Cambodian and Lao students at the Cuu Long University celebrate the New Year (Photo: VNA)
Vinh Long (VNA) – The
Cuu Long University in the southern province of
Vinh Long held an event to welcome the traditional New Year festival for Cambodian
and Lao students as well as its Khmer lecturers and students.
The New Year festival, called
Bunpimay in Laos, is held from April 14-16 every year.
Speaking at the event, the university’s Rector Luong Minh Cu
said that due to complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cambodian and
Lao students cannot return home to welcome the New Year with their families.
Defendants at the trial (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - A prison term
of 10-11 years has been proposed for Tran Trong Mung, former General Director of the
wrongdoings at the company,
during the ongoing first-instance trial held by the Hanoi People’s Court.
On
April 14, a representative of the Supreme People s Procuracy presented the case and recommended sentences
for each defendant.
Fourteen defendants were charged with
“violating regulations on the management and use of State assets, causing losses
and wastefulness” under Clause 3 of Article 360 in the 2015 Penal Code.
They included
Tran Trong Mung (born in 1949), Tran
Van Kham (born in 1961 and former Chairman of the Board of Directors and General
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Third Vietnamese military officer to work at UN headquarters The Defence Ministry held a ceremony on April 9 to present the President’s decision to send Major Nguyen Phuc Dong from the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations, to take up a position at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Accordingly, Dong will serve as an officer in charge of military training for the management board of the Policy, Evaluation and Training Division’s Integrated Training Service under the UN Department of Peace Operations in a tenure from 2021-2023.
He is the third Vietnamese military officer to qualify for working at the UN headquarters’ Department of Peace Operations, following Lieutenant Colonel Luong Truong Vinh and Lieutenant Colonel Tran Duc Huong.
Third Vietnamese military officer to work at UN headquarters 19:00 | 09/04/2021 VGP - The Defence Ministry held a ceremony on April 9 to present the President’s decision to send Major Nguyen Phuc Dong from the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations, to take up a position at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
The United Nations Headquarters in New York, the U.S.
Accordingly, Dong will serve as an officer in charge of military training for the management board of the Policy, Evaluation and Training Division’s Integrated Training Service under the UN Department of Peace Operations in a tenure from 2021-2023.