Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief reviewof the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the CommonwealthScientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) of Australia inCanberra on March 8 as part his official trip to the country.
At a working session with CSIRO leaders, theVietnamese Government leader expressed his impression on the sound cooperationbetween Vietnam and CSIRO over the past time, and congratulated theorganisation on its valuable research that has contributed significantly toAustralia and the whole world. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 8 (local time)visited the Australian National University (ANU) and attended an educationforum in Canberra, as part of his official visit to Australia.
In his remarks, the PM highlighted the close andpractical friendship between Vietnam and Australia, and the elevation of thebilateral relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership made on theoccasion of his visit. Read full story
- The coming official visit to New Zealand by Prime MinisterPham Minh Chinh holds special significance as it is an occasion for the twosides to further intensify bilateral cooperation and strategic partnership,said Vietnamese Ambassador to the South Pacific country Nguyen Van Trung.
He told Vietnam New Agency that the visit on March10 - 11, to be made at the invitation of PM Christopher Luxon, is the first toNew Zealand – a strategic partner of Vietnam since 2020 – by PM Chinh, who isalso the first foreign government leader to arrive in New Zealand since thiscountry shaped a new government. Read full story
- Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Permanent Representative ofVietnam to the UN in Geneva, on March 7 affirmed the importance the Associationof Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) attaches to fisheries cooperation andVietnam’s achievements in developing this sector.
He delivered speeches while attending aninteractive dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the CommonwealthScientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) of Australia inCanberra on March 8 as part his official trip to the country.
At a working session with CSIRO leaders, theVietnamese Government leader expressed his impression on the sound cooperationbetween Vietnam and CSIRO over the past time, and congratulated theorganisation on its valuable research that has contributed significantly toAustralia and the whole world. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 8 (local time)visited the Australian National University (ANU) and attended an educationforum in Canberra, as part of his official visit to Australia.
In his remarks, the PM highlighted the close andpractical friendship between Vietnam and Australia, and the elevation of thebilateral relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership made on theoccasion of his visit. Read full story
- The coming official visit to New Zealand by Prime MinisterPham Minh Chinh holds special significance as it is an occasion for the twosides to further intensify bilateral cooperation and strategic partnership,said Vietnamese Ambassador to the South Pacific country Nguyen Van Trung.
He told Vietnam New Agency that the visit on March10 - 11, to be made at the invitation of PM Christopher Luxon, is the first toNew Zealand – a strategic partner of Vietnam since 2020 – by PM Chinh, who isalso the first foreign government leader to arrive in New Zealand since thiscountry shaped a new government. Read full story
- Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Permanent Representative ofVietnam to the UN in Geneva, on March 7 affirmed the importance the Associationof Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) attaches to fisheries cooperation andVietnam’s achievements in developing this sector.
He delivered speeches while attending aninteractive dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. Read full story
Vietnam has been putting gender equality, women’s empowerment, and human rights at the centre of development. (Photo: VNA) In his article, titled “Women and girls areempowered to make their own decision” and penned on the occasion of the 114thanniversary of International Women’s Day (March 8), Jackson said over recentyears, dedicated investments in the health and rights of women and girls haveimproved – and saved – millions of lives but progress is slow. Globally, in thelast 20 years, maternal mortality rates have declined by 34%, yet a woman stilldies every two minutes during pregnancy or childbirth, pointing to a hiddenglobal crisis. Read full story
- The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and Djibouti is takingcitizen protection measures for Vietnamese sailors working on theBarbados-flagged True Confidence cargo ship which was struck by a Houthiballistic missile off the coast of Yemen on March 6.
Ambassador Nguyen Huy Dung said that one of thefour Vietnamese crewmen on the ship died in the attack and his body is now keptat a hospital in Djibouti city, Djibouti. Read full story
- Together with countries around the world that are makingefforts to protect and restore rivers, the Government of Vietnam has beenimplementing many important policies and practical actions to protect andrevive the Earth's source of life and respond to the International Day ofAction for Rivers (March 14), according to insiders.
Data of the Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironment show that Vietnam has 3,450 rivers and streams with a length of 10km or more. They are located in 108 river basins spreading across the countrywith a total basin area of about 1.16 million sq.km, of which only 330,990sq.km, or 28.3%, are located within Vietnam's territory. Read full story
- The Ministry ofForeign Affairs and the Algerian Embassy on March 8 co-organised a ceremony tocommemorate Vietnamese and Algerian officials and journalists who perished in aplane crash five decades ago.
On the occasion, the upgraded memorial site for the victims inSoc Son district, Hanoi was inaugurated. Read full story
- Over 5,000 people clad in "Ao dai" (Vietnamesetraditional gown) joined a parade in Ho Chi Minh City on March 8 as part of thecity’s ongoing 10th Ao Dai Festival.
Head of the city Women’s Union Nguyen Tran PhuongTran said that the annual festival has been held for a decade on the occasionof the International Women’s Day (March 8), with an aim of honouring thetraditional costume as well as the beauty of Vietnamese women. Read full story
- Four red-crowned cranes were spotted at the Tram Chim NationalPark in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on March 7, the forest’smanagement board has reported.
The birds stayed on the feeding ground in Zone A5 for about 30minutes then flew towards Zone A4 in the park. The park has sent specialisedstaff to monitor around the clock at A5 feeding area and other zones where thebirds used to feed./.
Head of the city Women’s Union Nguyen Tran PhuongTran said that the annual festival has been held for a decade on the occasionof the International Women’s Day (March 8), with an aim of honouring thetraditional costume as well as the beauty of Vietnamese women. Read full story
- Four red-crowned cranes were spotted at the Tram Chim NationalPark in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on March 7, the forest’smanagement board has reported.
The birds stayed on the feeding ground in Zone A5 for about 30minutes then flew towards Zone A4 in the park. The park has sent specialisedstaff to monitor around the clock at A5 feeding area and other zones where thebirds used to feed./.
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