in Sóc Trăng (791), Tây Ninh (779), Đồng Tháp (608), Bình Thuận (581), Bến Tre (571), Vĩnh Long (564), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (560), … [Read more...] about Hà Nội registers record daily COVID infections, over 13,000 cases confirmed nationwide Friday

SÓC TRĂNG PROVINCE — The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Sóc Trăng is urgently stepping up procedures to call for investment from the private sector in the Trần Đề deep-water seaport project. Trần Văn Lâu, chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said the Government approved a new master plan on the development of seaports in September, which is part of the sustainable development plan for the country’s marine economy for 2021-30, with a vision to 2050. The Trần Đề deep-water seaport project was added to the seaport development master plan. The existing Trần Đề Port will be developed into an international deep-water seaport on a large scale. The project is estimated to cost more than VNĐ40 trillion (US$1.76 billion) and will not be funded by the State. Total construction will cover about 5,750 hectares of land and water areas. The new seaport’s main offshore area will have seven wharves capable of handling general ships and large-sized container ships of up to … [Read more...] about Sóc Trăng calls for investment in deep-water seaport