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Two auxiliary ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy – HMNZS Aotearoa and HMNZS Te Mana – arrived at Saigon Port in Ho Chi Minh City on September 24 as part of a goodwill visit to celebrate 48 years of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and New Zealand, according to a report by VOV. The visit aims to further strengthen the friendly and close relationship between the Royal New Zealand Navy and the Vietnam People’s Navy. Vietnamese and New Zealand officers at the welcome ceremony in HCM City on September 24 Source: New Zealand Embassy – Hanoi, Vietnam/FB During their five-day stay, officers and sailors will participate in various activities, including exchanges and meetings between the two navies, friendly sports events, and community activities. “We are very much looking forward to spending time in this beautiful city, seeing the wonderful sights, meeting the very friendly people, and enjoying the amazing food,” said Rear Admiral James Gilmour, Commander Joint Forces N...

Vietnam News Today (Sep. 25) notable headlines PM encourages aviation cooperation with Embraer S.A. Vietnamese PM starts official visit to Brazil Two Royal New Zealand Navy ships dock at Saigon port on goodwill visit Latin America among most important markets for Vietnam: official Hong Kong auctioneer to put painting by renowned Vietnamese painter up for sale Nearly 50 Vietnamese companies join trade promotion event in India Semiconductors a future key industry of Vietnam Another bronze medal for Vietnam at ASIAD Hangzhou Vietnam’s aquaculture top position on world map Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh calls at Embraer S.A., a Brazilian multinational aerospace corporation, in Sao Paolo. PM encourages aviation cooperation with Embraer S.A. Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 23 made a field trip to Embraer S.A., a Brazilian multinational aerospace corporation, in Sao Jose dos Campos city, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, as part of his ongoing official visit to B...

Residents are eagerly heading to the beach to gather these exquisite sea clams with their unique purplish shells for commercial purposes. Strong and mighty waves have deposited a variety of clams, both deceased and living, onto the shoreline. One inhabitant of Cam Nhuong Commune reported that residents frequently discover anadara subcrenata, a species characterized by its thick, oval shell in a white or cream hue, being swept ashore by powerful waves on an annual basis. This year, the shoreline is adorned by clams featuring beautiful purple shells. Locals collect purple clams washed ashore in Cam Nhuong Commune, Cam Xuyen District under Ha Tinh Province, north-central Vietnam. Photo: Tuoi Tre Strong waves carry purple clams onto a beach in Cam Nhuong Commune, Cam Xuyen District under Ha Tinh Province, north-central Vietnam. Photo:  Tuoi Tre According to Nguyen Van Hung, Chairman of the Cam Nhuong People’s Committee, the beach is yearly inundated with me...

At the event. Photo: baoquocte.vn The Vietnamese border provinces of Cao Bang, Lang Son, Ha Giang and Quang Ninh, and the Education Department of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, held a video conference on education and vocational training cooperation on September 23, VNA reported Friday. Each year, Guangxi grants the four Vietnamese border provinces 18 to 25 scholarships each for university or postgraduate training. The provinces of Lang Son and Ha Giang provide two to five scholarships for students from Guangxi to attend a university course at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities under Vietnam National University, Hanoi. During the videoconference, the two parties discussed solutions to deal with the problems related to the applications for scholarships and the study of foreign students in the context of Covid-19, maintain and increase scholarship programmes on human resources training. Experience in finalising mechanisms and policies on voca...

Xoe Thai is a unique type of traditional dance that is associated with and plays a significant role in the daily life of Thai ethnic communities in the northwest of Vietnam, especially in the provinces of Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La and Yen Bai. It is performed in various community activities, from festivals to funeral rituals. There are about 30 Xoe dances, which have been developed, protected and handed down through generations intact over hundreds of years, including xoe quat (xoe dance with a fan), xoe khan (xoe dance with a scarf), xoe non (xoe dance with a conical hat) and many others with contents reflecting community activities and expressing the Thai people’s emotion. With gentle and alluring rhythms, dancers usually form a circle around a festive fire and move to the sound of melodic traditional music. According to Tran Xuan Viet, Deputy Director of provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the art of Xoe Thai dance of the Thai ethnic people contributes to dev...

These Vietnamese athletes include athletics members and a gold medal winner, according to the source. Further testing will be done on these athletes.  If the results continue to be positive, they will be stripped of their medals and face a long-term ban and fines. Vietnamese sports officials have not disclosed the identity of the athletes.  Besides Vietnam , many members of other participating countries also tested positive for banned substances. In August, Singapore’s Ministry of National Defense said that two swimmers Joseph Schooling and Amanda Lim used drugs while training for the 31st SEA Games.  However, they have not been stripped of their medals since the doping test results are not available yet. The 31st SEA Games took place in Hanoi and 11 neighboring provinces and cities from May 12 to 23 with 40 sports featuring 526 events with over 10,000 athletes, officials, and referees from 11 Southeast Asian countries.  Vietnam participated with...

Vietnam Strongly Supports UN's Role: Deputy PM" style="max-width:100%; padding:0px; margin:0px;" title=" Vietnam Strongly Supports UN's Role: Deputy PM"> Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh speaks at the event . Photo: VTV The Deputy PM presided over a ceremony to mark Vietnam ’s 77th National Day (September 2) and the 45th anniversary of Vietnam ’s accession to the United Nations (September 20), with the attendance of representatives from the UN as well as leaders, ministers and officials of member states, Vietnam Plus said. Speaking at the event on September 23 (local time), Minh briefed the participants on the country’s development journey over the past more than seven decades as well as its outstanding contributions since becoming the 149th member of the UN on September 20, 1977. He stressed that the similarity of important values and principles has created the foundation for the cooperation and partnership between Vietnam and...

Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh (L) meets with UNGA president Csaba Korosi in New York on September 23. Meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh in New Yrok on September 23, Korosi lauded the encouraging results Vietnam has recorded in implementing sustainable development goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations. He talked about priority areas during his working term, including water resource management, and wished to cooperate with Vietnam in this field. He noted that it is necessary to promote measures to prevent water crises, build a water data system at regional and global levels, and at the same time align national policies on water and climate change. The UNGA president expected that Vietnam would actively participate in and share its experience at the UN Water Conference slated for March 2023. For his part, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh affirmed that Vietnam , as vice chairman of the UN General Assembly, would actively back and contribute t...

Vietnam - Mongolia Political Consultation Held in Hanoi" style="max-width:100%; padding:0px; margin:0px;" title=" Vietnam - Mongolia Political Consultation Held in Hanoi"> Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (R) and Mongolian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Batsumber Munkhjin. Photo: VNA Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 23 for Mongolian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Batsumber Munkhjin, who came to Vietnam to co-chair a political consultation between the two foreign ministries. Son affirmed that Vietnam always treasures and wants to further develop ties with Mongolia. He suggested the two foreign ministries work as bridges to urge ministries, sectors and localities of Vietnam and Mongolia to increase exchanges and effectively implement bilateral and multilateral cooperation agreements, especially in economy, trade and investment, as well as jointly hold...