- National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue chaired the opening ceremony of theNA Standing Committee’s 31st session in Hanoi on March 14.
In his opening remarks, Hue said that during the three-and-a-half-day session,the NA Standing Committee will discuss seven draft laws before submitting themto the legislature’s seventh plenary session for consideration and approval.
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 14 chaired a conference launchingthis year’s monetary policy-related tasks to tackle production and businessobstacles, facilitate growth, and maintain macro-economic stability.
- Vietnam regards the US as a strategically important partner, Vice StatePresident Vo Thi Anh Xuan affirmed at a meeting with President Pro Tempore ofthe US Senate Patty Murray on March 13 in Washington, D.C.
Xuan told Murray that Vietnam hopes forbilateral engagement to actively implement the countries’ new bilateralrelations framework as well as agreements reached during President Joe Biden'svisit to Vietnam in September last year, bringing practical benefits to theirpeoples.
- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received Canadian Ambassador for ClimateChange Catherine Stewart and Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Shawn Perry Steilin Hanoi on March 14.
Discussing the implementation of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP)to which Canada is also a member, Ha said that Vietnam has issued the NationalPower Development Plan in the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050 (PDPVIII) to develop renewable energy to achieve the goal of net-zero emissions by2050.
- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and State Secretary of theMinistry of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia Frano Matusic on March 12co-chaired a political consultation between the two foreign ministries, aimingto review bilateral cooperation and seek ways to promote relations in thecoming time, as well as exchange views on regional and international issues ofmutual concern.
Hang affirmed that Vietnam always wants to strengthen traditional friendshipwith countries in the Balkans, of which Croatia is a priority, andcongratulated Croatia on becoming an official member of the Eurozone and theSchengen Area, which contributes to enhancing its position and role in theEuropean Union (EU) as well as in the international arena.
- The protection of Vietnamese citizens and legal entities abroad has beencarried out effectively and obtained many important results, said Minister ofForeign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.
In a report submitted to National Assembly (NA) deputies ahead of the NAStanding Committee’s 31st session, he said that since 2022, internationaltravel and Vietnamese citizens’ movement to other countries have fullyrecovered. People’s working, studying, and travel demand has been growing fast.
- Vietnam has remained a high human development country through the difficultyears of the COVID-19 pandemic, and human development continues to be a focusof the country’s development strategy, UNDP Resident Representative RamlaKhalidi said, as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced itsnew report on late March 13.
The 2023/24 Human Development Report (HDR), titled “Breaking the Gridlock:Reimagining cooperation in a polarized world”, shows that Vietnam's HumanDevelopment Index (HDI) value for 2022 is 0.726, positioning it at 107 out ofthe 193 countries and territories.
- A ceremony took place at the Gac Ma memorial site in Cam Lam district, thecentral province of Khanh Hoa, on March 14 to commemorate the 64 officers andsoldiers of the Vietnam People's Navy who fell down defending Gac Ma (JohnsonSouth) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa, and mark the 36th anniversary of theirbattle (March 14, 1988 – 2024).
At the event, the provincial administration and labour federation,representatives from military units stationed in Naval Zone 4, veterans, andfamilies of the martyrs paid tribute to and laid wreaths in memory of thegroup.
- The construction of the T3 passenger terminal at Tan Son Nhat InternationalAirport in Ho Chi Minh City is set to finish two months ahead of schedule,aiming to be completed in time for the 50th anniversary of the Liberationof the South and the National Reunification (April 30, 1975 – 2025).
According to Le Khac Hong, the head of the project management board, in orderto shorten the schedule and bring the project to completion by April 30 nextyear, the investor and contractors are determined to intensify manpower,machinery, equipment, and construction efforts.
- A ceremony marking the anniversary of Hung Kings - the legendary founders ofthe nation - and the Culture and Tourism Week of Ancestral Land will be heldfrom April 9-18 in the northern province of Phu Tho with various activities.
Traditional rituals will be conducted at the temples dedicated to Lac Long Quanand Au Co in the Hung Kings Temple relic site to express gratitude to the oneswho laid the foundation of the country, and incense and flower offering to HungKings in various localities.
- New records have continuously been set in the prices of coffee in CentralHighlands localities recently, now standing at over 90,000 VND (3.65 USD) perkilo.
On March 13, they ranged from 91,000-92,000 VND per kilo, which doubled thosein the same period last year, and rose 30% over late 2023. ./.
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