Vietnam Today

A 340-kilogramme bomb left over from the war was safely deactivated by sappers of the Military Command in the central province of Nghe An on April 26.

The 13th Party Central Committee on April 26 agreed to let Vuong Dinh Hue cease holding the positions of Politburo member, member of the 13th Party Central Committee, and Chairman of the 15th National Assembly (NA) in the 2021 - 2026 tenure.

On April 24, a delegation from Baise City, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China) offered incense and flowers at the Temple of President Ho Chi Minh and visited the Pac Bo Special National Relic in Truong Ha commune, Ha Quang district, Cao Bang province.

On April 24, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Nghe Tinh Businessman Golf Club held a press meeting to announce the Golf Tournament to celebrate the 134th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19).

On April 24, the Standing Board of the Muong Nhe district Party Committee organized a conference to praise exemplary and advanced examples in “Studying and following Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style”.

Human resources development in semiconductors should be considered a breakthrough in personnel training, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a conference in Hanoi on April 24.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang, Head of the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, on April 20 sent a congratulatory letter to Ms. Cao Hong Vinh, an overseas Vietnamese in Poland, who was elected to the Ochota District Council, Warsaw, Poland in local elections on April 7, 2024.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 24 requested more efforts to step up institutional improvement, create a full legal corridor to promote national digital transformation and develop the digital economy while addressing the eighth meeting of the National Committee for Digital Transformation.

The 32nd session of the National Assembly Standing Committee concluded in Hanoi on April 23 after four and a half days of work.

The Rang Dong Light Source and Vacuum Flask Joint Stock Company on April 22 announced future activities to mark the 60th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh visiting the company.

A senior Party official has demanded full awareness, full action, and full determination be made to have the “yellow card” warning over illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing lifted this year.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duong Thi Hong, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE), said that just delivered the first batch of 500,000 doses of 5-in-1 DPT-HBV-Hib vaccine to Pasteur Institutes across the country.

Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan attended a ceremony in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on April 22 to launch the National Humanitarian Month 2024.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked the northern border province of Lang Son to maximise its development resources while addressing a conference announcing the locality’s master plan for 2021-2030 with a vision towards 2050 on April 21.

(CPV) - The United States (US) Mission to Vietnam, through the Office of Defense Cooperation, recently handed over Trieu Thuan kindergarten to the Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee in order to promote ongoing bilateral efforts in educational infrastructure and disaster relief.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 20 asked ministries, sectors, agencies, localities, and businesses to make forecasts on the situation and prepare response plans to ensure sufficient power supply for production and daily activities under any circumstances.

Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on April 21 offered incense at the Dien Bien Phu Battlefield Martyrs' Temple and the A1-Dien Bien Martyrs Cemetery and visited veterans who contributed to Dien Bien Phu Victory 70 years ago.

More than 40 companies and agencies from 19 foreign countries and territories worldwide have confirmed their participation in the Vietnam International Defence Expo 2024, to be held in December this year, heard a conference held by the Ministry of Defence in Hanoi on April 20.

The first Vietnam International Symposium on Medicinal Plants and Natural Compounds was held in the south central province of Binh Dinh from April 15-17, with nearly 120 delegates, including speakers, scientists and researchers from 13 countries taking part.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked village elders and chiefs, skilled artisans and reputable citizens to make greater efforts to preserve and promote tangible and intangible cultural heritage, which is the quintessence and core value of the nation.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang offered flowers in memory of President Ho Chi Minh at the Ho Chi Minh Monument on Simón Bolívar Avenue in Caracas, Venezuela on April 17 (local time).

On April 18, a working delegation from Son La province, led by Nguyen Huu Dong, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, came to offer incense commemorating President Ho Chi Minh at the President Ho Chi Minh Monument at the Presidential Palace.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the command and control centre of the Phu Tho police and examined the construction of this northern province’s house of culture and arts on April 18.

Mr. Anouphap Tounalom, Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee, and Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Council of Vientiane, and the delegation have respectfully offered flowers and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other officials offered incense in commemoration of the Hung Kings, the legendary founders of Vietnam, at Kinh Thien Palace on Nghia Linh Mountain in Viet Tri city, the northern province of Phu Tho, on April 18 (the 10th day of the third lunar month).

The National Assembly Standing Committee offered opinions on preparations for the 15th NA’s upcoming seventh session, during its ongoing 32nd session in Hanoi on April 17 afternoon.

Vietnamese Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on April 17 sent a message of congratulations to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on the Syrian Arab Republic’s 78th Independence Day (April 17, 1946 – 2024).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 17 attended a ceremony to start work on a project to renovate Him Lam resistance centre, a part of the Dien Bien Phu complex of fortifications in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a meeting in the northern province of Dien Bien on April 17 with veteran soldiers, young volunteers and frontline workers who directly participated in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign in 1954.

To celebrate the 49th anniversary of the liberation of Binh Thuan Province (April 19), associated with the 49th anniversary of the southern liberation and national reunification (April 30, 2024), the Ho Chi Minh Museum - Binh Thuan Branch organized a photo exhibition entitled “President Ho Chi Minh with the nation’s glorious victory”.