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Hai Duong and Vientiane Strengthen Ties Through People’s Council Exchange

Hai Duong: The People's Council of the northern province of Hai Duong hosted a working session with a delegation from the People's Council of Vientiane, Laos. The delegation was led by Bun Sone Phet La Van, Deputy Secretary of the Vientiane Party Comm...

PM Sonexay to Visit Thailand

Hai Duong: Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, accompanied by his spouse and a high-ranking delegation, will pay an official visit to Thailand on February 20, 2025, at the invitation of Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the Ministry of Foreig...

Vietnam Strengthens Business and Investment Ties in Laos

Hai Duong: Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone recently held a meeting with a delegation of Vietnamese businesses and international enterprises, led by Nguyen Hong Hue, Chairman of the Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese. The meeting focused...

Deputy PM, FM Engages in Strategic Discussions with Lao Foreign Minister

Hanoi: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son engaged in talks with Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongsavanh Phomvihane in Hanoi on February 14. This meeting was part of Phomvihane's three-day official visit, which comm...

Vietnam and Laos Sign Landmark Agreement for 1,200 MW Wind Power Plant

Vientiane: The Lao Government and Chitchareune Construction Co., Ltd. have signed an agreement to develop a 1,200 MW wind power plant in Nong district, located in Laos' Savannakhet province. This strategic project aims to begin supplying electricity t...

Government Policy

FM Meets Mongolian Road and Transport Minister to Strengthen Bilateral Ties

Vientiane: Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane met on Monday in Vientiane with Mongolian Road and Transport Minister Delgersaikhan Borkhuu, who was on a working visit to co-chair the 12th Meeting of the Laos-Mongolia Intergovernmental Commission o...

Education

DepEd makes education accessible to remote villages in Antique

Antique: The opening of two elementary schools and the conversion of 12 others into elementary, secondary and integrated schools made education more accessible to learners in far-flung barangays of the municipalities of Bugasong and Valderrama in Anti...

Industry

Human Services

PM calls to boost anti-tuberculosis efforts

Hanoi: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh recently ordered efforts to be exerted to enhance the tuberculosis (TB) prevention and control efforts. His recent dispatch in this regard said TB prevention and control activities have achieved commendable resul...

Vietnamese blood donors save life of UK patient

HCM City: Three Vietnamese donors with a rare blood type have helped save the life of a 64-year-old British man with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). The man was taken to Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for emergency treatment on March 17....

Thai Binh province records fruitful health cooperation with Denmark: official

Thai Binh: A senior official of the northern province of Thai Binh highlighted the productive cooperation in healthcare with Denmark while meeting with a visiting delegation of the Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health on March 5. Providing a br...

Master plan on healthcare network by 2050 approved

Hanoi: The Prime Minister on February 27 issued a Decision approving the Master Plan on the healthcare network for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050. The plan encompasses systems of healthcare facilities at regional, inter-provincial, and i...

Digital transformation in health care – irreversible trend

Hanoi: An official of the Ministry of Health has called digital transformation in health care an irreversible trend. Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Le Thu Hang, Deputy Director of the Department of Financial Planning, held that the Fourth Industrial R...

Entertainment

2024 Ha Long Carnival to showcase parades at sea

Quang Ninh: This year, for the first time, the Ha Long Carnival will feature performances and parades on both the sea and sandy shores of the popular UNESCO-recognised bay, as heard at a quarterly press conference of the People's Committee of the nort...

HCM City Int’l Film Festival 2024 opens

HCM City: The Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival 2024 (HIFF 2024) opened in the southern metropolis on April 6. Running from April 6-13, the festival includes three main competition categories, including Southeast Asian films, debut and sho...

French food festival 2024 opens in Hanoi

Hanoi: The French food festival 2024 named 'Balade En France' was opened in Hanoi on April 5 under the auspices of the French embassy in Vietnam and the municipal People's Committee. Taking place to April 7, the festival boasts nearly 80 pavilions, a...

Fun & Game

2024 Ha Long Carnival to showcase parades at sea

Quang Ninh: This year, for the first time, the Ha Long Carnival will feature performances and parades on both the sea and sandy shores of the popular UNESCO-recognised bay, as heard at a quarterly press conference of the People's Committee of the nort...

HCM City Int’l Film Festival 2024 opens

HCM City: The Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival 2024 (HIFF 2024) opened in the southern metropolis on April 6. Running from April 6-13, the festival includes three main competition categories, including Southeast Asian films, debut and sho...

French food festival 2024 opens in Hanoi

Hanoi: The French food festival 2024 named 'Balade En France' was opened in Hanoi on April 5 under the auspices of the French embassy in Vietnam and the municipal People's Committee. Taking place to April 7, the festival boasts nearly 80 pavilions, a...

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