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  Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong launched the 2019 Lunar New Year (Tet) Tree Planting Festival in Viet Cuong commune, Tran Yen district of Yen Bai (Photo: VNA)   Hanoi (VNA) - During the past 10 days, activities have been held nationwide in response to the campaign on tree planting and showing gratitude to late President Ho Chi Minh. Vietnamese people have a special annual tree planting festival, which highlights the country’s traditional custom initiated by President Ho Chi Minh in the spring of 1960, in the hope of greening up the country. From then on, when spring and Lunar New Year (Tet) festival draw near, ministries, sectors, localities, agencies, organisations and people respond to the tree planting campaign, turning the festival into the nation’s annual custom and reducing erosion and floods. Growing more trees generates huge potential of wealth for every family and society. For urban areas and industrial parks, trees help create … [Read more...] about Tree planting – a traditional custom in Lunar New Year festival

Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Organisation Commission Pham Minh Chinh (R) and Zhao Leji, member of the Standing Board of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Secretary of its Commission for Discipline Inspection (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Organisation Commission Pham Minh Chinh welcomed Zhao Leji, member of the Standing Board of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Secretary of its Commission for Discipline Inspection, in Hanoi on September 28. Welcoming the Chinese guest, Chinh said he believes that Zhao’s visit will contribute to strengthening mutual understanding and political trust, as well as further development of the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. Zhao stated he is delighted to witness achievements in Vietnam’s renewal and … [Read more...] about Vietnamese, Chinese Party officials discuss bilateral ties

The event has seen several foreign businesses from 30 nations globally participate, showcasing their products across over 1,000 booths. SIAL InterFood is an annual event in Indonesia which aims to introduce a variety of global food products, beverages, processing additives, technological advances, raw materials, services, equipment, and machines used within the field of food processing. This year has seen a number of popular local brands showcase their goods at SIAL InterFood, including the Northern Food Corporation, Vietnam Cocoa Joint Stock Company, Tam Dao Bee Joint Stock Company, Sun House Group, Kangaroo Group, and Trung Nguyen Coffee Company. In addition, several domestic export enterprises such as the Vietnam Food Joint Stock Company, Duc Thinh Company, and Nghi Son Seafood Company have attended the event for the first time, leaving a positive impression on both importers and retailers worldwide. Also in attendance at SIAL InterFood was the Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia who … [Read more...] about Vietnamese goods go on show at SIAL InterFood in Jakarta

  Chairman of the Mazhilis (lower house) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin.  HÀ NỘI — Chairman of the Mazhilis (lower house) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin began an official visit to Việt Nam on Wednesday. The visit until Friday is made at the invitation of Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân. His entourage include Kazakh Ambassador to Việt Nam Yerlan Baizhanov; Chairman of the Mazhilis’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Mukhtar Yerman, who is also head of the Kazakh parliamentarians’ group for cooperation with the Vietnamese NA; Secretary of the Mazhilis’s Committee on Agricultural Issues Zheksenbay Duisebayev; and Secretary of the Mazhilis’s Committee on Finance and Budget Tatiana Yakovleva, who is also member of the Kazakh parliamentarians’ group for co-operation with the Vietnamese NA. Việt Nam and … [Read more...] about Kazakhstan’s lower house leader starts official visit to Việt Nam

Rice packaging at Tân Đồng Tiến Jsc’s factory in the southern province of Long An. — VNA/VNS Photo Trường GiangViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) came under heavy criticism yesterday as economic experts voiced discontent with the association’s favouritism, lax business practices and overall incompetency in the rice export sector. In its latest report, the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) claimed the VFA only represented the interests of state-owned enterprises (SoEs) in the agricultural field, and did not hold itself responsible for aiding individual farmers or private sector firms.   Nguyễn Đức Thành, VEPR’s director, argued that the association was nothing more than a state management body and an extended governing arm to allocate rice export quotas instead of an advocate for all of its members. He said one of the biggest barriers to … [Read more...] about Food association unfit to lead rice sector: experts