Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list ofselected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a teleconference withministries, agencies, localities and units on April 1 to review the progress ofthe 500kV circuit-3 power transmission line linking Quang Trach in the central provinceof Quang Binh and Pho Noi in the northern province of Hung Yen.
The nearly 519km-long line has investment capital of over 22.35trillion VND (929 million USD), comprising four sections, including Quang Trach- Quynh Luu, Quynh Luu - Thanh Hoa, Thanh Hoa - Nam Dinh 1 thermal power plant,and Nam Dinh 1 thermal power plant - Pho Noi. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a teleconference withministries, agencies, localities and units on April 1 to review the progress ofthe 500kV circuit-3 power transmission line linking Quang Trach in the central provinceof Quang Binh and Pho Noi in the northern province of Hung Yen.
The nearly 519km-long line has investment capital of over 22.35trillion VND (929 million USD), comprising four sections, including Quang Trach- Quynh Luu, Quynh Luu - Thanh Hoa, Thanh Hoa - Nam Dinh 1 thermal power plant,and Nam Dinh 1 thermal power plant - Pho Noi. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has sent a letter ofcongratulations to Khmer people, monks and nuns on the occasion of theirtraditional New Year festival Chol Chnam Thmay 2024.
On behalf of Party and State leaders, the PM extended hisgreetings and best wishes to the Khmer people, monks and nuns.
- The ASEAN Future Forum 2024 (AFF 2024) will take place inHanoi on April 23, with over 200 delegates taking part, Deputy Minister ofForeign Affairs Do Hung Viet told an international press conference in Hanoi onApril 1.
As one of the foremost multilateral diplomaticevents hosted by Vietnam this year, the AFF 2024 initiative was announced byPrime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesiain September 2023. Read full story
- Chairman of Vietnamese private conglomerate Vingroup PhamNhat Vuong, at 4.8 billion USD, moved 252 places to rank 678th in the HurunGlobal Rich List 2024.
According to the Shanghai-based ResearchInstitute’s list, other Vietnamese billionaires also moved up the rankings,including Techcombank Chairman Ho Hung Anh (up 833 places to 1,787th with 2billion USD), Chairman of steel maker Hoa Phat Tran Dinh Long (up 466 places to1,855th with 1.9 billion USD), budget carrier Vietjet’s CEO Nguyen Thi PhuongThao (up 153 places to 2,038th with 1.7 billion USD), and Chairman of TruongHai Auto Tran Ba Duong (up 47 places to 2,573rd with 1.3 billion USD). Read full story
- Vietnam’s Q1 growth was at the highest level since 2020despite global economic turmoil, reported The Business Times of Singapore.
The article cited the General Statistics Office(GSO)’s report on March 29 as saying that Vietnam’s gross domestic product(GDP) grew 5.66% year on year in the first quarter, with export growthreturning to a double-digit rate. This expansion was greater than thoserecorded in the same period in the previous four years, but slower than the6.72% rise in the preceding quarter. Read full story
- Politburo member, permanent member of the Communist Partyof Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat and Chairwoman of the CPVCentral Committee’s Organisation Commission Truong Thi Mai is leading ahigh-level delegation on a working visit to Japan from March 31 to April 3.
The visit is taking place at a time when theVietnam - Japan relations are growing fruitfully with the latest milestonebeing the upgrade of the ties to a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership forPeace and Prosperity in Asia and the World” last November. Read full story
- The Institute of Oceanography, in collaboration with theAustralian Embassy in Vietnam, on April 1 organised training on technologytransfer and improvement of monitoring capacity over coral reefs in Vietnam.
Specifically, Australia will support the use ofworld-class ReefScan technology (a blockchain discovery tool) to help Vietnammonitor and protect coral reefs against the impacts of climate change. This isa programme announced by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Marchand also reflected in the Joint Statement on the Comprehensive StrategicPartnership of the two countries. Read full story
On behalf of Party and State leaders, the PM extended hisgreetings and best wishes to the Khmer people, monks and nuns.
- The ASEAN Future Forum 2024 (AFF 2024) will take place inHanoi on April 23, with over 200 delegates taking part, Deputy Minister ofForeign Affairs Do Hung Viet told an international press conference in Hanoi onApril 1.
As one of the foremost multilateral diplomaticevents hosted by Vietnam this year, the AFF 2024 initiative was announced byPrime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesiain September 2023. Read full story
- Chairman of Vietnamese private conglomerate Vingroup PhamNhat Vuong, at 4.8 billion USD, moved 252 places to rank 678th in the HurunGlobal Rich List 2024.
According to the Shanghai-based ResearchInstitute’s list, other Vietnamese billionaires also moved up the rankings,including Techcombank Chairman Ho Hung Anh (up 833 places to 1,787th with 2billion USD), Chairman of steel maker Hoa Phat Tran Dinh Long (up 466 places to1,855th with 1.9 billion USD), budget carrier Vietjet’s CEO Nguyen Thi PhuongThao (up 153 places to 2,038th with 1.7 billion USD), and Chairman of TruongHai Auto Tran Ba Duong (up 47 places to 2,573rd with 1.3 billion USD). Read full story
- Vietnam’s Q1 growth was at the highest level since 2020despite global economic turmoil, reported The Business Times of Singapore.
The article cited the General Statistics Office(GSO)’s report on March 29 as saying that Vietnam’s gross domestic product(GDP) grew 5.66% year on year in the first quarter, with export growthreturning to a double-digit rate. This expansion was greater than thoserecorded in the same period in the previous four years, but slower than the6.72% rise in the preceding quarter. Read full story
- Politburo member, permanent member of the Communist Partyof Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat and Chairwoman of the CPVCentral Committee’s Organisation Commission Truong Thi Mai is leading ahigh-level delegation on a working visit to Japan from March 31 to April 3.
The visit is taking place at a time when theVietnam - Japan relations are growing fruitfully with the latest milestonebeing the upgrade of the ties to a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership forPeace and Prosperity in Asia and the World” last November. Read full story
- The Institute of Oceanography, in collaboration with theAustralian Embassy in Vietnam, on April 1 organised training on technologytransfer and improvement of monitoring capacity over coral reefs in Vietnam.
Specifically, Australia will support the use ofworld-class ReefScan technology (a blockchain discovery tool) to help Vietnammonitor and protect coral reefs against the impacts of climate change. This isa programme announced by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Marchand also reflected in the Joint Statement on the Comprehensive StrategicPartnership of the two countries. Read full story
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Director of the provincial Department of Culture,Sports and Tourism Nguyen Dac Thuy said a plan for organising the events hasbeen built by the local authorities. Read full story
- Nearly 36,200 job seekers in Ho Chi Minh City in the firstquarter of this year are well educated and possess prior training, accountingfor 97.21% of the total number, according to the Centre of Forecasting ManpowerNeeds and Labour Market Information (Falmi) on April 1.
Among those seeking jobs, university graduates orthose with higher degrees dominated, with 23,242 individuals (62.42%). Collegegraduates followed closely with over 4,700 (12.68%). Unskilled workerscomprised a much smaller portion, with just over 1,000 job seekers (2.79%)./. Read full story
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