Category: Politics

Hanoi: Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Chairman of its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung held talks with visiting Director of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Kim Song Nam in Hanoi on March 25.

At the event, Trung stated that the Vietnamese Party, State, and people always treasure the traditional friendship and cooperation with the WPK, Government, and people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

He proposed both sides enhance exchanges and contacts at all levels to strengthen mutual understanding and develop the ties between their parties and countries across various fields.

Trung went on to recommend the two countries effectively implement existing cooperation mechanisms, expand their cultural, art, sports, people-to-people, locality-to-locality exchanges, and strengthen their coordination at multilateral forums.

For his part, Kim, who is leading a delegation to visit Vietnam fr
om March 25 to 28, stressed his trip is to step up the development of the Vietnam-DPRK friendship and collaboration and to discuss measures to strengthen the sides’ party building work.

He affirmed that the Party, Government, and people of the DPRK value the traditional friendship with Vietnam and are pleased with the development of the relationship shared between the two parties and countries. The DPRK is ready to work with Vietnam to promote ties, he affirmed.

During the talks, the officials discussed and evaluated the results of cooperation between the commission and the department so far. They concurred on cooperation measures, including further promotion of the role of the two bodies, and effective implementation of cooperation directions that were agreed upon by Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chairman of the DPRK’s State Affairs Commission Kim Jong-un during the latter’s visit to Vietnam in 2019./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Canberra: New Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam paid a courtesy call to President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines in Canberra on March 25.

Tam expressed his delight at witnessing the development of cooperative ties between the Vietnamese and Australian legislatures, especially in the exchange of high-level visits.

He vowed to effectively realise the outcomes achieved during the Australia visit by National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue from November 30-December 3, 2022 and actively contribute to the development of the recently-established comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, thus deepening cooperation in areas of shared concern such as politics, economy, national defence-security, education, tourism, and people-to-people exchange.

Lines, for her part, believed that bilateral ties will develop comprehensively and deeply, including through parliamentary diplomacy and people-to-people exchange. She also expected breakthroughs in collaboration in economy, trade, sc
i-tech, climate change response and energy transition.

Expressing delight at the official launch of a direct flight service between Hanoi and Perth – the capital city of Western Australia, her hometown, she wished to pay an official visit to Vietnam via this route soon, with an aim to further bolster the friendship and cooperation between the two countries, as well as between Perth and Vietnamese localities.

She also pledged her support to the diplomat in expanding bilateral ties throughout his tenure./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Canberra: New Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam paid a courtesy call to President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines in Canberra on March 25.

Tam expressed his delight at witnessing the development of cooperative ties between the Vietnamese and Australian legislatures, especially in the exchange of high-level visits.

He vowed to effectively realise the outcomes achieved during the Australia visit by National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue from November 30-December 3, 2022 and actively contribute to the development of the recently-established comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, thus deepening cooperation in areas of shared concern such as politics, economy, national defence-security, education, tourism, and people-to-people exchange.

Lines, for her part, believed that bilateral ties will develop comprehensively and deeply, including through parliamentary diplomacy and people-to-people exchange. She also expected breakthroughs in collaboration in economy, trade, sc
i-tech, climate change response and energy transition.

Expressing delight at the official launch of a direct flight service between Hanoi and Perth – the capital city of Western Australia, her hometown, she wished to pay an official visit to Vietnam via this route soon, with an aim to further bolster the friendship and cooperation between the two countries, as well as between Perth and Vietnamese localities.

She also pledged her support to the diplomat in expanding bilateral ties throughout his tenure./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: A national conference reviewing the performance of the People’s Councils of provinces and centrally-run cities nationwide in 2023 and launching 2024 tasks wrapped up in Hanoi on March 25.

In his closing speech, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said after one day of sitting, the event fulfilled all its set agenda. He requested collecting all feedback at the event to submit to the NA Standing Committee for consideration.

The top legislator asked the People’s Councils to continue to closely follow the leadership of the Party Committees and their standing boards and strengthen the implementation of functions of local people-elected bodies according to the provisions of law to best fulfil their tasks in 2024.

According to Permanent Vice Chairman of the NA Tran Thanh Man, over more than half of the 2021-2026 tenure, the NA and its Standing Committee have carried out a number of reforms and devised measures for better supervising and directing activities of the People’s Councils from perfecting th
e legal foundation to increasing activities that connect the NA, its Standing Committee, and their agencies with the provincial-level People’s Councils.

The People’s Councils have also exerted efforts to boost reforms and creativity during the performance of tasks. Closely following the Party’s guidelines and the State’s policies and laws, they have issued resolutions, mechanisms, and policies meeting demand in their localities, thereby substantially contributing to the realisation of local and national socio-economic development, defence, security, and external affairs targets, he continued.

The organisation of the annual conference was an occasion for the NA and its Standing Committee to enhance the momentum for reform at local people-elected bodies, Man added.

However, the official also pointed out several shortcomings, elaborating that the quality of meetings of some People’s Councils remains limited. Some have yet to take strong or effective enough measures for fully handling post-supervision opinions
.

The settlement and reply to voters’ opinions and petitions are still slow in some provinces and cities. Besides, some people’s councils haven’t released digital transformation and IT application directions on schedule while agencies’ coordination is still lax./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: Politburo member, permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission Truong Thi Mai hosted a reception for visiting Speaker of the Parliament of Finland Jussi Halla-aho in Hanoi on March 25.

The Party official welcomed her guest’s selection of Vietnam for his first official visit outside Europe since taking office and expressed her gratitude for the support and sharing that Finland has given to Vietnam so far.

She outlined several major directions and measures to expand and enhance the effectiveness of cooperation between the two countries in such areas as manufacturing industry, sustainable forestry, green transition, and waste management, as well as in leveraging the advantages of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) to promote bilateral economic, trade, and investment cooperation.

The senior Party official also stressed the necessity of enhancing the sides’ high-level delegation exchanges, their cooperation across
the party, parliamentary, and ministry channels, and their people-to-people exchange.

The Finnish parliament speaker expressed his impression of and congratulations on the Southeast Asian country’s achievements under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam. He said he is pleased with positive progress in the Vietnam-Finland traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation over the past time.

The top legislator affirmed that there is still much potential for bilateral collaboration in areas where Finland has strengths and Vietnam has demands, and that Vietnam is an attractive destination for Finnish enterprises.

He also agreed with his host on the need for the two to continue promoting and creating strong transformations in cooperation across all fields.

Exchanging viewpoints on global and regional situations as well as some common concerns, the two leaders stated that Vietnam and Finland are ready to cooperate bilaterally and at multilateral forums on the basis of respecting international law
and the UN Charter, for peace, stability, and development in the world and the region, including the East Sea./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Speaker of the Parliament of Finland Jussi Halla-aho in Hanoi on March 25, believing that his visit will generate an impetus to foster traditional friendship and all-around cooperation between the two countries.

PM Chinh proposed that the Finnish Parliament support the European Commission’s early removal of the “yellow card” warning against Vietnamese aquatic products, and hasten the parliaments of EU member states’ ratification of the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA).

He suggested that both sides should explore new potential for educational cooperation in vocational training, share experience in building quality education systems, and expand student exchanges. He thanked and urged the Finnish Government and Parliament to continue creating favourable conditions for Vietnamese citizens living there, contributing to upholding their role as a bridge for bilateral friendship and collaboration.

Halla-Aho, for his part, acknowledged Vietnam as Finl
and’s most important economic partner in ASEAN and wished to fortify bilateral cooperation to fully tap great potential between the two countries.

Informing the host about Finland’s talent development programme, he extended a warm welcome to skilled Vietnamese workers and students to the European country for working and studying.

The two leaders concurred on the need to explore new directions, approaches and impetus to further deepen bilateral relationship, partly via facilitating the exchange of delegations at all levels and across the Party, State and NA channels, and offering mutual support at multilateral forums for the sake of stability, peace and sustainable development.

They vowed to facilitate the connectivity among businesses and investors while fully tapping the benefits from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), especially in areas of their demands and strengths such as hi-tech, green development, environment, agriculture, forestry and information technology.

Both sides will continue eff
ectively carry out the two Governments’ Framework Agreement on projects funded under the Finnish Government’s Public Sector Investment Facility Scheme, with a focus on priorities to improve the competitiveness of the private economic sector, develop knowledge-based economy, address challenges related to sustainable development and climate change, and promote sustainable development in the Mekong Delta.

On global and regional issues of shared concern, they promised to respect sovereignty and territorial integrity, and settle disputes through peaceful means, while upholding international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

The Speaker expressed support for ASEAN’s and Vietnam’s stance on the East Sea issue, including ensuring safety and freedom of navigation and overflight, backing efforts of ASEAN and China to effectively and fully implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and formulate a Code of Conduct in the waters (COC)./.

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ource: Vietnam News Agency