Thai Nguyen: Thai Nguyen College in the northern province of the same name has been presented with the Friendship Order of Laos, and Cambodia’s Royal Order of Sahametrei-Tepidin in recognition of its contributions to human resources development of the two neighbouring countries.

A ceremony was held on December 20 to receive the honour and celebrate the 45th anniversary of the educational institution (December 20, 1978-2023), with the attendance of representatives from the Lao and Cambodian embassies in Vietnam.

In his remarks, Permanent Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Pham Hoang Son commended the college’s contributions to people-to-people diplomacy of the province and the country, as well as the solidarity and friendship between Vietnam and the two neighbours.

The official asked the college to continue developing a contingent of high-quality lecturers and pay more attention to Lao and Cambodian students, and suggested it give heed to such majors as technology, services, creative design, e
lectronics, mechanics and automation, and optimise digital transformation and scientific-technological achievements in teaching.

The college has so far provided training for nearly 1,800 Lao and Cambodian students who have contributed to socioeconomic development of the countries, and promoting their solidarity and friendship./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency

Tokyo: Major General Vu Trung Kien, Deputy Commander in charge of law of the Vietnam Coast Guard and Vice Commandant Watanabe Yasunori of the Japan Coast Guard co-chaired the 10th bilateral meeting between the two forces in Tokyo on December 20.

This is one of the last events of a series of cooperative activities this year to mark the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic relations, the 75th anniversary of the traditional day of the Japan Coast Guard and 25 years of the traditional day of the Vietnam Coast Guard. It is held within the framework of a working trip to Japan by Vietnam Coast Guard delegation from December 19-22.

At the meeting, the two sides reviewed their cooperative activities, including sending ships to visit each other and coordinating in non-combat exercises at sea, exchanging high-level delegations, completing procedures for a project on improving maritime law enforcement capacity for the Vietnam Coast Guard funded by Japan and the 10th bilateral meeting between the two forces.

Ma
jor General Kien emphasised that all cooperation activities between the two forces in 2023 have been carried out seriously and effectively, thus helping the Vietnam Coast Guard and Japan Coast Guard improve law enforcement capacity at sea.

He underlined that in the joint statement on upgrading the Vietnam-Japan relations to a “Comprehensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia and the world”, the two sides agreed to bolster cooperation in maritime security and safety through the enhancement of cooperation activities, including joint trainings, information sharing, and capacity building between the Coast Guards from both sides.

This is clear evidence that the leaders of Vietnam and Japan acknowledged the sound cooperative relationship between the two coast guard forces and want to develop this cooperative relationship in the future to join hands to build safe, peaceful, cooperative and friendship maritime areas, he said.

The two sides agreed on cooperative activities in 2024, including org
anising the 11th bilateral meeting between the two forces in Vietnam.

During its stay in Japan, the Vietnam Coast Guard delegation paid a courtesy visit to the Commander of the Japan Coast Guard, met the former Deputy Commander of the Japanese Coast Guard and visited a number of units and ships of Yokohama Coast Guard Station./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee scrutinised the outcomes of inspections of some Party organisations and Party officials at a meeting in Hanoi from December 18-20.

The commission concluded that the Party civil affairs committee at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) had violated the principle of democratic centralism and working regulations, showed a lack of responsibility and relaxed leadership, letting the ministry and many organisations and individuals violate the Party’s rules and the State’s laws in advisory work and issuance of mechanisms for solar and wind power development as well as for the trading and management of oil and petrol supplies; in the implementation of the adjusted 7th National Power Plan; the management of the price stabilisation fund; the drafting, evaluation, approval, bidding organisation and implementation of projects/bidding packages by the AIC company. Many officials and Party members have been disciplined or subject to criminal prosecution.

According to the commission, those violations and mistakes are attributable to the Party civil affairs committee at the MoIT in the 2016-2021 and 2021-2026 tenures, the standing boards of the Party Committees of the ministry and related departments, as well as the ministry’s many officials, including Tran Tuan Anh, Politburo member, head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, former Secretary of the Party civil affairs committee at the MoIT and former Minister of the MoIT; Do Thang Hai, member of the the Party civil affairs committee at the MoIT and Deputy Minister of the MoIT; Hoang Quoc Vuong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Members’ Council of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), former member of the Party civil affairs committee at the MoIT and former Deputy Minister of the MoIT; and Nguyen Anh Tuan, member of the Party civil affairs committee at the MoIT, Vice Secretary of the ministry’s Party Committee and head of the ministry’s Department of Organisation and
Personnel; among others.

To be blamed for the above-said violations and mistakes are also the standing board of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Electricity in the 2015 – 2020, 2020 – 2025 tenures and a number of officials, including Trinh Dinh Dung, former member of the Party Central Committee, former Deputy Prime Minister; Mai Tien Dung, former member of the Party Central Committee, former Minister-Chairman of the Government’s Office; Duong Quang Thanh, former Chairman of the Members’ Council of Vietnam Electricity; Tran Dinh Nhan, former General Director of Vietnam Electricity, and some other officials, the commission said.

The above-said violations have caused serious consequences with possible huge losses of the State’s funding and assets and waste of social resources, negatively affecting the prestige of the Party organisation and State agencies, that calls for disciplinary measures.

The Inspection Commission required the Party civil affairs at the MoIT and Party committees and organisations at rel
ated ministries, sectors, localities and agencies to conduct review, define the specific responsibilities and decide disciplinary measures regarding the said Party organisations and members, and report the results to the commission.

The commission also decided to expel Luu Binh Nhuong, former deputy head of the National Assembly’s Ombudsman Committee, from the Party for showing degradation in political ideology, morality and lifestyle, violating the Party’s regulations and the State’s laws and abusing his position and power for personal gains.

The outcomes of inspections of some Party organisations and Party members were also tabled for discussion at the meeting. The commission requested that those Party organisations and Party members continue to uphold their strong points and draw lessons from the mistakes and violations uncovered during the inspections./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee scrutinised the outcomes of inspections of some Party organisations and Party officials at a meeting in Hanoi from December 18-20.

The commission concluded that the Party civil affairs committee at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) had violated the principle of democratic centralism and working regulations, showed a lack of responsibility and relaxed leadership, letting the ministry and many organisations and individuals violate the Party’s rules and the State’s laws in advisory work and issuance of mechanisms for solar and wind power development as well as for the trading and management of oil and petrol supplies; in the implementation of the adjusted 7th National Power Plan; the management of the price stabilisation fund; the drafting, evaluation, approval, bidding organisation and implementation of projects/bidding packages by the AIC company. Many officials and Party members have been disciplined or subject to criminal prosecution.

According to the commission, those violations and mistakes are attributable to the Party civil affairs committee at the MoIT in the 2016-2021 and 2021-2026 tenures, the standing boards of the Party Committees of the ministry and related departments, as well as the ministry’s many officials, including Tran Tuan Anh, Politburo member, head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, former Secretary of the Party civil affairs committee at the MoIT and former Minister of the MoIT; Do Thang Hai, member of the the Party civil affairs committee at the MoIT and Deputy Minister of the MoIT; Hoang Quoc Vuong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Members’ Council of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), former member of the Party civil affairs committee at the MoIT and former Deputy Minister of the MoIT; and Nguyen Anh Tuan, member of the Party civil affairs committee at the MoIT, Vice Secretary of the ministry’s Party Committee and head of the ministry’s Department of Organisation and
Personnel; among others.

To be blamed for the above-said violations and mistakes are also the standing board of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Electricity in the 2015 – 2020, 2020 – 2025 tenures and a number of officials, including Trinh Dinh Dung, former member of the Party Central Committee, former Deputy Prime Minister; Mai Tien Dung, former member of the Party Central Committee, former Minister-Chairman of the Government’s Office; Duong Quang Thanh, former Chairman of the Members’ Council of Vietnam Electricity; Tran Dinh Nhan, former General Director of Vietnam Electricity, and some other officials, the commission said.

The above-said violations have caused serious consequences with possible huge losses of the State’s funding and assets and waste of social resources, negatively affecting the prestige of the Party organisation and State agencies, that calls for disciplinary measures.

The Inspection Commission required the Party civil affairs at the MoIT and Party committees and organisations at rel
ated ministries, sectors, localities and agencies to conduct review, define the specific responsibilities and decide disciplinary measures regarding the said Party organisations and members, and report the results to the commission.

The commission also decided to expel Luu Binh Nhuong, former deputy head of the National Assembly’s Ombudsman Committee, from the Party for showing degradation in political ideology, morality and lifestyle, violating the Party’s regulations and the State’s laws and abusing his position and power for personal gains.

The outcomes of inspections of some Party organisations and Party members were also tabled for discussion at the meeting. The commission requested that those Party organisations and Party members continue to uphold their strong points and draw lessons from the mistakes and violations uncovered during the inspections./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee scrutinised the outcomes of inspections of some Party organisations and Party officials at a meeting in Hanoi from December 18-20.

The commission concluded that the Party civil affairs committee at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) had violated the principle of democratic centralism and working regulations, showed a lack of responsibility and relaxed leadership, letting the ministry and many organisations and individuals violate the Party’s rules and the State’s laws in advisory work and issuance of mechanisms for solar and wind power development as well as for the trading and management of oil and petrol supplies; in the implementation of the adjusted 7th National Power Plan; the management of the price stabilisation fund; the drafting, evaluation, approval, bidding organisation and implementation of projects/bidding packages by the AIC company. Many officials and Party members have been disciplined or subject to criminal prosecution.

According to the commission, those violations and mistakes are attributable to the Party civil affairs committee at the MoIT in the 2016-2021 and 2021-2026 tenures, the standing boards of the Party Committees of the ministry and related departments, as well as the ministry’s many officials, including Tran Tuan Anh, Politburo member, head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, former Secretary of the Party civil affairs committee at the MoIT and former Minister of the MoIT; Do Thang Hai, member of the the Party civil affairs committee at the MoIT and Deputy Minister of the MoIT; Hoang Quoc Vuong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Members’ Council of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), former member of the Party civil affairs committee at the MoIT and former Deputy Minister of the MoIT; and Nguyen Anh Tuan, member of the Party civil affairs committee at the MoIT, Vice Secretary of the ministry’s Party Committee and head of the ministry’s Department of Organisation and
Personnel; among others.

To be blamed for the above-said violations and mistakes are also the standing board of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Electricity in the 2015 – 2020, 2020 – 2025 tenures and a number of officials, including Trinh Dinh Dung, former member of the Party Central Committee, former Deputy Prime Minister; Mai Tien Dung, former member of the Party Central Committee, former Minister-Chairman of the Government’s Office; Duong Quang Thanh, former Chairman of the Members’ Council of Vietnam Electricity; Tran Dinh Nhan, former General Director of Vietnam Electricity, and some other officials, the commission said.

The above-said violations have caused serious consequences with possible huge losses of the State’s funding and assets and waste of social resources, negatively affecting the prestige of the Party organisation and State agencies, that calls for disciplinary measures.

The Inspection Commission required the Party civil affairs at the MoIT and Party committees and organisations at rel
ated ministries, sectors, localities and agencies to conduct review, define the specific responsibilities and decide disciplinary measures regarding the said Party organisations and members, and report the results to the commission.

The commission also decided to expel Luu Binh Nhuong, former deputy head of the National Assembly’s Ombudsman Committee, from the Party for showing degradation in political ideology, morality and lifestyle, violating the Party’s regulations and the State’s laws and abusing his position and power for personal gains.

The outcomes of inspections of some Party organisations and Party members were also tabled for discussion at the meeting. The commission requested that those Party organisations and Party members continue to uphold their strong points and draw lessons from the mistakes and violations uncovered during the inspections./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency

HCM City: Ho Chi Minh City highly values Japan’s cooperation in and support for infrastructure development, and will create optimal conditions for Japanese constructors to implement such projects, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Bui Xuan Cuong on December 20.

The official told visiting Uehara Atsushi, Vice-Minister for International Affairs at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan during their meeting that Japan has helped HCM City with many infrastructure projects like Metro Line 1 and another on water supply improvement, suggesting the Japanese ministry continue to assist the city in the implementation of key projects.

In reply, Uehara Atsushi noted with pleasure the fruitful development of the Vietnam-Japan relations, especially the elevation of the relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World in November.

Leaders of the two countries agreed to accelerate official development assistance (ODA) pr
ojects, and strengthen cooperation activities in Vietnam, according to the official.

The Japanese guest expressed his hope that HCM City will pay more attention to removing obstacles to Japanese projects in the city, thus ensuring their progress, contributing to local development as well as the Vietnam-Japan relations./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency