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VN leaders send congratulatory messages to
The
official logo of the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Australia diplomatic ties
makes debut on January 17.
President
Tran Dai Quang has sent a congratulatory message to Australian
Governor-General Peter Cosgrove and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc cabled
his greetings to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
National
Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan extended her messages of the same
purpose to Australian Speaker of the House of Representatives Tony Smith and
President of the Senate Scott Ryan.
Deputy
PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh also delivered his congratulations to
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop.
In
their messages, the Vietnamese leaders said the upcoming upgrading of
bilateral relations to strategic partnership will open up a new chapter in
the history of Vietnam-Australia bilateral ties.
They
stressed their belief that based on progress made by both sides over the past
four decades, and increasing political trust and shared interests between the
two nations, the Vietnam-Australia partnership will continue developing
strongly, benefiting both peoples and contributing to peace, stability,
collaboration, and development in Asia-Pacific and in the world.
Leaders congratulate general Dang Quan Thuy on 90th birthday
Lt Gen Dang Quan Thuy (centre, left) receives
flowers from President Tran Dai Quang
President
Tran Dai Quang and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc have visited and offered
congratulations to Lieutenant General Dang Quan Thuy on his 90th birthday and
71-year membership of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
The
President expressed his admiration of the general’s accomplishments and
hailed him as an exemplary model for younger generations.
The
President stressed that the experiences and opinions of elder generations are
very useful to the cause of national construction and defence, and pledged to
do his best to fulfil the mission assigned to him by the Party, State and
people, thus meeting the aspirations of older generations.
Prime
Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said the example of Lt. Gen. Dang Quan Thuy is
valuable in educating young generations about the heroic traditions of
previous generations.
Lt.
Gen. Dang Quan Thuy directly participated in many military campaigns in some
of the fiercest battle fields during the resistance wars for national
liberation and re-unification, including the Dien Bien Phu Campaign and the
Spring Offensive and Uprising in 1968, as well as in the fight to defend the
country’s northern and southwest border lines.
He
was vice chairman of the National Assembly from 1992 to 1997.
President offers incense at spring festival in Thang Long
citadel
President
Tran Dai Quang offers incense at a spring ceremony held at the Thang Long
Imperial Citadel’s
President
Tran Dai Quang offered incense and released birds at a spring ceremony held
at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel’s
The
incense offering ceremony in early spring aims to commemorate ancestral kings
and those who have made contribution to the nation as well as pray for the
country’s prosperity.
Various
traditional rituals were held during the ceremony, including palanquin
procession staged by more than 300 people, a dragon dance, drum performance
and folk music performance.
In
the past, the early spring ceremony was held by kings to pay tribute to
ancestors and pray for peace and happiness for the nation. The ceremony has
been revived in recent years to honour the tradition of the old royal
capital.
The
incense offering ceremony is part of a series of activities celebrating the
Lunar New Year organised from the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month to the
15th day of the first lunar month by the Thang Long-Hanoi heritage
conservation centre.
The
Imperial Citadel of Thang Long was built in the 11th century during the Ly
dynasty to mark the independence of Dai Viet, the former name of
Jamaica leaders affirm willingness to develop ties with
Vietnam
Vietnamese
Ambassador to
While
presenting his credential letter to Governor-General Patrick Allen,
Ambassador Thanh confirmed
He
suggested both sides implement several specific cooperative measures,
including intensifying delegation exchanges and coordinating more closely at
multilateral forums.
At
his meeting with Prime Minister Andrew Michael Holness, Thanh
congratulated
He
pointed to several fields that the two countries can cooperate in and shared
experience in responding to climate change and in sustainable development.
Discussing
the regional situation, including the East Sea issue with the Vietnamese
diplomat, PM Andrew Holness emphasised the necessity to strengthen
collaboration to strengthen peace, stability, security and law supremacy, and
to tackle all disputes by peaceful means on the basis of international law,
especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
At
a separate reception for the Vietnamese diplomat, Senate President Thomas
Tavares-Finson showed his backing for Thanh’s proposals to foster the
bilateral ties as well as the application of principles and regulations of
international law in multilateral issues.
During
his visit to
President launches spring festival in ethnic cultural village
President Tran Dai Quang in the village
President
Tran Dai Quang beat a gong to launch the annual spring festival at the
Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in
Attending
the event were 200 delegates who are village patriarchs and chiefs,
intellectuals and artisans representing 21 ethnic groups from 14 cities and
provinces nationwide.
In
his speech, the President lauded the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism;
the management board of the village and ethnic groups living in the village
for contributing to the preservation and development of the traditional
Vietnamese culture, saying that the festival has attracted tens of thousands
of visitors over the past years.
He
wished that village chiefs, artisans, religious dignitaries and prestigious
people representing ethnic groups and localities would actively work to raise
public awareness of the Party and State policies and guidelines to contribute
to national development.
The
State leader asked ministries, agencies and mass organisations from the
central to grassroots level to assist ethnic groups in socio-economic
development, education, culture and health care.
On
the occasion, he planted a tree in Muong ethnic village and launched the Gau
Tao festival of the Mong ethnic group in the northern mountainous
Gau
Tao, held to thank gods for granting good health to families and villages, is
one of the largest traditional festivals of Mong ethnic people. It combines
almost all types of folk cultural activities of the group and has been
recognised as part of the national intangible cultural heritage by the
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The
spring festival at the ethnic cultural village will feature a wide range of activities,
spotlighting the traditions, customs and spring festivals of 54 ethnic groups
across the country.
Another
major activity will be a praying ceremony where monks from Khmer pagodas will
pray for peace and blessing.
US wants to strengthen defence ties with Vietnam: Ambassador
At the
meeting between Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut.
Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh and US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J.Kritenbrink.
(Photo: bqp.vn)
At
a meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut.
Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh in
Deputy
Minister Vinh expressed the wish that the
He
also urged for the early start of a similar project at Bien Hoa airport in
the southern
Vinh
said both nations should make efforts to realise agreements already reached
on key issues in bilateral defence ties, while seeking new cooperative
fields.
VFF leader advocates leaning society, promotes business
development
Chairman of the VFF Central Committee Tran Thanh Man
shakes hands with President of the Vietnam Association for Promoting
Education Nguyen Thi Doan.
Chairman
of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man vowed
to pay further heed to developing education and nurture the growth of the
business society.
He
made the statement during visits to the Vietnam Association for Promoting Education
(VAPE) and the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (VINASME)
in
Man
lauded efforts of the VAPE and its members to promote education and
educational reform as well as nurture talents. He also spoke highly of the
close coordination between the VFF and the VAPE at all levels, particularly
in the movement “All people stay united to build new-style rural areas and
civilized urban areas”. The campaign has promoted education and the
development of a learning society.
Man
asked the association to continue working with the education and training
sector to make fundamental and comprehensive educational reform and inspire
the passion for learning among people.
The
VFF Central Committee will direct its chapters across the nation to pay
greater attention to developing education and the learning society, he
pledged.
Meeting
with the VINASME, the chairman asked the association to adopt effective
solutions to provide its members with easier access to loans and better
technology so that their products will gain stronger foothold in the local
market and be able to enter foreign markets.
The
SMEs needs to learn more about international laws and practices to improve
their own capacity, he stressed.
Protecting denouncers of Party members’ degradation a must
Luu Binh
Nhuong, a permanent member of the National Assembly’s Committee for Social
Affairs
The
Party, Government, Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) and organisations must
enhance their roles in protecting people who denounce and fight degradation,
“self-evolution” and “self-transformation” among Party officials and members.
Luu
Binh Nhuong, a permanent member of the National Assembly’s Committee for
Social Affairs, made the remark at a conference held by the VFF in
Giving
comments on the project “Mechanisms to protect and encourage people to report
on, denounce and actively prevent and combat degradation, “self-evolution”
and “self-transformation”", Nhuong said that it should determine the
involvement of the Party organisations, authorities, VFF and other
organisations in protecting denouncers.
Meanwhile,
Bui Xuan Duc, former Director of the VFF’s Centre for Official Fostering and
Scientific Research, said it is necessary to have clear and effective
mechanisms such as receiving denouncement information via telephones or
anonymous letters.
Relevant
authorities must publicise information related to the settlement and
compensation for physical and spiritual damage of people who bravely fight
wrongdoings, he added.
Other
recommendations included legalising the denouncer protection mechanisms and
enhance social supervision and criticism to prevent degradation,
“self-evolution” and “self-transformation” among Party officials and members.
Congratulation to new Nepalese Prime Minister
Nepalese Prime Minister Sharma Oli (right) at the
swearing-in ceremony
Prime
Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 23 sent a message of congratulation to
the new Nepalese Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli.
Sharma
Oli, who is Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified
Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML), became the 41st Prime Minister of Nepal on
February 15.
Thailand pledges to maintain close defence, security ties with
Vietnam
Deputy
Prime Minister and Defence Minister of
Deputy
Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Thailand Prawit Wongsuwan has affirmed
that
During
a reception in
He
also informed that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha will attend the Summit of
Leaders of the Greater Mekong Sub-region to be held in
Deputy
PM Prawit Wongsuwan affirmed that
The
host wished that both sides would continue working closely together to deal
with illegal fishing in each other’s waters, pledging that
The
Thai government always highly appreciates the Thai community of Vietnamese
descent in the country, considering them a bridge of bilateral friendship and
economic exchange, he said.
Ambassador
Bang, for his part, suggested that the two nations seriously follow the
principle of not allowing any individual and organisation to use one’s
territory to sabotage security of the other.
He
thanked the Thai government for creating favourable conditions for overseas
Vietnamese living in the country.
The
diplomat urged
Party chief meets ASEAN ambassadors on Lunar New Year
General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee
Nguyen Phu Trong (third from right) and his guests.
General
Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen
Phu Trong hosted a reception in
The
ASEAN diplomats congratulated the Vietnamese Party, Government and people on
their great socio-economic development and diplomatic achievements in 2017,
particularly the successful organisation of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week
in the central city of
They
said they believe that under the leadership of the CPV led by General
Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the Vietnamese people will reap greater
attainments in 2018 and following years, towards the prosperous development
of the country.
They
also informed the host of the positive development of relations between
For
his part, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attributed the achievements
Applauding
this year’s theme of “Resilient and Innovative ASEAN” initiated by Singapore
as ASEAN Chair, the Party chief expressed his belief that with the joint
efforts of member states, ASEAN will continue to make important progresses,
enhance intra-bloc solidarity and cooperation, expand relations with external
partners, and foster common development goals.
Vietnamese expats contribute to thriving Vietnam-Australia
ties
With
300,000 people, the Vietnamese people community in
In
the Joint Statement on Enhancing the Comprehensive Partnership inked in
March, 2015, both nations hailed efforts made by Vietnamese expats in
Australia and Australian people in Vietnam in developing socio-economy as
well as bolstering friendship and cooperation between the two nations.
In
an interview granted to Vietnam News Agency’s correspondents in
Both
sides reached consensus on aid programmes based on long-term economic
cooperation to support
The
experts noted that
Education
is an important part in the partnership, they said, adding that there are
some 22,000 Vietnamese students pursuing study in
The
two countries lifted their ties to a Comprehensive Partnership in 2009 and
agreed to build a framework to to extend politic relations, promote economic
growth and trade development, enhance cooperation in technology and step up
ties in defence and security.
Six
years later, they inked the Joint Statement on Enhancing the Comprehensive
Partnership which laid stress on the win-win relationship on economic growth,
stability and regional security.
President receives outgoing Mozambican Ambassador
President
Tran Dai Quang (R) and Mozambican Ambassador to
The
Vietnamese leader lauded the ambassador’s contributions to bilateral ties
during his tenure, saying that both sides exchanged more than 30 delegations
at all levels and carried out a number of successful projects such as
Viettel’s telecom joint-venture in
He
wished that the two countries would effectively build on the past
achievements to extend ties to farm produce processing, transport, mining and
education.
The
host expressed his desire that the ambassador, with his wealth of diplomatic
experience and knowledge about
He
affirmed that Vietnamese ministries, agencies and localities will continue
assisting the Mozambican embassy in promoting bilateral ties and creating
favourable conditions for the new ambassador to fulfill assigned tasks.
Munguambe,
for his part, expressed his honour to be the first Mozambican Ambassador when
the African country opened the embassy in
He
noted that potentials of the two nations remain huge and there are many
opportunities to further raise two-way trade.
Deputy PMs extend congratulations on Vietnamese Doctors’ Day
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh (R) meets with
doctors of the National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology on February 23
Deputy
Prime Ministers Truong Hoa Binh and Vu Duc Dam congratulated doctors and
medical workers nationwide on the Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27) while
visiting some medical organisations in
The
National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology held a celebration for the Vietnamese
Doctors’ Day which was attended by Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh and Minister of
Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.
Trinh
Dinh Hai, Director of the National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology, said the
hospital has continually made efforts and attained a number of achievements
over the past years. It has worked to improve examination and treatment
quality and apply many advanced techniques comparable to those in developed
countries.
It
provides treatment for more than 100,000 patients every year while giving
free surgeries to tens of thousands of children with cleft lip and cleft
palate and low-income patients, he said.
Hai
added that the hospital has effectively implemented the school oral health
programme and the dental caries prevention programme in the community. Its
doctors have also regularly come to different localities to support local
dental care networks and help people access dental care services.
At
the ceremony, Deputy PM Binh presented a second-class Labour Order to
Director Trinh Dinh Hai and a third-class Labour Order to former Director Vu
Dinh Minh. He also handed over the Meritorious Doctor title to nine doctors,
and certificates of merit to two other doctors of the hospital.
Also
on February 23, Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam held a working session with the Vietnam
Medical Association (VMA), which gathers 48 specialised organisations and 54
provincial-level associations with hundreds of thousands of members,
including many leading experts and doctors.
Deputy
PM Dam recognised the VMA’s good coordination with the health ministry in
public health care, policy making, and international cooperation. He asked
the VMA to improve its role in assessing hospital quality, ensuring manpower
for the medical sector, and cooperating with the Government to strongly
reform hospital management mechanisms.
Meeting
with representatives of the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) Central
Committee, Dam highly valued the VRC’s accomplishments, especially in working
with the health ministry in public health care and providing aid for
disadvantaged people.
The
Deputy PM told the VRC Central Committee to continue current practical
activities, especially the voluntary blood donation movement.
Vietnamese
Ambassador to
The
permanent Vietnamese mission to the United Nations, the World Trade
Organisation and other international organisations in
Speaking
at the event, head of the Vietnamese mission in Geneva, Ambassador Duong Chi
Dung said the Vietnamese economy grew by 6.8 percent last year with foreign
reserve nearing 60 billion USD and export-import hitting all-high 425 billion
USD, 36 billion USD of which was from farm produce export.
The
ambassador attributed the growth to contributions of Vietnamese nationals
abroad, especially in investment and manufacturing.
According
to him, the Vietnamese mission in
The
number of Vietnamese experts working in Geneva-based international
organisations keeps increasing, contributing to strengthening ties between
He
wished that overseas Vietnamese in
Participants
at the event enjoyed traditional Vietnamese food for Lunar New Year.
PM praises 3 Sóc Trăng students for honesty
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has praised three students in the
Mekong Delta
Prime
Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has praised three students in the Mekong Delta
The
three students of Trần Văn Bảy High School are Đỗ Thanh Bằng, Trần Thanh Mới
and Lê Nhĩ Khang, residing in the province’s Thạnh Trị district. On February
19, they discovered a lost wallet with the VNĐ40 million inside and reported
it to local police.
In
his letter of commendation sent on Saturday, the PM lauded the students’
honesty while voicing his hope that they will continue to study hard and
become exemplary citizens and future masters of the country.
He
instructed the provincial People’s Committee and education sector to reward
the students and create optimal conditions for their study.
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Thứ Hai, 26 tháng 2, 2018
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