- National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue met with Wang Huning, memberof the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party ofChina (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the Chinese People's PoliticalConsultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, in Beijing on April 9 aspart of his ongoing official visit to China.
The two sides noted with pleasure the positive developments in the relationsbetween the two Parties and States over the past time, and agreed on measuresto strengthen the friendship and cooperation between the two countries acrossspheres.
- National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended a ceremony held byVietnam Airlines in Beijing on April 9 to celebrate 30 years since the nationalflag carrier launched the Vietnam-China air route and its 100,000th flights toChina.
According to Vietnam Airlines Chairman Dang Ngoc Hoa, the decision to open theroute to China 30 years ago had a strategic commercial importance to theairline, bridging political, economic and cultural activities between the twocountries, promoting the image of Vietnam to the world and deepening theVietnam-China relations.
- The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture (USDA) officially launched the Fertilize RightProject, at a workshop in Hanoi on April 9.
Led by the Plant Protection Department and implemented by the InternationalRice Research Institute (IRRI), the four-year project is estimated to cost 4.4million USD.
- The Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment(ISPONRE) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and theUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are building steps to implement aproject on enhancing the capacity of plastic pollution management in Vietnam.
It includes two component projects on strengthening plastic pollution controlthrough promoting monitoring activities in Vietnam to provide information forthe management and policy making process, and on intensifying plastic wastevalue chain management in target provinces with river basins through promotingcircular economic models and innovative solutions to prevent plastic waste atsource.
- The Land Law (revised), which expands land use rights for overseas Vietnamese(OVs) and Vietnamese citizens residing abroad, is expected to give a boost tothe domestic real estate market.
Lieu Nguyen, global ambassador to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia from the USNational Association of Realtors, said the legal document will help OVs andforeign investors feel secure about investment in the market.
- Minister - Chairman of the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Minority AffairsHau A Lenh attended a get-together to celebrate the Chol Chnam Thmay festivalof Khmer people in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on April 9.
In his speech, the official extended greetings and best wishes to the Khmerethnic community on the occasion of their traditional New Year festival,stressing that thanks to the attention from the Party and State, and sectorsand local authorities, the material and spiritual lives of the Khmer peoplecontinue to improve, and rural areas gets a facelift.
- Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien had a meeting in Vientiane onApril 8 with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone who asked relevantministries of the two sides to focus on seeking ways to remove difficultiesfacing their businesses in exporting coal and electricity, thus improving theeffectiveness of bilateral cooperation in trade, energy, and minerals inaccordance with the needs and potential of each country.
- The building of legal regulations related to virtual assistants in particularand artificial intelligence (AI) applications in general in Vietnam has beendrastically implemented, said Deputy Minister of Information and Communications(MIC) Nguyen Phu Tien at a press conference in Hanoi on April 8.
The official underlined that one of the tasks stated in a decision issued bythe Prime Minister on January 26, 2021, on the national strategy on AIresearch, development and application until 2030 is to build and improvepolicies and laws to create an open legal corridor to meet the requirements ofpromoting research, development, and application AI in life.
- A series of activities with various messages will be organised until May 1 tocelebrate the Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2024, heard a pressconference hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) onApril 8.
The day will kick off at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi on April 17 and be broadcastlive on the Hanoi Radio and Television Station, online on platforms of localradio and television stations, as well as on websites of some press agencies.
- International airway experts from across the world, including the UnitedKingdom, United States of America, France, Italy, New Zealand, and experts fromVietnam will gather at the first South East Asian Conference of the WorldAlliance of Airway Management (WAAM) in Hanoi on April 13-14.
The conference, expected to draw one thousand global delegates, has beenorganised and facilitated by the UK charity Facing The World (FTW) inconjunction with hospital anaesthetists from the 108 Central Hospital, Viet DucHospital and Hong Ngoc Hospital, and with support from Vietnam Airlines – thenational flag carrier. ./.
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