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The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum will be open to the public on May 1, the Management Board of the site has announced.
Time for people to pay tribute will be from 7:30am to 11am.
President Ho Chi Minh passed away on September 2, 1969. His body was embalmed and placed in a glass coffin inside the granite mausoleum.
The mausoleum has become an important landmark of the capital city and is integral to the political and social history of Vietnam./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 7 for Attorney Chung Kye-sung, a senior partner and the chair of the Finance Practice at Kim & Chang, the leading law firm in the Republic of Korea (RoK).
As the only Korean named in the top 100 law firms in the world, Kim & Chang provides legal advices for many major Korean enterprises operating in Vietnam and actively supports investment promotion activities in the Southeast Asian country.
NA Chairman Hue hailed the RoK as the biggest FDI partner and the third biggest trade partner of Vietnam. He lauded Kim & Chang for opening its representative office in Hanoi, following the one in Ho Chi Minh City.
Chung, for his part, said with its 60 years of experience in economic development, the RoK is willing to share its experience with Vietnam so that Vietnam could avoid difficulties and obstacles that the RoK encountered.
Apart from traditional cooperation areas, he said the two countries’ State and businesses share the same goals to address global issues such as epidemics, sustainable development, climate change, digital transformation and cyber security.
According to him, Kim & Chang not only helps Korean firms but also Vietnamese businesses cooperate with Korean partners as well as acquire Korean technologies.
Kim & Chang is ready to cooperate with and provide consultancy on policies and issuance of new legal regulations for Vietnam, he said.
Agreeing with the guest that the two economies are supplementary to each other so that they could strive for a more balanced trade, Chairman Hue wished that Kim & Chang would continue helping enterprises and investors tap their complementary strengths for mutual development.
According to Hue, the two countries’ enterprises need to work more closely together to set up and maintain supply chains, especially for strategic products. He recalled that during his RoK visit, several Korean investors said they consider Vietnam a destination for semiconductor technology, a field that both the world and Vietnam need.
He agreed with the view of supporting the transfer of technology and learning management models between businesses of the two countries, contributing to increasing the localisation rate of key Korean products in Vietnam. He hoped that the law firm will step up bilateral cooperation in agricultural and seasonal labour.
He said the RoK plans to provide Vietnam with 16 billion USD in ODA loans, but with hard requirements. The host wished that the company would suggest the RoK government and legislature harmonise the requirements to help Vietnam access this capital, similar to what other countries did.
He also hoped for the company’s support to Vietnam in fine-tuning policies and laws, especially in such areas as digital transformation, digital sovereignty, cyber security, just energy transition and green transformation.
Regarding the global minimum corporate tax proposed by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Hue proposed that Kim & Chang, with its experienced experts, assist Vietnam in building and proposing solutions to ensure a balanced interest among relevant parties.
He said Vietnam will hold a seminar on this field in late April. Later this year, the Vietnamese National Assembly will decide on amending the corporate income tax law in order to continue creating a favourable business environment and improving the competitiveness of Vietnamese firms.
The guest affirmed that Kim & Chang is always ready to make contributions to promoting cooperative relationship between the two countries./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Chernyshenko visited the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) and met its leader, lecturers and students on April 7.
On the occasion, Chernyshenko expressed his delight at the university’s experience and prestige in teaching the Russian language, long-term cooperation with many Russian universities, and organisation of many historical and cultural exchange events between the two countries.
Agreeing with VNU President Le Quan on the construction of a Russian cultural, scientific and technological space or friendship square at VNU, the Deputy PM hoped that the Vietnamese university would further strengthen cooperation with a number of Russian peers such as the Moscow Aviation Institute and Moscow Power Engineering Institute to form an association of Vietnam-Russia technical universities to carry out sci-tech cooperation and transfer activities.
Meeting with lectures and students at the Russian language and culture faculty of VNU’s school of foreign languages and Russian students learning Vietnamese at the university, he said collaboration in teaching Russian is very important and is the foundation for the development of the Russia-Vietnam relations.
Each year, the Russian Government granted 1,000 scholarships for Vietnamese citizens to study in the country. Currently, nearly 3,000 Vietnamese are studying at Russian schools under an agreement between the two governments.
Earlier, at the 24th meeting of the Vietnam-Russia Inter-Governmental Committee on Economic, Trade and Scientific-Technological Cooperation in Hanoi on April 6, a tripartite cooperation pact serving AI development research was signed by representatives of VNU and Russia’s Far Eastern Federal University and Sberbank under the witness of Chernyshenko and Vietnamese Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency
Politburo member and Minister of Public Security To Lam paid a courtesy call to Prime Minister Han Duck-soo in Seoul on April 7 as part of his trip to the Republic of Korea.
Minister Lam said Vietnam always considers the RoK a leading important partner in all fields, particularly economy, politics, diplomacy, security and defence.
He held that Vietnam is committed to supporting a Korean Peninsula of peace, stability, cooperation, development and denuclearisation.
PM Han, for his part, lauded the two countries’ comprehensive strategic partnership and expressed his wish for the relationship's strong development in the time to come.
Han hoped the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security will create favourable conditions for and tackle difficulties facing Korean citizens, particularly businessmen operating in the Southeast Asian nation.
In response, Lam stated his ministry will facilitate investment and business activities of Korean firms in Vietnam. He proposed the RoK continue to assist Vietnam in improving its law enforcement capacity as well as ensuring national security and social order and safety.
In the afternoon of the same day, Minister Lam and his delegation had separate meetings with Commissioner General of the Korean National Police Agency Yoon Hee-keun, and Commissioner General of the Korea Coast Guard Kim Jong-uk, aiming to boost the sides’ cooperation in crime prevention and control./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh congratulated Chea Kimtha on being appointed as the first female Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam during a reception in Hanoi on April 7.
The PM also congratulated Cambodia on its great achievements in internal and external affairs, especially successfully assuming its role as ASEAN 2022 Chair.
He expressed his belief that Cambodia will successfully organise the seventh National Assembly election and the 32nd Southeast Asian Games. Vietnam is ready to support and share experiences to help Cambodia successfully host this important regional sporting event, he said.
Chea Kimtha, for her part, expressed her delight at the positive development of ties between the two countries, especially the positive outcomes of the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Year 2022.
She thanked Vietnam for assisting Cambodia in fighting COVID-19 pandemic and successfully hosting the ASEAN Summit 2022. Vietnam also helped Cambodia organise the SEA Games torch relay event, which was attended by around 400 people.
The diplomat vowed to do her best to push forward the close and effective relationship between the two nations, contributing to their common development and prosperity.
Following the success of Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Year 2022, PM Chinh said since early this year, the two countries have held important cooperation activities and exchange of high-ranking delegations.
PM Chinh proposed that both sides continue with negotiations to complete the remaining 16% of border demarcation in order to build a borderline of peace, friendship, cooperation and development. He suggested Cambodia continue paying attention to handling legal documents for Cambodians of Vietnamese origin, creating favorable conditions for them to settle down their lives.
The guest promised to follow the PM's proposals to facilitate high-level visits, effectively realise cooperation agreements between the two Parties and Governments, strengthen connectivity between the two economies, including both hard and soft infrastructure; continue stepping up the momentum of bilateral trade growth; boost cross-border trade and border economic development; and carry forward education-training and tourism cooperation as well as people-to-people exchange.
On the occasion of the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay Festival 2023, PM Chinh expressed his New Year wishes to the ambassador and extended his regards and congratulations to King Norodom Sihamoni, Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, and other high-ranking leaders of Cambodia./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 7 for Malaysian Ambassador to Vietnam Dato’ Tan Yang Thai who was newly appointed.
PM Chinh assured the diplomat that Vietnam always treasures friendship and strategic partnership with Malaysia. He wished that during his tenure, the ambassador would actively uphold his role as an important bridge promoting the extensive and effective development of bilateral ties.
The host suggested that the diplomat facilitate the exchange of all-level delegations, and effectively deploy bilateral cooperation mechanisms, including the Vietnam-Malaysia Joint Committee for Economic-Scientific-Technological Cooperation and the Joint Trade Committee. He also suggested coordinating efforts to hold practical activities marking the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Malaysia diplomatic ties (1973-2023), step up national defence and security cooperation, especially in combating transnational, drug and cyber crimes; and further propel collaboration in culture, sports, tourism, and people-to-people exchange.
According to him, two-way trade hit nearly 15 billion USD last year, up over 17% annually. Malaysia remained the second biggest ASEAN investor in Vietnam with a total registered capital of 13 billion USD.
The PM proposed that Malaysia create more favourable conditions for Vietnam's goods and services to navigate the country, including products meeting Halal standards, toward achieving the goal of 18 billion USD in two-way trade in the direction of reducing Vietnam’s trade deficit.
He also suggested tapping opportunities from regional trade agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) while expanding coordination in the digital economy, circular economy and green economy.
Vietnam is ready to offer all possible support to foreign investors, including those from Malaysia, to do business in the country, he said.
Ambassador Dato' Tan Yang Thai, for his part, pledged to further carry forward bilateral cooperation during his tenure, especially in fields of the two countries' potential and strength like agriculture, Halal industry, education and training, digital transformation, cyber security, and sci-tech.
He agreed to strengthen cooperation at sea and closely coordinate to resolve issues related to fishermen and boats. The guest vowed to work with relevant agencies to hold activities celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations, including high-level visits.
Malaysia is ready to welcome foreign workers following the COVID-19 pandemic, including Vietnamese workers in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding on labour cooperation recently signed by the two countries in March 2022, he said.
On regional issues, the ambassador agreed with the PM's opinion on the need to continue strengthening ASEAN’s unity and central role, maintaining ASEAN's common stance on the East Sea, striving to build the East Sea into a water of peace and cooperation, and successfully formulating an effective and efficient Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) in accordance with international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Source: Vietnam News Agency
State President Vo Van Thuong and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam will pay an official visit to Laos from April 10-11.
The visit will be made at the invitation of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, according to an announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency
As Thailand prepares for the upcoming election, its Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha expressed his concern about the lack of unity and urged all parties to prioritize peace and security for everyone living in the country.
In an interview on April 5, the Prime Minister emphasized the significance of unity and peace, warning that neglecting to prioritize them would result in Thailand losing many opportunities on international stages.
Gen Prayut cited a literary work by King Rama VI as emphasizing the importance of national security and peace and imploring all sides to collaborate on avoiding putting the country in a critical situation.
The Premier, however, refrained from elaborating on the reason for his emphasis when questioned by reporters, suggesting that others may be better equipped to provide insights on what could potentially trigger social unrest./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency
