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Vietnam gains cassava export growth in 2020 Thursday, 2021-02-11 14:13:22  Font Size:     Vietnams export of cassava chips and cassava-made products in December 2020 alone was estimated at 330,000 tonnes. (Photo: congthuong.vn)  Font Size:     |   NDO/VNA – Vietnam gained growth in the export of cassava chips and cassava-made products in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Department of Agricultural Product Processing and Market Development, exports last year rea...

Auckland, New Zealand, 10 February 2021 Business leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific economies met virtually this week to discuss how to work together to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and rebuild the region’s economies. “We are living through the crisis of a century and strength comes from our determination to work together,” said the Chair of the “Overcoming the current adversity, whether restoring public health, reopening borders, securing economic recovery or achieving more equitable commun...

Black glutinous rice cake: A unique dish of Tay ethic people in Lao Cai Sunday, 2021-02-07 16:26:04  Font Size:    Font Size:   NDO – Black ‘chung’ (glutinous rice) cake, made with the ashes of nuc nac trees, is an indispensable dish of Tay ethnic people in Bac Ha District, Lao Cai Province, during their Lunar New Year festival. According to Vang Thi Hoa, a 60-year-old Tay ethnic woman in Na Kim Hamlet, Bac Ha District, the making of black chung cake has been practiced and passe...

NDO/VNA - Vietnam supports the maintenance of peace and stability in the region, security, safety and freedom of navigation and aviation, and the principle of respect for the law on seas and oceans, in accordance with the provisions of international law and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said on February 4.

NDO/VNA - Vietnam supports Agent Orange/dioxin victims in requesting legal responsibilities from US companies producing and selling the toxic chemical used during the war in Vietnam, stated Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang on February 4 while commenting on a French court’s acceptance of the lawsuit filed by Tran To Nga, a French Vietnamese woman, against 14 US chemical companies.

NDO/VNA - Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and President of the Cambodian Peoples Party and Prime Minister Hun Sen have extended their congratulations to Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on his re-election as the Party chief of Vietnam.

Biography of Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of 13th Party Central Committee Monday, 2021-02-01 10:54:09  Font Size:    Font Size:     |   NDO/VNA – On February 1, at the closing session of the 13th National Party Congress, the congress’s Presidium announced the results of the election of the Politburo, the Party General Secretary, the Secretariat, the Inspection Commission, and the head of the Inspection Commission of the 13th Party Central Committee. Accordingly, in its fi...

Setting out long-term development directions for the country Saturday, 2021-01-30 11:09:07  Font Size:     Propaganda paintings on the Congress are displayed along the hallways leading to the main meeting venue. (Photo: NDO)  Font Size:     |   NDO - Lao newspaper Pasaxon, the official organ of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, ran a front-page article about Vietnam’s strategic vision on January 29, which stressed that the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vi...

NDO - Nhan Dan interviews Vice Chairman of the Quang Ninh People’s Committee Cao Tuong Huy on the measures to sustain the province’s socio-economic performance in the coming time.

Vietnam authorises first Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use Saturday, 2021-01-30 10:28:29  Font Size:    Font Size:     |   NDO - The Ministry of Health (MOH) has approved the Covid-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca for emergency use, making it the first novel coronavirus vaccine to be authorised in Vietnam. At a conference on January 29, Minister Nguyen Thanh Long shared that the British pharmaceutical company has pledged to provide Vietnam with 30 million doses in 2021 and the fi...