Day: September 12, 2021

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue arrived in Hanoi on September 12, concluding his trip to Europe to attend the fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (WCSP5) in Austria and to visit the European Parliament, Belgium and Finland from September 5-11.

While there, the top lawmaker had over 70 activities. The trip affirmed the foreign policy and advocate of Vietnam’s Party and State; manifested the country’s proactiveness, activeness and responsibility; and raised its position. One of the focuses of the trip was the vaccine diplomacy as well as the cooperation against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bilateral contacts within the framework of the conference helped consolidate and strengthen foreign relations between Vietnam and other countries. NA Chairman Hue’s activities also helped deepen friendship and accelerate cooperation between Vietnam and other countries in the fields of politics, economy, trade, investment, science and technology, etc.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Promoting cooperation with Vietnam will bring practical socio-economic benefits to South Africa, the African country’s Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Alvin Botes affirmed while accompanying a delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy on a recent working visit to Northern Cape province.

The official said that South Africa continues to implement the policy of expanding diplomatic relations with traditional friends, including Vietnam.

This time, the Vietnamese embassy presented 250,000 face masks to the province’s Education Department and several schools in the locality.

Ambassador Hoang Van Loi said that Vietnam is striving to curb the spread of COVID-19, giving the highest priority to people’s lives and health, promoting the vaccination drive and gradually restoring economic activities.

The two countries’ trade turnover reached around 1.4 billion USD in 2020, up 23 percent year-on-year, and 706 million USD in the first half of this year. However, Vietnamese exports to South Africa accounts for only 1.3 percent of the country’s total import value.

Vietnam is actively increasing exports of apparel, footwear, coffee and pepper to South Africa and expanding cooperation in education and mining with the nation, Loi added.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 12 received visiting Minister of Defence Kishi Nobuo of Japan, asking the country to continue supporting Vietnam with vaccines and helping it to access vaccine sources against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The leader spoke highly of the outcomes of the talks between the guest and his host, Defence Minister Phan Van Giang, saying they helped deepen relations between the two countries and contribute to peace, stability, cooperation and development of each country, the region and the world over.

Vietnam will create every favourable condition for the further boosting of the cooperation in the field of national defence between the two countries, he stressed and spoke highly of Japan’s assistance to countries affected by the pandemic, including Vietnam. The leader also thanked the Japanese government for providing Vietnam with over 3 million vaccine doses and asked it to continue with the work in the time to come.

President Phuc welcomed and supported Japan’s active contributions to the maintenance of peace, stability, security and development of the region and the world over, and spoke highly of its stance on ensuring security, safety and freedom of navigation and aviation in the East Sea; and settling disputes and differences by peaceful measures on the basis of respect to international law, especially the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982 as well as the Declaration on the Conducts of Parties in the East Sea (DOC).

The Japanese guest affirmed Vietnam is a partner of the top importance of Japan in the region, briefed President Phuc on the outcomes of his talks with his counterpart, and expressed his hope that the two countries will further strengthen their national defence cooperation. Japan will continue actively implementing its cooperation with Vietnam in easing the war aftermaths, search and rescue activities, and sea security, he stressed.

The Japanese minister highlighted his country’s pledge to continue cooperating with Vietnam to control the pandemic.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

From September 13-22, the third session of the National Assembly Standing Committee will be held in Hanoi, according to the office of the NA.

At the session, the committee will consider and opine on law-making work; socio-economic issues, state budget, supervision work, and others.

It will also consider and give opinions on the report on the work in 2021 and plan for 2022 of the State Audit; the reports for 2021 work of the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuracy, and the Government; and the preparations for the second session of the National Assembly.

Source: Vietnam News Agency