Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief reviewof the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan had bilateral meetingswith Swiss President Viola Amherd and Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa, andreceived New York City Mayor Eric Adams, on the occasion of her attendance atthe 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) of the UNEconomic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York on March 11 (local time).
Xuan congratulated Viola Amherd on becoming thePresident of Switzerland, and also the first woman to hold the position as thehead of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport. Read full story
- Vietnam always attaches importance to developing goodcooperation relations with Slovenia – an important partner of Vietnam inCentral and Eastern Europe, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang toldSlovenian State Secretary for Foreign and European Affairs SanjaStiglic.
During a political consultation which took placein the framework of the Vietnamese official’s visit to the European countryMarch 9-11, Hang valued Slovenia as it takes Vietnam as a priority partnerin its policy of enhancing and expanding relations with countries in theSoutheast Asian region. Read full story
- Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vuheld talks in Hanoi on March 11 with Komura Masahiro, Member of the House ofRepresentatives, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, who is in Vietnamfor a visit from March 10-13.
Vu proposed the two sides maintain the exchange ofhigh-level and all-level delegations in 2024, and Japan continue to cooperateand support Vietnam to promote industrialisation and modernisation in the newcontext. Read full story
- Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan had bilateral meetingswith Swiss President Viola Amherd and Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa, andreceived New York City Mayor Eric Adams, on the occasion of her attendance atthe 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) of the UNEconomic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York on March 11 (local time).
Xuan congratulated Viola Amherd on becoming thePresident of Switzerland, and also the first woman to hold the position as thehead of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport. Read full story
- Vietnam always attaches importance to developing goodcooperation relations with Slovenia – an important partner of Vietnam inCentral and Eastern Europe, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang toldSlovenian State Secretary for Foreign and European Affairs SanjaStiglic.
During a political consultation which took placein the framework of the Vietnamese official’s visit to the European countryMarch 9-11, Hang valued Slovenia as it takes Vietnam as a priority partnerin its policy of enhancing and expanding relations with countries in theSoutheast Asian region. Read full story
- Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vuheld talks in Hanoi on March 11 with Komura Masahiro, Member of the House ofRepresentatives, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, who is in Vietnamfor a visit from March 10-13.
Vu proposed the two sides maintain the exchange ofhigh-level and all-level delegations in 2024, and Japan continue to cooperateand support Vietnam to promote industrialisation and modernisation in the newcontext. Read full story
- A project aiming to foster water and environment securityin the Ma and Neun - Ca river basins and related coastal areas in Vietnam andLaos was launched in Hanoi on March 12.
The event was co-hosted by the Vietnamese Ministryof Natural Resources and Environment’s Department of Water Resources Management(DWRM), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the LaoMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Department of Water Resourcesand the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Read full story
- The Ministries of Natural Resources and Environment, andIndustry and Trade, and the World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam (WWF-Vietnam)have called on people to join hands in reducing carbon footprint, towards netzero emissions, in response to the Earth Hour campaign.
They call on Vietnamese people turn off theirlights for Earth Hour from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm on March 23. Read full story
- Vietnamese agricultural products have more opportunities tohit the shelves of Japanese supermarket chain Aeon as Aeon Topvalu will attendthe Vietnam International Sourcing 2024 event to be held by the Ministry ofIndustry and Trade (MoIT) on June 6-8 in Ho Chi Minh City.
On the threshold of the event, General Director ofAeon TopValu Vietnam Shiotani Yuichiro had a working session with the MoIT’sEuropean – American Market Department, saying he has a great expectation whenjoining the sourcing fair. Read full story
- President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour(VGCL) Nguyen Dinh Khang has engaged in discussions with representatives oflabour unions from Brazil, Peru, and Uruguay, as part of his working trip toSouth America and attendance to the second conference of the World Federationof Trade Unions (WFTU) Presidential Council held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
While in Brazil, Khang, who is also WFTU VicePresident, held talks with leaders of the Central of Workers of Brazil (CTB)and numerous bilateral meetings to strengthen ties with WFTU member unions,especially those in the Americas such as the Cuban workers' center (CTC),Workers' General Confederation of Peru (CGTP), Argentine Leather ManufacturingUnion (SAMC), and Transport Workers’ Union of Uruguay. Read full story
|- Vietnam’s wood and forestry sector is aiming to export 15.2billion USD worth of its products this year, an increase from the 14.47 billionUSD last year which was down 15.4% from 2022.
According to the Department of Forestry, the fundamental reasonof the last year's fall is that consumers reduced their spending onnon-essential items such as wood and wood products to deal with rising pricescaused by geopolitical crises. Read full story
The event was co-hosted by the Vietnamese Ministryof Natural Resources and Environment’s Department of Water Resources Management(DWRM), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the LaoMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Department of Water Resourcesand the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Read full story
- The Ministries of Natural Resources and Environment, andIndustry and Trade, and the World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam (WWF-Vietnam)have called on people to join hands in reducing carbon footprint, towards netzero emissions, in response to the Earth Hour campaign.
They call on Vietnamese people turn off theirlights for Earth Hour from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm on March 23. Read full story
- Vietnamese agricultural products have more opportunities tohit the shelves of Japanese supermarket chain Aeon as Aeon Topvalu will attendthe Vietnam International Sourcing 2024 event to be held by the Ministry ofIndustry and Trade (MoIT) on June 6-8 in Ho Chi Minh City.
On the threshold of the event, General Director ofAeon TopValu Vietnam Shiotani Yuichiro had a working session with the MoIT’sEuropean – American Market Department, saying he has a great expectation whenjoining the sourcing fair. Read full story
- President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour(VGCL) Nguyen Dinh Khang has engaged in discussions with representatives oflabour unions from Brazil, Peru, and Uruguay, as part of his working trip toSouth America and attendance to the second conference of the World Federationof Trade Unions (WFTU) Presidential Council held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
While in Brazil, Khang, who is also WFTU VicePresident, held talks with leaders of the Central of Workers of Brazil (CTB)and numerous bilateral meetings to strengthen ties with WFTU member unions,especially those in the Americas such as the Cuban workers' center (CTC),Workers' General Confederation of Peru (CGTP), Argentine Leather ManufacturingUnion (SAMC), and Transport Workers’ Union of Uruguay. Read full story
|- Vietnam’s wood and forestry sector is aiming to export 15.2billion USD worth of its products this year, an increase from the 14.47 billionUSD last year which was down 15.4% from 2022.
According to the Department of Forestry, the fundamental reasonof the last year's fall is that consumers reduced their spending onnon-essential items such as wood and wood products to deal with rising pricescaused by geopolitical crises. Read full story
Boxer Vo Thi Kim Anh (centre) and coach Nguyen Nhu Cuong (left) and Thai expert Tawan Mungphingklang.(Photo: Hanoimoi.vn) Earlier, she defeated opponents from the DominicanRepublic and Hungary in the pre-quarterfinals./. Read full story
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