Vietnam Today

As many as 110 youth delegates from Japan and nine ASEAN member countries including Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam have arrived in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) for the ASEAN-Japan Youth Festival 2023 taking place from December 12-15.

President Vo Van Thuong on December 14 visited the Archdiocese of Hue in central province of Thua Thien-Hue on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas and New Year.

Mr. Hoang Duc Hanh, Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Quang Ninh province, and Standing Vice Chairman of the Union of Friendship Organizations of Quang Ninh province hosted a reception for Mr. Rabindra Adhikari, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist - CPN-UML), and Chairman of the Nepal Peace and Solidarity Council (NPSC) in Quang Ninh province on December 13.

President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vo Van Thuong held talks with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping in Hanoi on December 13.

Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh met with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping in Hanoi on December 13, as part of the latter’s state visit to Vietnam.

A friendship meeting with nearly 400 intellectuals and young people of Vietnam and China took place in Hanoi on December 13, on the occasion of the State visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, his spouse and a high-level delegation of China.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee convened its 28th meeting in Hanoi on December 13 under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping and the high-level delegation of the Chinese Party and State laid a wreath and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on December 13 morning.

A resolution has been adopted by the Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee on giving in-principle approval to an investment project worth 15 billion VND to construct an office building for the Stung Treng provincial Military Sub-region’s headquarters of Cambodia.

On the afternoon of December 10, the working group led by comrade Nguyen Minh Triet, former Politburo member and former President, offered incense and flowers to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh at Uncle Ho's Temple and Uncle Ho's monument with Vietnamese farmers in Hoang Dieu ward, Thai Binh city.

Ngo Thi Man, spouse of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and Prof. Peng Liyuan, spouse of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping visited the Vietnamese Women's Museum in Hanoi on December 12.

Thirty-six cooperation documents were signed between Vietnamese and Chinese ministries, agencies, sectors and localities during General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping’s State visit to Vietnam.

President Vo Van Thuong on December 12 hosted 70 representatives out of 500 reputable citizens from ethnic minority groups across the country.

President Vo Van Thuong appreciated outgoing Spanish Ambassador to Vietnam Pilar Méndez Jiménez's contributions to Vietnam-Spain strategic partnership during her tenure in Vietnam at a reception in Hanoi on December 11.

Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 11 for visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet.

Nvidia wishes to establish a base in Vietnam as it views the Southeast Asian nation as its home, President and CEO of the US chip giant Jensen Huang told Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at their meeting in Hanoi on December 10.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and his entourage arrived back Hanoi at noon on December 10, concluding his trip from December 4 for the first Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Parliamentary Summit and a working visit to Laos, and an official visit to Thailand.

Vietnam will send four more officers to United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions in South Sudan, the Central African Republic and the Abyei Area.

Through the application to reflect petitions on mobile devices, to date, Bac Ninh has received more than 6,000 complaints in 33 fields from people, businesses and organizations. The average processing rate reached 96%.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh required that the railway industry optimise existing assets, finance and human resources to modernise its operation, contributing to developing transport and realising the strategic breakthrough of transport infrastructure set in the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress.

Ca Mau should double efforts to maximise its potential and strength, and promote resources and the spirit of self-reliance for its local development, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a ceremony to announce the southernmost province's master plan for the 2021-30 period, with a vision to 2050, and its investment promotion event on December 9.

The strengthening of solidarity and friendship and the deepening of mutually-beneficial cooperation between China and Vietnam is in the common interests of both sides and conducive to peace, stability and prosperity in the region and the world, the Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Wang Wenbin has said.

(CPV) - Vietnam’s National Assembly on November 29 passed a resolution on the application of additional corporate income tax according to regulations to prevent base erosion (global minimum tax). Accordingly, the global minimum tax policy of 15% will take effect from January 1, 2024.

The national steering committee for natural disaster prevention and control held a meeting with international partners in Hanoi on December 8, highlighting the role of early warning and early action in natural disaster risk mitigation.

The Vietnam-Korea Friendship Association (VKFA) in Ho Chi Minh City plans to organize cultural exchange events, creating conditions for the people of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) to increase mutual understanding and support, heard its third national congress for the 2023-28 term on December 8.

As many as 143 outstanding ethnic minority students and youth in 2023 reported their achievements to Uncle Ho at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi on December 26.

Recently, many Ho Chi Minh Cultural Spaces have been formed at businesses with the desire to create conditions for workers to easily access and learn about the life, ideological values, morality, and style of President Ho Chi Minh.

The Consulate General of Belarus in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) was inaugurated at No 2/6, Road 31, Binh An Ward, Thu Duc city, on December 7.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Belarusian counterpart Roman Golovchenko visited the Hanoi Flag Tower, an iconic relic in the capital city, and enjoyed Vietnamese coffee at noon on December 8 following their talks within the framework of the latter’s official visit to Vietnam.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 8 morning hosted a welcome ceremony for his Belarusian counterpart Roman Golovchenko who is paying an official visit to Vietnam from December 6-9.