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Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a meeting of the Politburo and the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat in Hanoi on June 16 to gather opinions on the scheme reviewing the 20-year implementation of the Resolution on promoting the strength of great national unity for a society of wealthy people, strong country, democracy, justice and civilisation.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong asked the people's public security force to further promote its leading role in Party building and rectification while addressing a conference of the Central Public Security Party Committee in Hanoi on June 15.

According to the Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation, nearly 1.5% of Vietnamese population has joined blood donation drives, with more than 1.4 million units of blood being collected last year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasised the spirit of preventing drug crimes early, from afar, and from their sources, while addressing a programme held in Hanoi on June 14.

(CPV) - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and UNDP organized a technical workshop on "Assessing and promoting the payment for ecosystem services in Viet Nam." During the workshop, the research team from UNDP and the Institute for Strategy, Policy, Resources, and Environment presented a foundational report for "developing provincial and grassroots payment schemes for natural ecosystem services, as well as preparing a pilot project for the payment mechanism of carbon sequestration and storage in marine and wetland ecosystems."

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session with the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) in Hanoi on June 13, during which he highlighted the need to further develop a contingent of highly-qualified journalists and a professional, modern and humanitarian Vietnamese revolutionary press, for the interest of the nation and the people’s happiness.

On June 11, the Da Nang City Confederation of Labor held a meeting to praise and reward collectives and individuals with advanced examples in studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style during the 2021-2023 period.

State President Vo Van Thuong on June 10 praised the role and efforts of search and rescue (SAR) forces of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) in performing SAR activities, describing them as the "fighters in peace".

President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire Adama Bictogo will pay an official visit to Vietnam from June 13-16, said a communique released by the Vietnamese National Assembly.

By all means, enough vaccines must be provided to children as soon as possible, asked Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at a working session with leaders of some ministries, sectors and localities on the purchase of vaccines for children within the expanded immunisation programme, held on June 10.

A memorial ceremony and reburial service was held in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on June 10 to pay final respects and rebury the remains of 12 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Laos and Cambodia.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 10 launched an emulation movement in building a learning society and strengthening life-long learning in the 2021-2030 period.

Sovereignty, sovereign right and jurisdiction over the seas of a state established in line with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as well as the legitimate rights and interests of the littoral countries, including Vietnam, must be respected.

Sixty-seven outstanding works wining the first Dien Hong Awards – the national press award on the National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils – have been honoured at a ceremony held in Hanoi on June 9.

The steering committee for summarising some theoretical and practical issues on Vietnam’s socialist-oriented Doi Moi (reform) in the past four decades convened its first session in Hanoi on June 9 under the chair of President Vo Van Thuong.

The National Assembly (NA) on June 9 continued the 16th working day of its fifth sitting under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

Phu Tho province's authorities have handed over 20,000 trees and 85 tonnes of fertilisers to the Naval Region 4 High Command as a gift to help build a greener Truong Sa island district in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.

The Ministry of National Defence held the first meeting of the Steering Committee for making a proposal on the building of a law on participation in the United Nations peacekeeping operations in Hanoi on June 9.

This was an activity to celebrate the 75th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's appeal for patriotic emulation and recognize the valuable contributions of people through patriotic emulation movements.

The Consulate General of Vanuatu was officially inaugurated in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on June 7 in the presence of Seoule Simeon, speaker of the Parliament of Vanuatu.

The National Assembly (NA) continued with a question-and-answer session on June 7 – the 14th working day of its fifth sitting.

The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Department of Culture and Sports on June 6 held a conference to review the one-year implementation of the construction of the Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space in the field of culture and sports.

A special art program was held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 5 to mark the 133rd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890- May 19, 2023) and the 112th years since he left the country to find a way to save the national (June 5, 1911- June 5, 2023).

Mr. Vo Anh Chuong’s family, living in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, on June 4 offered incense to President Ho Chi Minh at the Ho Chi Minh Museum - Ho Chi Minh City Branch (District 4) and visited Nha Rong Wharf.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong had a meeting in Hanoi on June 5 with the group of female deputies of the 15th National Assembly, during which he asked them to continue to adopt reforms to improve the quality and efficiency of their activities.

The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Party Committee on June 5 honored individuals telling stories under the flag about studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style at the agencies supporting the HCMC Party Committee.

The 14th Green Consumption Campaign 2023 was launched by the Sai Gon Giai Phong (SGGP) Newspaper and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Union of Trade Cooperatives (Saigon Co.op) on June 4 to contribute to the implementation of the National Strategy on Green Growth towards Sustainable Development in HCMC in the 2021-2030 period.

More than 10,000 people are expected to participate the 2023 International Yoga Day in Vietnam, according to a press conference held on June 2 in Hanoi.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 3 asked ministries, agencies and localities to push the three engines of export, investment and consumption in order to spur the country's economic growth in the time ahead.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, chaired the committee's 20th meeting via teleconference with all 63 provinces and centrally-run cities of the country.