Day: April 12, 2024

Hanoi: The Su That (Truth) National Political Publishing House recently released a book called ‘Dien Bien Phu – History and memories’ on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu victory.

Compiled by the Party Committee of Dien Bien province, the Vietnam Association of History Science and the Su That publishing house, the book contains writings and evaluations on the Dien Bien Phu campaign by generals directly participating in the campaign, as well as domestic and foreign scientists, military analysts, and reporters. They were previously published on the Xua and Nay (Past and Present) Magazine, the Military History Magazine and the Political Theory Magazine.

Divided into three parts, the book provides readers an insight into the historical values and significance of the campaign from different perspectives, and sheds light on the glorious strategic battle of the Vietnamese Party, people and army that crushed the French colonists.

It also pays tribute to the soldiers, frontier workers, and
youth volunteers who laid down their lives for the victory.

The book is also considered a valuable document for historical and military researchers, museums and students./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: Vietnam needs to take advantage of opportunities to overcome difficulties and keep up with global trends; and create good, better quality foundations in terms of institutions, infrastructure and human resources for breakthrough development, according to an economist.

Addressing a symposium on recovery efforts of Vietnam’s economy in 2024 amidst numerous uncertainties held in Hanoi on April 11, Dr. Vo Tri Thanh, Director of the Institute for Brand and Competitiveness Strategy, noted that although the 5.1% growth rate in 2023 brought Vietnam to the list of the world’s fastest growing economies, the figure was lower than the 6.5% target set by the National Assembly.

To improve this growth rate, Thanh proposed the Government maintain macro-economic stability, implement prudent monetary and fiscal policies, stimulate consumption, invest in infrastructure development, and attract quality foreign direct investment (FDI) by taking advantage of the upgrade of partnerships with major countries such as the US,
Japan, Australia, and the Republic of Korea.

It is also necessary to continue to have specific policies to support businesses, he stated, adding that institutional reform and legal framework amendments also need to be implemented to create sustainable development and a firm foundation for new fields such as digital economy and green economy.

These will be important measures in shaping the development direction of Vietnam’s economy in 2024, stressed the economist.

Dau Anh Tuan, Deputy General Secretary and head of the Legislation Department of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), said that the Government needs to promote the disbursement of public investment, focus on attracting investment sources, and encourage investment projects in the form of public-private partnerships (PPP).

Attention should be paid to economic restructuring associated with growth model reform, and the improvement of productivity, quality and competitiveness, said Tuan.

At the symposium, participating experts, scient
ists and managers also discussed issues related to the country’s real estate market, the making and implementation of the Government’s policies to respond to instability and boost the economic recovery, and ways to speed up the reform of the business environment to revive and develop Vietnamese enterprises./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference in Hanoi on April 11 to popularise new contents in regulations on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing prevention and combat prescribed in newly-issued legal documents.

According to the Directorate of Fisheries, the Prime Minister has recently issued Decree No. 37/2024/NQ-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 26/2017/NQ-CP of the Government detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Fisheries Law, along with Decree No. 38/2024/ND-CP regulating sanctions on administrative violations in the field of fisheries, and Decree No. 38/2024/ND-CP replacing Decree No. 42/2019/ND-CP on penalties for administrative violations in the fisheries sector.

Director of the directorate Tran Dinh Luan said that major new contents of Decree No. 37/2024/NQ-CP include more flexible administrative procedures in case of natural disasters or epidemics where it is impossible to organise on-site inspection
s and assessments serving the issuance of licences, certificates and approval of documents, reality assessments and supervision. In those cases, evaluation activities will be conducted online, along with the procedures for registration of aquaculture farming, and the announcement of the closure and opening of fishing ports, he said.

Regarding fishing boat monitoring, the decree clarifies the responsibility of central and local agencies in managing and use of the vessel monitoring system (VMS), as well as the responsibility of VMS suppliers.

The decree has an additional regulation on observers on Vietnamese fishing vessels operating in Vietnam’s territorial waters to create a legal framework to maintain and promote Vietnam’s seafood exports to the US.

It adjusts and supplements a number of regulations on controlling foreign vessels’ activities of exploiting and transporting aquatic products originating from Vietnamese ports, and controlling seafood and aquatic products imported into Vietnam.

Regarding new
regulations prescribed in Decree No. 38/2024/ND-CP, Luan said that the decree increases the prescription for sanctioning administrative violations in the fisheries sector to two years, along with stricter punishments on repeated violations, and the power of rangers on posing punishments on violations of regulations on the protection of aquatic resources in national parks and conservation areas.

Heads of the Departments of Fisheries, Chairpersons of People’s Committees of provinces, districts and communes, police, border guards, coast guards, customs, market management, fisheries inspection forces, forestry rangers, inspection and agencies assigned to perform specialised inspections are also permitted to handle such violations, according to the decree.

Addressing the conference, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien said that with increasingly effective legal tools, all localities should work hard to join hands with central agencies in seeking the European Commission (EC)’s remo
val of the ‘yellow card’ against Vietnam’s seafood exports.

The official noted that progress has been seen in IUU fishing prevention and combat, but there is still much work to do.

Localities should continue to focus on supervising their fleets, trace the origin of seafood products and strictly handle violations according to the new regulations, he underlined./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference in Hanoi on April 11 to popularise new contents in regulations on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing prevention and combat prescribed in newly-issued legal documents.

According to the Directorate of Fisheries, the Prime Minister has recently issued Decree No. 37/2024/NQ-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 26/2017/NQ-CP of the Government detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Fisheries Law, along with Decree No. 38/2024/ND-CP regulating sanctions on administrative violations in the field of fisheries, and Decree No. 38/2024/ND-CP replacing Decree No. 42/2019/ND-CP on penalties for administrative violations in the fisheries sector.

Director of the directorate Tran Dinh Luan said that major new contents of Decree No. 37/2024/NQ-CP include more flexible administrative procedures in case of natural disasters or epidemics where it is impossible to organise on-site inspection
s and assessments serving the issuance of licences, certificates and approval of documents, reality assessments and supervision. In those cases, evaluation activities will be conducted online, along with the procedures for registration of aquaculture farming, and the announcement of the closure and opening of fishing ports, he said.

Regarding fishing boat monitoring, the decree clarifies the responsibility of central and local agencies in managing and use of the vessel monitoring system (VMS), as well as the responsibility of VMS suppliers.

The decree has an additional regulation on observers on Vietnamese fishing vessels operating in Vietnam’s territorial waters to create a legal framework to maintain and promote Vietnam’s seafood exports to the US.

It adjusts and supplements a number of regulations on controlling foreign vessels’ activities of exploiting and transporting aquatic products originating from Vietnamese ports, and controlling seafood and aquatic products imported into Vietnam.

Regarding new
regulations prescribed in Decree No. 38/2024/ND-CP, Luan said that the decree increases the prescription for sanctioning administrative violations in the fisheries sector to two years, along with stricter punishments on repeated violations, and the power of rangers on posing punishments on violations of regulations on the protection of aquatic resources in national parks and conservation areas.

Heads of the Departments of Fisheries, Chairpersons of People’s Committees of provinces, districts and communes, police, border guards, coast guards, customs, market management, fisheries inspection forces, forestry rangers, inspection and agencies assigned to perform specialised inspections are also permitted to handle such violations, according to the decree.

Addressing the conference, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien said that with increasingly effective legal tools, all localities should work hard to join hands with central agencies in seeking the European Commission (EC)’s remo
val of the ‘yellow card’ against Vietnam’s seafood exports.

The official noted that progress has been seen in IUU fishing prevention and combat, but there is still much work to do.

Localities should continue to focus on supervising their fleets, trace the origin of seafood products and strictly handle violations according to the new regulations, he underlined./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: The Ministry of Education and Training coordinated with the Australian Education Department to organise training courses from March 25 to April 11 for universities to improve their capacity for internationalisation.

Managers and lecturers responsible for developing international training programmes from 44 universities attended the courses face-to-face or online.

During the courses, participants learned about the overview of the internationalisation of higher education and cooperation on student exchange; international cooperation in research and internationalised programmes; quality assurance in transnational education; international education researching; models, strategies and cooperation in transnational education; strategy and plan for internationalisation of higher education; and advantages and disadvantages of higher education’s internationalisation.

John Molony, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University, said that the university plans to concentrate on investing in educational internationalis
ation in India, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

Attracting international students will bring resources to schools and boost their brand. International cooperation of higher education institutions requires efforts with clear focused approaches and strategies, he said./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency