Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summariesreported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
–Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged the island city of Phu Quoc in the MekongDelta province of Kien Giang to maximise its potential, strengths andopportunities to develop rapidly and sustainably, while addressing a conferenceon March 31.
–Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged the island city of Phu Quoc in the MekongDelta province of Kien Giang to maximise its potential, strengths andopportunities to develop rapidly and sustainably, while addressing a conferenceon March 31.
The conference reviewed the PM’s Resolution No.178/2004/QD-TTg approving a project on Phu Quoc’s development by 2010 with avision towards 2020.
–Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the ground-breaking ceremony for theHon Thom marine tourism, resort and entertainment complex in Phu Quoc city, theMekong Delta province of Kien Giang on March 30.
–Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the ground-breaking ceremony for theHon Thom marine tourism, resort and entertainment complex in Phu Quoc city, theMekong Delta province of Kien Giang on March 30.
The 310-hectare complex will be built with totalinvestment of some 50 trillion VND by Sun Group, featuring a water park, atheme park, an aquarium, an opera house, and an ecological resort. It will bedeveloped into a tropical paradise with various kinds of tropical trees to beplanted.
– The border guards stationed in the northernmountainous province of Dien Bien and their counterparts in Mengzhi region,China’s Yunnan province, conducted a joint patrol along the section from MarkerNo 1 to Marker No. 3 along the shared border line on March 30.
– The border guards stationed in the northernmountainous province of Dien Bien and their counterparts in Mengzhi region,China’s Yunnan province, conducted a joint patrol along the section from MarkerNo 1 to Marker No. 3 along the shared border line on March 30.
They found that the national border markers remain intact, the border safety issecured, while residents on both sides of the border comply with legaldocuments on land border signed between the two countries.
– A delegation of the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) ledby Deputy Auditor General Dang The Vinh visited and had bilateral workingsessions with the State Audit Office of Hungary (SAO) from March 24-28.
– A delegation of the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) ledby Deputy Auditor General Dang The Vinh visited and had bilateral workingsessions with the State Audit Office of Hungary (SAO) from March 24-28.

- The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee on March 30held a ceremony to receive the certificate of membership of the UNESCO GlobalNetwork of Learning Cities.
Speaking at the event, Chairwoman of the municipalPeople’s Council Nguyen Thi Le described the city's membership of the UNESCOGlobal Network of Learning Cities as a great honour, saying that thisis the result of a process of building a lifelong learning environment forpeople in the city, demonstrates the world's recognition of the policies,commitments, and efforts of Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City inparticular in ensuring quality, equitable, comprehensive education andpromoting lifelong learning opportunities for everyone, thus contributing toraising the status of Vietnam's education in the international arena.
– A hybrid roundtable conference on "Vietnam - Russiarelations: experience in diplomatic activities" was held on March 30 atthe Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) underRussia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the participation of former, currentand future diplomats.
The event, which also saw representativesfrom the Russian Embassy in Hanoi and the Russian Consulate General in DaNang city, aimed to share experiences and difficulties relating to language andinterpretation.
– Vietnam secured the first place at the Binh Dinh Grand Prixof the UIM F1H2O World Championship, the flagship international series ofsingle-seater inshore circuit powerboat racing, which took place in Quy Nhoncity, the south central province of Binh Dinh on March 30-31.
It was followed by Shajar Team and Victoria Team,both from United Arab Emirates (UAE)./.
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