Category: Politics

Hanoi: The National Assembly Standing Committee has decided to convene the sixth extraordinary meeting of the 15th-tenure legislature to consider personnel affairs under its authority.

The meeting will take place at on March 21 morning the NA House in Hanoi.

The decision is pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the revised Law on Organisation of the NA, NA session regulations issued in the NA’s Resolution No. 71/2022/QH15 dated November 11, 2022./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: The National Assembly Standing Committee has decided to convene the sixth extraordinary meeting of the 15th-tenure legislature to consider personnel affairs under its authority.

The meeting will take place at on March 21 morning the NA House in Hanoi.

The decision is pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the revised Law on Organisation of the NA, NA session regulations issued in the NA’s Resolution No. 71/2022/QH15 dated November 11, 2022./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 20 for Second Minister for Trade and Industry of Singapore Tan See Leng, who is on a visit to Vietnam.

During the meeting, the Deputy PM highlighted the sound development of the Vietnam – Singapore relations across a variety of fields in recent times.

In 2023, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations, and 10 years since Vietnam and Singapore established the strategic partnership, the two countries signed many important cooperation agreements, opening up new opportunities to boost sustainable development cooperation between the two countries, especially in new areas such as energy transition, digital economy, digital transformation, and the green economy, he said.

The host said he supports cooperation in new areas in line with global trends, thus contributing to further deepening the Vietnam-Singapore strategic partnership in the coming time.

The two sides focused their discussion on the prospects of
cooperation in areas of semiconductors, artificial intelligence, innovation, digital and green economic development, and establishing free trade zones.

They also mentioned the possibility of establishing legal support channels for Singaporean investors in Vietnam, the potential signing of agreements on carbon credits, and cooperation in energy transition towards achieving the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.

Regarding trade cooperation, two-way trade between Vietnam and Singapore hit 9.1 billion USD in 2023, and is estimated to reach 2.4 billion USD in the first quarter of 2024, up 8.3% year-on-year, and higher than the average trade growth between Vietnam and ASEAN (7.2%).

Singapore is the largest Southeast Asian investor in Vietnam, and the second biggest investor among 143 countries and territories, with a total registered capital of 73.5 billion across 3,274 valid projects.

Vietnam and Singapore also closely cooperate in regional and international forums such as ASEAN, APEC, WTO, particularly withi
n frameworks and mechanisms led by ASEAN. Both countries are members of major free trade agreements such as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement.

Vietnam and Singapore, as ASEAN members, signed FTAs with the UK and the European Union, facilitating stronger cooperation between their business communities./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: The fourth Vietnam – Laos ministerial-level defence policy dialogue was held in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on March 20 under the chair of Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and his Lao counterpart Vongkham Phommakone.

At the event, Chien and Vongkham Phommakone agreed that the bilateral defence cooperation has carved out practical outcomes that help promote the sound friendship between the two governments, armies and peoples, especially in the areas of delegation exchange at all levels, dialogue mechanisms, border management and protection, training, consultation and support for each other at multilateral forums.

Touching the global and regional situations, Chien spoke highly of ASEAN’s role in shaping up and maintaining the regional security architecture, and boosting practical cooperation among its member states as well as between ASEAN and its partners.

He expressed his belief that as the ASEAN Chair 2024, Laos will effectively run the bloc’s cooperation mechani
sms, create consensus in the bloc, and continue developing the ASEAN community.

Both sides concurred to continue cooperation in the above-mentioned fields, and proposed to assign delegations of experts from the two ministries to review and evaluate the outcomes of the implementation of the protocol for the 2020-2024 period and recommend collaboration contents for 2025-2029.

As Laos’ traditional Bunpimay festival is approaching, Chien conveyed Minister of Defence General Phan Van Giang’s new year greetings to Minister of Defence General Chansamone Chanyalath./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

An Giang: Officials and Party members in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang are paying great attention to and showing their support for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s speech at the recent meeting of the sub-committee for personnel affairs of the 14th National Party Congress.

In his speech, the Party chief set the standards for members of the 14th Party Central Committee to truly be exemplary Party members in terms of political mettle, moral qualities and working capacity, emphasising that they must have both virtue and talent, in which virtue is the root.

Appreciating the speech, Nguyen Manh Ha, deputy head of the provincial Party Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, agreed with the leader’s idea that personnel work not only plays a decisive role in Party building but also is a vital link in all Party activities, and a factor determining the success or failure of the revolution.

The Party General Secretary gave summaries about the important role of personnel work in the coun
try’s revolution, which enabled the country to make important steps forward in development, and gain stature, potential, position and reputation as it has today, said Ha.

Truong Long Ho, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Home Affairs, said that the Party leader’s speech was very profound, specific and objective, affirming the importance of personnel work at any Party congress.

According to Ho, personnel work that is carefully prepared in accordance with the regulations and standards set by the Party will create a great breakthrough for the nation building and development cause.

The preparation of personnel for Party congresses at all levels is a task, an honour and a heavy responsibility, requiring each Party member to be truly responsible and impartial in selecting and introducing competent individuals to ensure that the selected officials must have enough virtue, vision, talent, confidence and health to meet the requirements of the Party’s political tasks in the new term, he added./.

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ce: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: The International Francophone Day (March 20) offers an opportunity for the Francophone community to honour its common values and the desire shared by French-speaking people to live and cooperate in cultural diversity.

Over the past years, Vietnam has made continuous efforts to contribute to promoting the image and presence of the French-speaking community in the Asia-Pacific and the world at large.

The Southeast Asian nation official joined the International Organisation of La Francophone (OIF) in 1970, and was elected to important positions of the organisation, such as Chair of the Permanent Council of the Francophone (CPF) in 1996, Chair of the Francophone Ministerial Conference (CMF) in the 1996-1997 tenure, Chair of the Francophone Summit for 1997-1998, Vice President of the CPF’s financial and administrative committee for 2009-2011 and 2011-2013, Chair of CPF’s cooperation and programme committee for 2013-2015, member of the executive council of the Association of Francophone Universities for 20
13-2017 and 2017-2021, and Chair of the Network of Structures and Institutions in charge of Francophone in Asia-Pacific (RESIFAP) for 2013-2016.

Vietnamese Ambassador Tran Thi Hoang Mai was appointed by the OIF General Secretary as head of the Francophone representative office in West Africa in September 2020. She is the first Asian to head a regional OIF office overseas.

At the OIF, Vietnam has raised many initiatives to promote cooperation and enhance dialogues among its member countries in the community. The participation of high-ranking Vietnamese leaders in Francophone summits demonstrates the importance the country attaches to the Francophone community.

The most obvious imprint of Vietnam lied with the seventh Francophone Summit in Hanoi in November 1997, through which Vietnam made remarkable contributions to the institutionalisation of political activities, and promoting cooperation in economy, apart from politics, culture-language and education-training.

In March 2019, Vietnam for the first time h
eld the celebration of International Francophone Day with the theme of ‘Couleurs Francophones’ (Francophone Colours) to promote and introduce the community as well as its goals and values, and Vietnam’s role and contributions.

As Chair of the OIF’s economic committee, Vietnam successfully coordinated the drafting of the Francophone Economic Development Strategy for 2020-2025. The country was also the first stop of a Francophone business delegation in a series of activities to implement this strategy.

Various activities marking 2024 International Francophone Day

2024 is an important year for the Francophone Community, marked by the organisation of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Francophone Summit in Villers-Cotterêts (France). The year also marks the 30th founding anniversary the OIF’s Asia-Pacific Office.

The OIF, the Group of Francophone Embassies, Delegations and Institutions in Vietnam (GADIF), Vietnamese agencies and French-speaking partners across the country have prepared a cultural
programme focusing on the theme of ‘Create, innovate and do business in French’ selected for the Francophone Summit.

In Vietnam, a ceremony was held on March 20 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology to observe the International Francophone Day, with the participation of representatives from the Government, agencies, GADIF members, universities and partners.

The embassies of Canada, France and Switzerland and the Wallonia-Brussels General Delegation will organise a free movie screening within the framework of the 14th Francophone Film Festival from March 22-27 at the Hanoi-based Vietnam National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio and at DCINE Ben Thanh in Ho Chi Minh City.

The French Embassy in Vietnam organised a ‘Relay around the world’ on March 14 to honour sports and the French-speaking community in daily life in Vietnam./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency