- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse Le Thi Bich Tran and thehigh-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi on March 4 morning for theASEAN-Australia Special Summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary ofASEAN-Australia dialogue relations, and official visits to Australia and NewZealand from March 5 – 11.
The trip is made at the invitation of Australian Prime Minister AnthonyAlbanese and Prime Minsiter of New Zealand Christopher Luxon. Read full story
- Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski has emphasised thesignificance of the upcoming trip to Australia by Prime Minister Pham MinhChinh in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).
PM Chinh and his spouse will attend theASEAN-Australia Special Summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary ofASEAN-Australia dialogue relations, and pay official visits to Australia andNew Zealand from March 5-11.
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 3 called on state-owned enterprises(SOEs) to engage more intensively in the implementation of strategicbreakthroughs regarding institutional perfection, personnel training andinfrastructure development.
At a meeting with outstanding SOEs nationwide, the Government leader shareddifficulties facing businesses in general and SOEs in particular last year.
- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang attended the AntalyaDiplomacy Forum and held bilateral activities in Türkiye on March 1-2.
Themed “Advancing Diplomacy in Times of Turmoil,” the forum brought togetherabout 4,000 delegates, including 19 high-ranking leaders, and nearly 100ministers and deputy ministers from 147 countries, along with representativesof international organisations, policy makers, experts, scholars andbusinesspeople.
- A high-level delegation of the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) led by itsDeputy Minister Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung paid a working trip to SouthAfrica from February 24 to March 1 to promote bilateral cooperation between thetwo countries, especially in the field of law protection and enforcement.
The delegation had working sessions with Njabulo Nzuza, Deputy Minister of HomeAffairs of South Africa; Cassel Mathale, Deputy Minister of Police; Nozuko Bam,Acting Director General of the State Security Agency and leaders of theMinistry of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment.
- The 140-year-old railway, considered outdated in Vietnam, will undergo themost significant infrastructure transformation in decades, as the North-Southhigh-speed railway project will be submitted to the Politburo in March, and theNational Assembly within this year.
At a working session with the Ministry of Transport earlier, permanentGovernment members stressed that the high-speed railway must be modern,concerted and sustainable.
- The Hanoi Women for Peace and Development Festival 2024 opened in Hanoi onMarch 2.
Hanoi was recognised by the UNESCO as a City for Peace in 1999, becoming theonly city in Asia-Pacific to earn the title. In 2019, the city joined theUNESCO Creative City Network (UCCN).
- The Vietnam Global Leaders Forum 2024 (VGLF 2024) will take place from March30-31 in Paris, expecting 100 prominent Vietnamese and Vietnamese-originindividuals with global influence in all fields from over 20 countries andterritories worldwide.
The participants are the winners of international prizes, entrepreneurs, largeinvestors, experts, scientists, and artists. The event, the second of its kind, will be held following the initiative of theAssociation of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSE Global), aiming togather resources and put forth practical actions for the development of thehomeland.
- Vietnam's top female badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh made a great surpriseat the 2024 German Open Badminton Championship by defeating former worldchampion Ratchanok Intanon in the quarterfinals of the women's singles event onMarch 2 (Vietnam time).
This is the first victory of Linh, ranked 23th in the world, over RatchanokIntanon, who is currently ranked 14th in the world and won the World Championships in 2013 and heldthe position of world's No.1 in women's singles in 2016. ./.
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