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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 14 stressed law building as a key task for ministries and agencies this month, urging great efforts to complete the draft laws that are slated to be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration and approval at its eighth meeting, scheduled for October.

Chuong Village in Phuong Trung Commune, Thanh Oai District (Hanoi) is renowned for its traditional craft of making conical hats.

Hanoi currently has nearly 10,000 hectares dedicated to pomelo cultivation, concentrated in districts such as Chuong My, Phuc Tho, Dan Phuong, Quoc Oai and Phu Xuyen. To improve product quality, Hanoi's agricultural sector has supported farmers in developing VietGAP (Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices)-compliant pomelo growing areas, yielding high productivity and quality that meet food safety standards, aiming for export.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on August 13 chaired a meeting of standing members of the sub-committee in charge of drafting documents for the 14th National Party Congress.

Full-time lawmakers on August 13 strongly supported the prohibition of trading human fetuses as the National Assembly Standing Committee discussed the draft revised Law on Prevention and Combat of Human Trafficking.

The plan to organize the national scientific conference "55 Years of the People's Public Security Forces Implementing President Ho Chi Minh's Testament" is being prepared on schedule, with most of the preparations completed by the Ha Nam Provincial Public Security and related agencies.

(CPV) - The United States Mission to Vietnam, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the California Fresh Fruit Association have announced that U.S. peaches and nectarines have received market access approval by the relevant authorities for import into Vietnam.

The Standing Committee of the Hanoi Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee on August 12 offered flowers at the statue of Uncle Ho - Uncle Ton at Thong Nhat Park to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh and President Ton Duc Thang - the symbol of the spirit of great national unity.

The Hanoi Party Committee's Department for Popularization and Education on August 12 issued Instruction No. 152-HD/BTGTU on communications of celebrating the 55th anniversary of the implementation of President Ho Chi Minh's Testament (1969-2024) and the 55th anniversary of his death (September 2, 1969 - September 2, 2024).

Vice Chairwoman of the Hanoi Municipal People's Committee Vu Thu Ha has just signed and issued Plan No. 235/KH-UBND on giving gifts to policy beneficiaries who are people with meritorious services to the revolutionary on the occasion of the 79th National Day (September 2, 1945 - September 2, 2024).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 12 inspected the outcomes of the periodic maintenance of the Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh, and had a working session with the mausoleum's Management Board on its performance in the first half of the year.

CPV) - The capital saw many contestants winning high prizes at the Robotacon WRO (World Robot Olympiad) 2024 in the northern region which has been organized in Hai Phong City.

During his official visit to Russia, on August 11, General Phan Van Giang, Member of the Politburo, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defense, and the delegation from the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam, laid flowers at the Statue of President Ho Chi Minh and visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Moscow.

The Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space model, inaugurated on August 10 by Thach Ban A Primary School (Long Bien district, Hanoi), is the fifth model launched within the Capital's Trade Union system and the fourth model in Long Bien district.

A solemn ceremony was held in the northern city of Hai Phong on August 10 to disperse the ashes of Merle Ratner, a leftist and anti-war activist of the US and also a close friend of Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the fourth meeting of the Coordinating Council for the Southeastern Region in Ho Chi Minh City on August 10, sketching out ways for fueling regional development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 10 attended a ceremony marking the completion of a bidding package of the project building a road linking Tran Quoc Hoan and Cong Hoa roads, and examined the construction of Terminal T3 of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting on Ho Chi Minh City’s socio-economic development and implementation of the National Assembly’s Resolution 98 on piloting some specific mechanisms and policies for the city’s development on August 10 in the southern metropolis.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man had a meeting with the Standing Committee of the Nam Dinh provincial Party Committee on August 10 to look into the implementation of the resolution of the 20th provincial Party Congress and the focal tasks for the rest of the 2020 - 2025 tenure.

The Song Hinh district Youth Union has just organized a forum to promote children’s rights in related issues and carry out the movement of Vietnamese children emulating to follow Uncle Ho’s five teachings and honoring Uncle Ho’s at the district level in the 2023-2024 school year.

The People’s Committee of Luong Son district and the District Party Committee’s Commission of Popularization and Education have just coordinated to organize the contest “Uncle Ho with Luong Son, Luong Son studies and follows Uncle Ho” with the participation of 11 teams and nearly 200 contestants.

The election of the new General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee is instrumental in sustaining the stability and continuity of the country leadership process while creating a chance for the CPV to continue affirming its comprehensive leadership, ensuring sustainable development and prosperity for the nation, and upholding the legacies of late General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

The Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee convened its regular meeting in Hanoi on August 9 under the chair of Party General Secretary and President To Lam.

Startup and innovation are important driving forces for the country's development in the new period, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Duc Hai has said.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam had a working session with the Standing Board of the Hanoi Party Committee on August 9 to review the implementation of the resolutions of the 13th National Party Congress and the 17th municipal Party Congress, along with the Politburo’s directive on all-level Party congresses ahead of the 14th National Party Congress.

As many as 36 bus routes have been restructured by the Hanoi Public Transport Management Center along the Nhon-Hanoi station and the Cat Linh - Ha Dong metro lines to improve access to the metro line.

(CPV) - Ho Chi Minh City identifies service as an important industry contributing to the overall development of the city. In recent times, many programs to promote the development of the service industry have been focused on by Ho Chi Minh City and have achieved breakthrough developments. Ho Chi Minh City is increasingly affirming its position as the largest and most diverse service center in the country.

Vietnamese students have secured two gold, one silver, and a Grand Prix at the 2024 Korea International Youth Science Olympiad (KIYO4i).

(CPV) - Gaia Nature Conservation Center (Gaia) has successfully connected social resources to plant 6,465 trees, covering 5.17ha of land on the coastal sand dunes at Ta Kou Nature Reserve in Binh Thuan to restore land, prevent desertification, protect water security, and respond to climate change.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam met with a delegation of the liaison board of the war veterans of Division 308, also known as Tien Phong (Vanguard) Brigade, in Hanoi on August 8 on the occasion of the division's 75th founding anniversary.