☕ Afternoon briefing on April 17
Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a meeting in the northern province of Dien Bien on April 17 with veteran soldiers, young volunteers and frontline workers who directly participated in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign in 1954.
Highlighting the significance of the Dien Bien Phu
Campaign, PM Chinh underlined that with the promotion of the great national
solidarity and strong will, the Party led Vietnamese soldiers and people to the
Dien Bien Phu Victory, a decisive victory that foiled the invasion intentions
of imperialist and colonial forces, helping the revolutionary forces gain a
great advantage at the negotiation table for the Geneva Agreement, and opening
up a glorious new page for the Vietnamese revolution.Read full text
- President of the Czech Senate Miloš
Vystrčil appreciated Vietnam’s economic potential and increasing position in
the region while receiving Vietnamese Ambassador Duong Hoai Nam in Prague on
April 16 (local time).
The policy of developing relations with countries
in the Asia-Pacific region, including Vietnam, has received due attention and
actively implemented by Czech senior leaders to meet the aspirations and need
for stronger cooperation between the two countries, in accordance with the
European Union's Indo-Pacific Strategy, Vystrčil said. Read full text
- The northeastern province of Quang Ninh
again secured its top place in the Public Administrative Reform (PAR) Index
ranking in 2023 which was announced by the Government’s Steering Committee for
Administrative Reform on April 17.
This was the 12th year in a row the Ministry of
Home Affairs compiled the index that evaluates performance of the 63 cities and
provinces, as well as 17 ministries and ministerial-level agencies.Read full text
- Vietnamese citizens had greater
satisfaction with the administrative services provided by State agencies last
year, according to the Satisfaction Index of Public Administration Services
(SIPAS) 2023 announced by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) on April 17.
Director of the MoHA’s Department for
Administrative Reform Pham Minh Hung said the nation’s average satisfaction
level in 2023 was 82.66%, compared to the 80.08% in the previous year.Read full text
-A business and investment conference was
held in Dak Lak province’s Buon Ma Thuot city on April 17 with the aim of
enhancing connectivity between Indian firms and Central Highlands provinces.
The event, co-organised by the provincial People’s
Committee and the Indian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, offered a
platform for the localities and enterprises to boost trade and investment
links, as well as collaboration in health care, education,
information-technology, and tourism.Read full text
- Japanese and Vietnamese investors of The
One World urban area project in the southern province of Binh Duong received
in-principal approval at a ceremony in the locality on April 17.
The over-1-billion-USD project has a clean land fund of nearly 50 ha in Thuan An city,
adjacent to Ho Chi Minh City.Read full text
-
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son is leading a
delegation on a working visit to Russia from April 15-20 to bolster education
and training collaboration between the two countries.
On
April 16, the delegation met with officials of Russia’s Ministry of Science and
Higher Education led by Deputy Minister Konstantin Mogilevskyi.Read full text
- A book series
titled “Vo Nguyen Giap – The People's General” with a Vietnamese version and
five bilingual versions made debut at an event held in the northwestern
province of Dien Bien on April 17, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary
of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.
The series, released by the Su That (Truth)
National Political Publishing House, has its bilingual versions published in
Vietnamese - English/French/Spanish/Chinese/Arabic.Read full text
- The power of will is
one of the most impressive lessons from the Dien Bien Phu Victory, Chairman of
the Committee for External Relations of Saint Petersburg Evgeny Grigoriev told
Vietnam News Agency in Moscow while taking about the great victory 70 years ago.
Recalling memories of his meeting with General Vo
Nguyen Giap - the top commander of the Dien Bien Phu battle - while joining a
youth delegation to Vietnam in the 1990s, Grigoriev said that General Giap
repeatedly mentioned the power of will.Read full text/.