Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, on Monday stressed the importance of devoting resources to peace and human development. Attending the 77th UN General Assembly’s plenary in New York to discuss Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s priorities for 2023, Giang, who is the Assembly’s current Vice President,
This year the National Assembly will conduct a vote of confidence for posts it elected and approved, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said at a meeting with NA agencies on Tuesday. He noted that the process is also an important responsibility of the Council for Ethnic Affairs, and committees
A South Korean court ordered the government on Tuesday to compensate a Vietnamese victim of atrocities during the Vietnam War in the 1970s. The Seoul Central District Court ordered the government to provide around 30 million won (23,800 USD) in compensation and additional funds for delay to Nguyen Thi Thanh,
The coming Singapore visit by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will be a key platform for both countries to reaffirm their excellent ties, said Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in his written interview with the Vietnam News Agency. The Foreign Minister said there is a lot of room for
A Chinese balloon floated over Latin America and the Caribbean, the Chinese government confirmed on Monday, adding that it was for civilian purposes and used for flight test. China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a news conference on Monday that, “affected by the weather and with limited self-steering
Google honored Suong Nguyet Anh, Vietnam’s first female editor in chief, on its homepage on Wednesday. Suong Nguyet Anh, whose real name was Nguyen Thi Khue, was born in 1864 to poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu. She initiated “Nu~ Gio´i Chung”, the first Vietnamese newspaper for women, which promoted feminism in
The funeral of pilot Tran Ngoc Duy, who died in a plane training crash in the northern province of Yen Bai on Tuesday, was held in the province on Wednesday. At the funeral, the Ministry of Defense announced the decision to promote Duy’s rank from Captain to Major Colonel posthumously.
