Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan hailed India for seeing Vietnam as a priority in its “Act East” policy, and said Vietnam always attaches importance to developing its comprehensive strategic partnership with India, considering India a partner of top importance and a trustworthy friend. Speaking at a ceremony marking 50 years
-A media exhibition on changing the awareness and behavior of individuals in limiting the use of plastic bags and single-use plastic products opened in Hanoi on Friday. Exhibition organizers are the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment and the International Organization for Conservation of Nature in
World food prices jumped 28% in 2021 to their highest level in a decade and hopes for a return to more stable market conditions this year are slim, the UN’s food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, which tracks the most globally traded
– The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on Thursday handed over 6.3 million single-use syringes to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, part of 42.5 million syringes worth 2.5 million USD that will be donated by the Republic of Korea (RoK) Government through KOICA to the Ministry of Health of Vietnam for its
The US-Japan Security Consultative Committee convened online on Friday, involving the top foreign and defense officials of the 2 countries who discussed ways to boost cooperation in cyberspace, and the allocation of US forces and Japanese self-defense forces. Japan is set to revise its National Defense Strategy later this
The Resolution on fiscal and monetary policies that support Vietnam’s socio-economic recovery and development program topped the agenda of the National Assembly’s extraordinary session on Friday. NA deputy Vu Thi Luu Mai of Hanoi said the Resolution reflects the hope of Vietnamese businesses and people for a better future, so
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested two ministries to carry out a survey on COVID-19 vaccination for children 5 and older. Mr. Chinh asked the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education and Training to learn from international experience and lessons of localities across the country to
