January 28, 2023

Huong Pagoda festival opens

The Huong Pagoda Festival opened on Friday (the 6th day of the Lunar New Year) in Huong Son commune, Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc.   Running for three months, this is the longest festival in Vietnam’s northern region. The management board said that during a week-long Tet holiday, Huong

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PM urges work to start shortly after Tet holiday

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Friday, the first working day after Lunar New Year holiday, requested ministries, agencies and localities to urgently start work, so as not to delay production, business, and socio-economic activities.   Chairing a Government meeting to assess the Tet situation and implement tasks after Tet,

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NA Chairman pays Tet visit to Institute for Legislative Studies

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on Friday visited and extended Lunar New Year’s wishes to the Institute for Legislative Studies of the National Assembly Standing Committee in Hanoi.   The National Assembly Chairman emphasized that 2023 is the third year of implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Party

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WHO: Emergency phase of Covid-19 pandemic is not over yet

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the emergency phase of the pandemic is not over, pointing to surging numbers of deaths and warning that the global response to the crisis “remains hobbled”.   The World Health Organization’s emergency committee on Covid-19 was meeting Friday to discuss whether the pandemic still

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US Secretary of State to visit Middle East

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel, and the West Bank from Sunday to next Tuesday to consult with partners on a range of global and regional priorities, the US Department of State announced on Saturday.   The Secretary will visit Cairo where he will meet with

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UN chief appeals for an end to online hate

The UN secretary-general warned of social media’s role in spreading violent extremism around the globe as he marked Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday, urging policy makers to help stop online hate.   Speaking at a commemoration ceremony at the United Nations in New York on Friday, Antonio Guterres said parts

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