The delegation visits Vietnam's sovereignty stele on the Truong Sa archipelago. The trip also saw the presence of Vice Chairwoman of the People’s Committee of HCMC Phan Thi Thang and Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of HCMC, To Thi Bich Chau. The delegation coordinated with local authorities and relevant units to support the construction of a multifunctional cultural house worth VND40 billion (US$1.7 million) on the Thuyen Chai B island, the repair work of a primary school and structures destroyed by the storm Rai in 2021 on the Song Tu Tay island in Khanh Hoa Province’s Truong Sa District. They also visited and offered gifts to local people and soldiers on the islands of Song Tu Tay, Da Nam, Sinh Ton, Co Lin, Nui Le B, Toc Tan A, Thuyen Chai B, Da Tay B, Truong Sa and DK1/8 platform. Vice Secretary of the Party Committee of HCMC Nguyen Ho Hai (C) presents gifts to soldiers on the Song Tu Tay island. Vice Secretary of the Party Committee of HCMC Nguyen Ho … [Read more...] about HCMC’s delegation concludes visit to Truong Sa archipelago, DK1 platform
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Việt Nam, Singapore to promote strategic partnership
Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng meets the Speaker of the Singaporean Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin on Friday. VNA/VNS Photo Trí Dũng HÀ NỘI — Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng met the Speaker of the Singaporean Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin yesterday, highlighting that the two countries should continue promoting their strategic partnership. The Singaporean Speaker emphasised that the strategic partnership between them had developed strongly and deeply in all fields. Singapore attached great importance to developing relations with Việt Nam, he said, noting that people-to-people exchanges were an important basis for bilateral relations. He informed the Vietnamese Party chief of the results of talks with the Chairman of Việt Nam’s NA Vương Đình Huệ, including the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation, agreeing to strengthen exchanges and contacts between parliamentarians as well as cooperation between committees and at international forums. Party General … [Read more...] about Việt Nam, Singapore to promote strategic partnership
Việt Nam win two golds in blitz chess
Duyên defends title, set weightlifting record Thais dominate women’s table tennis Loan wins gold in standard Chinese chess Tiến Minh makes men's badminton semi VN, Thailand, Indonesia win canoe golds Lê Tuấn Minh celebrates his gold medal in the men's blitz chess event on May 20. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vân Thanh Nga QUẢNG NINH — Vietnamese chess players brought home two more gold medals in the blitz chess category on May 20. In the men's blitz, Lê Tuấn Minh outstandingly defeated Lê Quang Liêm in the Vietnamese-all final match to take gold. Both Minh and Liêm were in good form in the semi-finals to beat Megaranto Susanto of Indonesia and Tin Yingjao of Singapore, respectively. In the first game of the final, Minh played very firmly with the black pieces to draw with Liêm. In the second game, the Hanoian took advantage of the white pieces to attack and win. This helped Minh win his second gold medal at the SEA Games 31, after grabbing … [Read more...] about Việt Nam win two golds in blitz chess
More processing plants licensed to export pangasius to US
Việt Nam's pangasius export value to the US from the beginning of this year to April 15 reached US$195.3 million. VNA/VNS Photo Công Mạo HÀ NỘI— The National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD) has announced that the US has licensed six more Vietnamese pangasius processing factories to export to the market. Adding six factories to the list of pangasius processing factories licensed to export to the US will promote the growth of Việt Nam's pangasius export value to this market. The factories are Hợp Nhất Seafood Joint Stock Company, Atlantic Seafood Frozen Factory (Atlantic Seafood), Basa Mekong Factory (Basa Mekong), a factory for processing and exporting high-grade pangasius products, Cỏ May 2 seafood processing and exporting factory (under Cỏ May Import and Export Co, Ltd) and CK Frozen Food Vietnam Co, Ltd. So far, the US Food Safety and Inspection Service under the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has licensed 19 Vietnamese pangasius factories … [Read more...] about More processing plants licensed to export pangasius to US
Successful NA Chairman’s visit helps bolster partnership with Laos: Official
Chair of National Assembly Committee for External Relations Vũ Hải Hà. — VNA/VNS Photo Doãn Tấn HÀ NỘI — The visit by National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vương Đình Huệ to Laos from May 15-17 was a success, helping further foster the cooperative relations and mutual support between the two parliaments, and bolster the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive partnership between the two countries, according to Chairman of the NA Committee for External Relations Vũ Hải Hà. Speaking to the Vietnam News Agency following the visit, Hà said that senior leaders of Laos highly valued the first visit by Huệ as the Vietnamese top legislator during the two countries’ Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022, making him the first foreign parliament leader to visit Laos during the ninth tenure of the Lao NA. The Lao side congratulated Việt Nam on its achievements in socio-economic development and pandemic control, and informed the Vietnamese leader on Laos’ socio-economic targets and … [Read more...] about Successful NA Chairman’s visit helps bolster partnership with Laos: Official
Việt Nam adds 1,587 new COVID-19 infections on Friday
A child in northern Thái Bình Province is inoculated against COVID-19. —VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — A total of 1,587 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in 51 out of 63 localities in Việt Nam on Friday, according to the Ministry of Health. All were locally transmitted. The national tally now stands at 10,706,111. The provinces and cities that recorded infections were Hà Nội (373), Phú Thọ (102), Vĩnh Phúc (92), Nghệ An (66), Yên Bái (65), Quảng Ninh (64), Tuyên Quang (60), Quảng Bình (59), Đà Nẵng (49), Bắc Ninh (48), Lào Cai (46), Hải Dương (46), Sơn La (43), Thái Bình (41), Thái Nguyên (40), Bắc Kạn (33), Hồ Chí Minh City (31), Quảng Trị (25), Lâm Đồng (24), Hà Tĩnh (23), Hưng Yên (23), Lai Châu (21), Hà Nam (19), Hà Giang (17), Lạng Sơn (16), Nam Định (15), Quảng Ngãi (15), Hòa Bình (15), Bắc Giang (14), Ninh Bình (13), Thanh Hóa (11), Cao Bằng (10), Điện Biên (10), Bình Phước (8 ), An Giang (6), Cà Mau (6), Bình Thuận (5), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (5), Gia Lai (4), Khánh Hòa (3), Long … [Read more...] about Việt Nam adds 1,587 new COVID-19 infections on Friday