Category: Politics

Hanoi: The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Romanian counterpart Ion Marcel Ciolacu held talks in Bucharest on January 22, following the welcome ceremony for the Vietnamese guest earlier the same day.

PM Ciolacu underscored the significance of PM Chinh’s visit, which takes place at a time when the two countries are gearing towards the 75th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties in 2025, affirming that Vietnam is one of the top important partners of Romania in Asia-Pacific. Read full story

– Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest on January 22 as part of his official visit to the European nation.

President Iohannis welcomed PM Chinh’s visit, considering it a milestone in promoting traditional friendship and cooperation between Romania and Vietnam. Read full story

– Vietnam and Romania have agreed to promote cooperation between the two legislati
ve bodies and continue to coordinate closely and support each other at inter-parliamentary forums.

The agreement was reached during a meeting between Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and President of the Romanian Senate Nicolae Ciuca in Bucharest on January 22 (local time). Read full story

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with Romanian President of the Chamber of Deputies Alfred Simonis on January 22 (local time) as part of his official visit to the European country.

Affirming Vietnam’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralism and diversification of relations, PM Chinh underscored that Vietnam always values and wants to enhance relations with its traditional partners in the Central and Eastern Europe, with Romania being the one with a top priority. Read full story

– The Vietnamese Government always accompanies and supports foreign enterprises, including those from Romania, so that they can make long-term, effective and sustainable investment in Vietnam in the s
pirit of ‘harmonising benefits and sharing risks’, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on January 22.

PM Chinh made the statement while attending the Vietnam – Romania Business Forum co-organised by the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Vietnamese Embassy in Romania and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania. Read full story

– President Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 22 for Governor of Fukuoka prefecture Hattori Seitaro, the first leader of a Japanese prefecture to visit Vietnam this year.

President Thuong said the visit contributed to further deepening the Comprehensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia and the world between Vietnam and Japan. Read full story

– Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue paid pre-Tet visits to the families of late top legislators Bui Bang Doan and Le Quang Dao on January 22.

He offered incense in tribute to Doan and Dao, who contributed greatly to the revolutionary cause of the Party, people and
National Assembly. Read full story

– With its new visa exemption policy, Vietnam has been more attractive to visitors from near and far, with the number of tourist arrivals far exceeding the country’s set target, Malaysia’s only broadsheet format English language newspaper highlighted in its article ‘Visa-free travel a boon’.

The article highlighted that more and more countries are deciding to waive visa requirements to encourage travellers to choose them as destinations for their getaway. For authorities, it is a way to boost tourism, while for vacationers, it is a way to save time, money and hassle. Read full story

– President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Phan Anh Son hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 22 for a delegation of officials from Uzbekistan.

Son said the solidarity, friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Uzbekistan, cultivated by their Governments and people, rest on a foundation of profound understanding, mutual respect and trust. Read full story

– A de
legation of the Royal Cambodian Army, led by Deputy Commander-in-Chief General Thong Thao Rin, paid a visit to the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on January 22 ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) – the longest and biggest festival of Vietnamese people.

He extended his best wishes to leaders of the city People’s Committee, department, sectors, armed forces and local people. Read full story

– The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations, in collaboration with relevant agencies and units, on January 22 launched a training course on exercise planning process in 2024 between Vietnam and Canada.

This is the third time Vietnam and Canada have co-hosted an international intensive training course at the Vietnamese department./. Read full story

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Bucharest: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with Romanian President of the Chamber of Deputies Alfred Simonis on January 22 (local time) as part of his official visit to the European country.

Affirming Vietnam’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralism and diversification of relations, PM Chinh underscored that Vietnam always values and wants to enhance relations with its traditional partners in Central and Eastern Europe, with Romania being the one with a top priority.

Alfred Simonis, for his part, described the Vietnamese Government leader’s visit as an important milestone in the sound traditional friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

He spoke highly of the socio-economic achievements that Vietnam has carved out over the past time as well as the country’s increasing role and position in the international arena. He also affirmed that Romania always treasures and hopes to bolster the ties with Vietnam – its traditional friendship partner in the Southeast As
ian region.

At the event, both sides expressed their delight at the positive development in the bilateral ties across various areas. As the relations hold huge potential for further development, the two leaders agreed to enhance the exchange of delegations at all levels via Party, State and parliament channels so as to promote political trust and reach consensus on measures to strengthen the bilateral ties.

The Romanian President of Chamber of Deputies hailed the fruitful inter-parliamentary between the two parliaments with regular exchange of delegations between leaders of parliaments, parliaments’ committees and friendship parliamentarians.

Meanwhile, PM Chinh asserted that Vietnam wants to cooperate and share experience in the fields of legislation and supreme supervision, while recommending the two parliaments support and promote the implementation of the cooperation deals reached between the two governments, particularly those in economy, trade and investment.

The Vietnamese Government leader took th
e occasion to thank the Romanian parliament for assisting the negotiations and signing of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and becoming one of the first in the EU adopting the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA).

He suggested the Romanian Chamber of Deputies continue hastening the parliaments of other EU nations to ratify the EVIPA soon, and back the European Commission to lift the illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) “yellow card” on Vietnamese seafood.

Simonis agreed that both sides need to promote the efficiency of the inter-governmental mechanism on economic cooperation, continue rolling out the EVFTA.

Highlighting the robust cooperation in education-training, agriculture, culture-tourism, and labour, the two leaders concurred to boost collaboration in those traditional areas and expand to other potential ones such as IT, green finance and innovation so as to branch out the friendship in all fields.

This was the last activity of PM Chinh during his working trip to Europe
to attend the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF-54) in Davos, Switzerland and official visits to Hungary and Romania.

PM Chinh, his spouse and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation then left Bucharest for Hanoi./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Bucharest: Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Romanian counterpart Ion-Marcel Ciolacu held a joint press conference to announce the outcomes of their talks in Bucharest on January 22.

PM Ciolacu highlighted the goal of lifting two-way trade to 1 billion USD in the coming years, describing Romania as a bridge between Vietnam and the European Union and Vietnam as an entry point for Romania to penetrate the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Both leaders affirmed their commitment to creating more favourable conditions for their goods to access each other’s market. Romania wants to export its key products, such as agricultural goods and pharmaceuticals, to Vietnam. Additionally, Romania proposed supporting existing projects and expediting new initiatives.

PM Ciolacu expressed his desire for collaboration with Vietnam in producing African swine fever vaccines in Romania for supply to Romania and the broader European market. They also pledged to enhance partnership in energy, educatio
n-training, and other fields.

PM Chinh, for his part, said Vietnam wishes to further step up cooperation with Romania for the sake of prosperity of each country, well-being and happiness of their people.

He underscored the significance of his visit in reinforcing political trust between the two nations, generating a new momentum for the extensive, effective and practical development of bilateral traditional friendship in the coming period while expanding opportunities for collaboration in new areas, aiming towards self-resilient and sustainable development and contribute to peace, stability and development in the region and the world.

At the press conference, PM Chinh expressed thanks to Romania, the first European Union member state to make a noble gesture by providing hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses and medical equipment for Vietnam, helping the country overcome the pandemic soon and reopen its door for economic recovery.

He hailed Romania for playing an active role in signing the EU-Vie
tnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and being among the first EU countries to ratify the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA).

According to the Vietnamese leader, both sides promised to continue facilitating the exchange of visits at all levels, especially at high level, and via all channels to strengthen political trust and mutual understanding.

They will further uphold bilateral cooperation mechanisms, particularly the Inter-Governmental Committee for Economic Cooperation and continue to fully and effectively implement the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

PM Chinh proposed Romania urge other EU member nations to soon ratify the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) and push for the European Commission (EC)’s removal of its “yellow card” warning against Vietnamese seafood.

They vowed to strengthen collaboration in education and research between universities in high-tech engineering, information technology, agriculture and healthcare; in culture-sports- tourism, sci-tech,
information and communication, agriculture, labour, and locality-to-locality cooperation.

The Vietnamese leader said both sides had agreed to continue close and effective coordination at the United Nations, ASEM, ASEAN, and the EU to jointly address regional and global challenges.

Regarding global and regional issues, including the East Sea issue, they agreed to support the peaceful settlement of disputes in accordance with international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). They also expressed their support for the practical and effective negotiations on a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).

In his view, their biggest barrier is geographical distance. However, this obstacle can be overcome through effective digital transformation, e-commerce, and modern transport means which help connect the two economies, enhance people-to-people exchanges and promote tourism.

On this occasion, he thanked the Romanian Government and people for creating favourable conditi
ons for the Vietnamese community living in the European nation, who serve as a bridge for friendly relations between the two countries.

Following the talks, the host and guest witnessed the signing of 19 cooperation agreements between the two countries’ ministries, agencies and localities; and 15 memoranda of understanding on cooperation between their universities./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Bucharest: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received representatives from the Romania – Vietnam Friendship Association and friendship organisations with Vietnam in Bucharest on January 21 (local time) as part of his official to the European country.

The PM expressed his joy to meet with representatives of Romanian friendship associations and friends who have made contributions to fostering solidarity, friendship and understanding between the two countries, during his official visit to Romania.

According to the PM, over the past nearly 75 years, generations of Vietnamese and Romanian people have continuously built and nurtured a good traditional friendship, based on mutual understanding and trust, as well as support for mutual development. Vietnam always remembers Romania’s sentiments and valuable support for Vietnam in the past struggle for national independence and reunification as well as in the present national construction and development.

He said his official visit aims to strengthen multifaceted cooper
ation between Vietnam and Romania, tighten traditional friendship between the two nations, promote achievements in bilateral ties over the past nearly 75 years, while creating new momentum for the bilateral relations.

During his stay in Romania, he will have talks with the Romanian Prime Minister, and meet with leaders of Romania to discuss measures to boost the Vietnam – Romania relations. He wished Romanian friends to continue to inspire all Romanians to promote relations between the two countries, contributing to the two countries’ sustainable development goals.

In recent times, Romanian friendship associations and organisations have actively coordinated with the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese community to organise many meaningful events marking major holidays of Vietnam and Romania, and important foreign affairs activities as well as cultural and art programmes, exhibitions and seminars.

At the event, the participants expressed their deep sentiments to Vietnam, and belief in the Southeast Asian
country’s strong development./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Phan Anh Son hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 22 for a delegation of officials from Uzbekistan.

Son said the solidarity, friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Uzbekistan, cultivated by their Governments and people, rest on a foundation of profound understanding, mutual respect and trust.

He wished that in the upcoming time, VUFO would continue working closely with agencies and embassy of Uzbekistan and various partners to facilitate connectivity and create conditions for further mutual understanding and bilateral cooperation in areas such as economy, trade, investment, culture, education, sports and tourism.

Notably, Son suggested that the Uzbekistani Government consider promptly opening a representative office in Hanoi, while Vietnam explores the possibility of reopening its representative office in Tashkent. Such offices, acting as crucial bridges, would play a pivotal role in promoting cooperative relations across se
ctors, including people-to-people diplomacy.

Zulaykho Makhkamova, Vice Prime Minister and Chairwoman of the State Committee of Family and Women, said the newly re-elected President of Uzbekistan has urged ministries and agencies to take measures to enhance cooperation with Vietnam across all aspects. The purpose of this visit is to further strengthen collaboration between the two countries in various fields, providing a robust foundation for the deepening of diplomatic relations and friendship between their people.

Iqboljon Ergashev, Chairman of the Committee for the Development of Silk and Wool Industry of Uzbekistan, affirmed that Vietnam and Uzbekistan hold great potential for collaboration in various sectors.

Uzbekistan is renowned for its cotton products, while Vietnam is well-known for silk, presenting an opportunity for mutual learning and cooperation, he said, adding that Uzbekistan is keen on gaining experience in silk production from Vietnam, and there are plans in place to strengthen bilateral c
ollaboration in the silk and wool industry.

He expressed hope that following the visit, the cooperation between the two countries will be further boosted./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue paid pre-Tet visits to the families of late top legislators Bui Bang Doan and Le Quang Dao on January 22.

He offered incense in tribute to Doan and Dao, who contributed greatly to the revolutionary cause of the Party, people and National Assembly.

Meeting Nguyen Nguyet Tue, spouse of late NA Chairman Le Quang Dao, and doctor Bui Nghia, son of late head of the NA Standing Committee (now NA Chairman) Bui Bang Doan, Hue highlighted the achievements across politics, diplomacy, economy, society and security and defence that the country has carved out over the past years.

Inheriting and promoting the success of the legislature of previous tenures, with significant contributions made by Doan and Dao, the 15th NA has made a multitude of innovations that help improve the operation quality and efficiency and receive enthusiastic support and confidence from voters and people nationwide, he said.

He underscored that at its freshly concluded 5th extraordinary m
eeting, the NA adopted several important bills, including revised land law and revised law on credit institutions, adding the NA Standing Committee and competent quarters are making meticulous preparations for a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the first general election of Vietnam (January 1, 1946-2026) with part of it dedicated to Doan and Dao.

Hue took the occasion to extend the warmest Tet greetings to the families of the late parliamentary leaders, expressing his hope that they will continue contributing to the national construction cause as desired by the late leaders. For their parts, the representatives of Doan and Dao’s families thanked the top legislator for the visit and Tet greetings.

Doan was the head of the NA Standing Committee between 1946 and 1955, during which he promoted national solidarity to mobilise people from all walks of life to join the resistance war to protect the nation. Besides, he made considerable contributions to the restructuring of the Government as well as rolled
out effective economic, agricultural tax and land policies.

As the Chairman of the 8th NA (1987-1992), Dao was responsible for building a legal framework that served as a foundation for the country’s renewal process initiated by the Party at its 6th National Congress./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency