Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a br🐎ief re⛄view of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s speech at therecent meeting of the sub-committee in charge of the personnel work of the 14thNational Party Congress has received applause from officials, Party members,and people in Ho Chi Minh City.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong addresses the first m🎉eeting of the sub-committee in charge of the personnel work of the 14th National Party Congress. (Photo: VNA) Diep Van Son, former Vice Director of the Ministryof Home Affairs’ Representative Office in HCM City, said that the Partyleader’s orientations on the work are similar to those in the 13th NationalParty Congress, which is to ensure that no unqualified officials are consideredfor high-ranking positions. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is scheduled to hold adialogue with youths on March 25, on the occasion of the 93rd anniversary ofthe Ho Chi Minh♏ Communist Youth Union (March 26, 1931-2024).
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and youths at their dialogue in 2023. (Photo: doanthanhnien.vn) The dialogue, to be held online, is set tomaterialise the 2020 Youth Law, popularise the State’s guidelines and policeson national digital transformation among young people, and promote their rolein this regard. Read full story
- Minister of National Defence, General Phan Van Giang on March15 received outgoi🐈ng Thai Ambassador to Vietnam Nikorndej Balankura who came tobid farewell at the end of his term.
Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang (R) receives outgoing Thai Ambassador to Vietnam Nikorndej Balankura. (Photo: VNA) At the reception, Giang highly valued the ambassador's contributionsto promoting the Vietnam - Thailand strategic partnership in the fields ofpolitics, diplomacy, defence-security, economics, trade, investment, tourism,and people-to-people exchanges. Read full story
- Delivering a speech at the 68th session of theCommiss💙ion on the Status of Women (CSW) of the UN Economic and Social Councilin New York, Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan expressed Vietnam'shigh-level commitment to ensuring gender equality and women's rights as well asits multifaceted engagement and contributions to this priority area, PermanentRepresentative of Vietnam to the UN, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang has assessed.
Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan delivers a speech at the opening session of the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) of the UN Economic and Social Council in New York. (Photo: VNA) In a recent interview granted to the Vietnam NewsAgency in New York, Giang elaborated the four proposals by the Vietnameseleader aimed at accelerating swift and effective actions in this field. Read full story
- Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) Achim Steiner has congratulated Vietnam on many important achievementsin human de⛦velopment it has obtained over the recent past.
UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner (L) meets with Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang prior to the launch of the 2023/24 Human Development&ꦦnbsp;Report in New York on March 13. (Photo: VNA) The UNDP released the 2023/24 Human DevelopmentReport, titled “Breaking the Gridlock: Reimagining cooperation in a popularisedworld”, at the UN headquarters in New York on March 13 (local time). Read full story
- The establishment of the Vietnam-Australia comprehensivestrategic partnership during the recent official visit to the Oceania nation byPrime Minister Pham Minh Chinh demonstrates joint efforts to deepen and promotemutual strategic trust, and contribute to building a new vision for the region,according to a scholar.
In his recent article, Dr. Vu Le Thai Hoang,Director of the Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies under theDiplomatic Academy of Vietnam, said since the two countries set up theirdiplomatic ties in 1973 and upgraded their relationship to a strategic partnershipin 2018, they have witnessed strong, comprehensive, and strategic developmentsin the bilateral cooperation across spheres. Read full story
- Vietnam’s ride-hailing market value is estimated at 880million USD in 2024 and expected to reach 21.6 billion USD by 2029, growing ata compound annual growth rate of 19.5% during the forecast period, according toa recent report by India-based market research firm Mordor Intelligence.
With Vietnam’s rapidly growing urban population,the lack of public transport options, and increasing traffic congestion, thedemand for private modes of transportation has gone up in recent years. Read full story
- VinFast Auto announced on March 15 that it will take partin the 45th Bangkok International Motor Show (BIMS 2024) in Thailand.
At BIMS 2024, the Vietnamese electric automakerwill introduce its complete range of electric vehicles for the first time inSoutheast Asia, including the mini-SUV VF 3; VF 5, VF e34, VF 6, VF 7, VF 8,and VF 9, covering the A-SUV to E-SUV segments./. Read full story
