Vietnam attended four WEF annual meetings at prime ministerial level in 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2019, and joined the WEF on ASEAN at prime ministerial level four times in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017. (Photo: AFP/VNA) This will be one of the major multilateral foreign relations activities of Vietnam in 2022, especially in the context that the annual meeting of this major global economic forum has been postponed over the past two years due to Covid-19, according to Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international organizations in Geneva. She said that since Vietnam and the WEF set up their relationship in 1989, leaders of both sides have paid great attention to the promotion of bilateral ties in many fields. Vietnam attended four WEF annual meetings at prime ministerial level in 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2019, and joined the WEF on ASEAN at prime ministerial level four times in 2012, 2013, … [Read more...] about Vietnam to introduce national development strategies at 2022 Davos WEF
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Hanoi Cuisine and Craft Village Tourism Festival kicked off
The festival is organized by the Hanoi municipal Investment, Trade, and Tourism Promotion Center, as part of the activities in response to Vietnam’s hosting of SEA Games 31. The event aims to popularize Hanoi capital as a safe, friendly, quality, and attractive destination and values of Vietnam’s cuisine and handicraft villages to both domestic and international visitors. Through varied activities, the festival is expected the help tourists learn more about Hanoi’s handicraft villages, including Bat Trang Ceramic Village, Van Phuc Silk Village, Phu Vinh Bamboo and Rattan Village, Quat Dong Embroidery Craft Village, and Chuon Ngo Mosaic Village, among others. Products showcased at the event have been beautifully designed and carefully made by the hands of artisans from various outstanding handicraft villages in Hanoi. During the event, various special dishes, including Thanh Tri steamed rice rolls, Uoc Le pork paste, bun cha (rice noodles with grilled pork), spring rolls, steamed … [Read more...] about Hanoi Cuisine and Craft Village Tourism Festival kicked off
Hanoi Cuisine Festival opens
The Hanoi Cuisine and Handicraft Villages Tourism Festival has opened to visitors in Lê Quang Đạo Street in Nam Từ Liêm District (opposite the F1 track) to entertain SEA Games visitors. The event introduces the best dishes of the capital. — Photo Hoàng Lân The event gathers hundreds of handicraft villages, artisans and food suppliers in the city and throughout the country. The festival introduces the top dishes of the city and some neighbouring localities, typical handicraft villages, which offer tourism services, and demonstrations of traditional handicrafts. Bamboo booths host cuisine spaces offering popular dishes such as rice pancakes, shrimp cakes, coffee, young rice cake, and tea scented with lotus from the West Lake. Handicraft shops introduce notable villages like Vạn Phúc Silk Village, Bát Tràng Ceramic Village and Sơn Đồng Wood Craft Village, where visitors can listen to guides explaining the village production processes. “This … [Read more...] about Hanoi Cuisine Festival opens
Needy people in border areas receive gifts
In particular, Army Corps 15 gave 70 gifts, worth VND 300,000 each, and Company 751 offered 140 others, worth VND 500,000, to 210 needy workers as part of the activities in response to the workers’ month in 2022. Speaking at the event, Head of the Mass Mobilization Commission and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ia Grai district Tran Hoang Ha affirmed the significance of the activity. The local official said that the practical deeds of troops and workers of Army Corps 15 in general and Company 715 in particular have helped local people overcome difficulties and have a stable life. He added that Uncle Ho’s soldiers’ deeds have left good impression on local people. While visiting and presenting gifts to local people, the visiting delegation mobilized them to strictly observe the Party’s guidelines and State’s policies, contribute to the common efforts in preventing diphtheria and the COVID-19 pandemic, and join hand to protect social order, contributing to … [Read more...] about Needy people in border areas receive gifts
Vietnam to introduce national development strategies at 2022 Davos WEF: Ambassador
This will be one of the major multilateral foreign relations activities of Vietnam in 2022, especially in the context that the annual meeting of this major global economic forum has been postponed over the past two years due to COVID-19, according to Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international organizations in Geneva. She said that since Vietnam and the WEF set up their relationship in 1989, leaders of both sides have paid great attention to the promotion of bilateral ties in many fields. Vietnam attended four WEF annual meetings at prime ministerial level in 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2019, and joined the WEF on ASEAN at prime ministerial level four times in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017. The country hosted the WEF on ASEAN in 2018, the WEF on Mekong in 2016 and the WEF on East Asia in 2010. The first WEF's Country Strategic Dialogue on Vietnam was held on October 29, 2021 in the … [Read more...] about Vietnam to introduce national development strategies at 2022 Davos WEF: Ambassador
Vietnam, Cuba promote cooperation in justice
A delegation of Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Court led by Deputy Chief Justice Nguyen Van Du paid an official visit to Cuba from May 18-21 to promote cooperation between the two court sectors and attend the 10th International Meeting on Justice and Law. At a working session with the Chief Justice of Supreme People's Court of Cuba, Rubén Remigio Ferro, the Vietnamese deputy chief justice informed the host on the main reforms in the Vietnamese court system in the recent past, including enhancing the publicity of sentences, improving judicial service quality for the public and modernising material conditions. An overview of the meeting (Photo: VNA) He stressed that in its judicial reform strategy, the Vietnamese State aims to enhance the capacity of judges, build electronic courts and intensify international experience exchange. The Cuban chief justice also shared the orientation for the modernisation of the Cuban court system, and noted the similar points in the … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Cuba promote cooperation in justice