Society Vietnam News Agency wins three prizes of HCM City Tourism Press Awards The Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s reporters have won three prizes of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Press Awards 2020. 01/27/2021 20:47 | VietnamPlus Work begins on communal house for Vietnamese-Cambodians in Kampot 01/27/2021 17:09 | VietnamPlus Congress discusses draft documents on Party building, national development 01/27/2021 15:34 | Vietnam Law Remarks by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at Climate Adaption Summit 2021 01/27/2021 10:14 | Vietnam Law 1 VietnamPlus | 01/27/2021 20:21 Online coverage of Party Congress excellent opportunity for foreign reporters Foreign reporters who could not come to Vietnam to cover the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) due to the COVID-19 pandemic have praised the country’s initiative to allow their online coverage. 2 VietnamPlus | 01/27/2021 16:29 Binh Phuoc now boasts tallest sitting Buddha statue in Southeast Asia After four years of construction, a 73-m-high sitting Buddha statue - the tallest of its kind in Southeast Asia - has been inaugurated at the Phat Quoc Van Thanh Pagoda in the southern province of Binh Phuoc. 3 VietnamPlus | 01/27/2021 15:46 Overseas Vietnamese in Laos have high hopes for 13thNational Party Congress Vietnamese citizens living in Laos have high hopes for the ongoing 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), saying they have full faith that the Party’s wise leadership will take the country to new heights in the years to come. 4 VietnamPlus | 01/27/2021 11:30 HCM City wants to foster ties with India Ho Chi Minh City wants to continue to be an important partner of India in the fields of economy-trade, health care, information technology and clean energy, said Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Committee Phan Thi Thang. 5 VietnamPlus | 01/26/2021 20:55 UNPFA presents aid to senior citizens in flood-hit central provinces The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Vietnam handed over 3,704 necessity kits for elderly people in three flood-hit central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Tri and Quang Ngai to the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee on January 26. 6 VietnamPlus | 01/26/2021 16:15 Struggle for AO/dioxin victims in Vietnam endures Significant attention has been paid to a hearing on January 25 for a trial brought by Vietnamese-French woman Tran To Nga against the US companies that provided the chemical toxins used by the US Army in the war in Vietnam. 7 VietnamPlus | 01/26/2021 15:29 Ninh Binh announces plans for National Tourism Year 2021 Ninh Binh, a tourist destination in Vietnam’s northern region and host of the National Tourism Year 2021, has released its plans for the annual programme, which feature myriad tourism, cultural, and sporting events. 8 VietnamPlus | 01/26/2021 14:11 Khmer language course opens for overseas Vietnamese in Cambodian province A Khmer language course for Cambodians of the Vietnamese origin opened in the Cambodian province of Preah Sihanouk on January 25. 9 Vietnam Law | 01/26/2021 08:55 13th National Party Congress officially opens in Hanoi The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) officially opened at 8 am on January 26 at the National Convention Center in the capital city of Hanoi. 10 VietnamPlus | 01/25/2021 20:15 Hanoi to open four new suburban bus routes from February The Hanoi Transportation Corporation (Transerco) will open four new bus routes connecting outlying areas in the city from next month in accordance with the Hanoi Department of Transport’s plan on opening 30 new routes in total in 2021. 11 VietnamPlus | 01/25/2021 18:43 Vietnamese students win 20 medals at Int’l Mathematics and Science Olympiad Vietnamese students won 20 medals at the 2021 International Mathematics and Science Olympiad (IMSO). 12 VietnamPlus | 01/25/2021 16:22 New artifacts unearthed at Ho Dynasty Citadel New documents that help in understanding the architecture of the Ho Dynasty Citadel in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa were unearthed during a recent excavation, Director of the Ho Citadel Heritage Conservation Centre Nguyen Ba Linh announced on January 25. 13 VietnamPlus | 01/25/2021 16:08 Vietnamese confident about congress’s success, Party leadership People around Vietnam interviewed by the Vietnam News Agency are sharing a belief that the 13th National Party Congress, being held from January 25 to February 2, will be a success and set out orientations for Vietnam to develop sustainably. 14 VietnamPlus | 01/25/2021 15:01 Humanitarian Lunar New Year fair for the poor in Ninh Binh The Red Cross Society of northern Ninh Binh province held a humanitarian Lunar New Year fair in support of the poor and the disabled in Yen Thanh, Yen Dong and Yen Thai – the poorest communes of Yen Mo district, on January 25. 15 VietnamPlus | 01/25/2021 12:17 French court to hold hearing on AO lawsuit A French court will open a hearing on a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese-French Tran Thi To Nga against 14 multinational companies for producing and selling chemical toxins that was sprayed by the US army in the war in Vietnam, causing serious consequences for the community, her children and herself. 16 Vietnam Law | 01/25/2021 10:44 Preparatory session adopts working regulations for 13th National Party Congress Delegates to the 13th National Party Congress attended a preparatory session in the morning of January 25, during which they are scheduled to adopt working regulations of the congress. 17 VietnamPlus | 01/25/2021 10:41 Vietnamese scholar in France highlights national unity as strength for development Prof. Nguyen Duc Khuong, Deputy Director of Research at IPAG Business School and President of the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts in France (AVSE Global) has highlighted national unity as the root factor for national development. 18 VietnamPlus | 01/25/2021 09:23 Vietnam Airlines performs nearly 30 flights on Jan 24 serving 13th Party Congress The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines operated nearly 30 flights on January 24 to carry nearly 400 delegates attending the 13th National Party Congress. 19 VietnamPlus | 01/24/2021 19:30 Vietnamese in RoK expect Congress to mark new milestone The Vietnamese people at home and abroad believe that the upcoming 13th National Party Congress will mark a new milestone in the national development, said Chairman of the Vietnam – Korea Businessmen and Investment Association Dr. Tran Hai Linh. 20 VietnamPlus | 01/24/2021 19:14 Russian scholar: CPV – a Party of people, for people Prof. Alexander Sokolovsky from the Far Eastern Federal University has affirmed that the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is always a Party of the people and for the people. 1 2 3 4 5