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-PartyGeneral Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s speech at the first meeting of thesub-committee on personnel affairs for the 14th National Party Congress holdsin-depth, comprehensive and objective ideas, and shows the significance of thework as well as the Party's consistent, proper, and scientific views onpersonnel affairs, commented Tran Thi Thu Dong, Vice President of the VietnamUnion of Literature and Arts Associations. Dong, who is also President of the VietnamAssociation of Photographic Artists, held that good personnel preparation is acrucial factor ensuring the success of the 14th National Party Congress. -Aninternational workshop was held by the Institute of World Economics andPolitics (IWEP) under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences in Hanoi on March22 to look into impacts of external challenges on Vietnam’s integration intothe world. In his opening remarks, Acting Director of theIWEP Dr. Phi Vinh Tuong said facing the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam exertedefforts to respond to this health crisis, possibly the biggest non-traditionalsecurity issue in decades, to reverse its negative impacts. After that, armedconflicts erupted in different regions around the globe, forcing the world todeal with other non-traditional security challenges like energy, food, andnavigation security. -Akick-off ceremony for the construction of the Khe Net pass railwayrehabilitation project was held on March 22 by the Ministry of Construction,the People’s Committee of central Quang Binh province, and the Republic ofKorea (RoK)’s Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF). This is the first such project in Vietnam to beimplemented with official development assistance (ODA) loans from the EDCF andcounterpart capital from the Vietnamese Government with a total investment ofmore than 2 trillion VND (80.6 million USD). It is implemented by a consortiumof Vietnamese construction giant Deo Ca Group and the RoK’s IlSung Vietnam Co.,Ltd. -Vietnamesefishing vessels’ infringements of foreign waters have gradually decreased overthe past years, which is the clearest demonstration of the border guard andother forces’ moves to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU)fishing, an official has said.

Notably, violations of the waters of PacificIslands nations such as Australia, Palau, New Caledonia, and Papua New Guineahave been eradicated since 2018, noted Col. Vu Van Hung, Deputy Chief of theStaff of the Border Guard High Command, in a recent interview granted to theVietnam News Agency.Read full text

-Vietnamhas received a 51.5-million-USD payment for verified emissions reductions(carbon credits) for reducing deforestation and forest degradation (commonlyknown as REDD) and for enhancing carbon stored in forests throughreforestation and afforestation. This makes Vietnam the first country in the EastAsia-Pacific to receive a results-based payment from the World Bank (WB)’sForest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). -UNESCOhas responded to the scientific dossier seeking its recognition for the Complexof Yen Tu – Vinh Nghiem – Con Son, Kiep Bac Monuments and Landscapes as a worldheritage site, according to the Cultural Heritage Department under the Ministryof Culture, Sports and Tourism. UNESCO said the dossier meets all technicalrequirements outlined in the World Heritage Convention, it said. -Vietnamis one of seven countries selected by the World Health Organisation (WHO) toconduct research on the M72 tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, given the fact that theyhave a high tuberculosis burden, according to Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Binh Hoa,Deputy Director of the Central Lung Hospital and deputy head of the ExecutiveBoard of the National TB Programme. The WHO has issued recommendations to promotevaccination against this disease. To date, there are 16 types of TB vaccinesthat have been studied in clinical trials, of which the research result of theM72 vaccine shows that with at least one injection, this type of vaccine haspassed the WHO recommendation level with about 50% protection./.