Friday, January 15, 2021, 08:34 GMT+7
This image shows apartment blocks in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre
What you need to know in Vietnam today:
Politics Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh will attend the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat), which will be held virtually on January 21, the
Vietnam News Agency cited the foreign ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang as saying at a press briefing on Thursday.
Society Vietnam announced 10 imported COVID-19 cases on Thursday, taking the national tally to 1,531 patients, with 1,369 recoveries and 35 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia
Jakarta (VNA) - The
Indonesia-Vietnam Friendship Association will work harder to
promote cooperation between the two countries in various areas, from culture,
arts, education and sports to investment, production and business, an online
meeting in Jakarta on January 15 heard.
The gathering
saw the participation of the association’s president Budiasa Sastrawinata,
Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang, and Indonesia’s
newly-accredited Ambassador to Vietnam,
Denny Adbi, along with more than 30
members of the association.
Participants
affirmed they will continue with their investment, business, and cooperation in
Vietnam, and hoped that the two governments will further facilitate operations
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 11:33
Comrade Thongloun Sisoulith was elected as the new General Secretary of the LPRP Central Committee during the first meeting of the committee on January 15 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President
Nguyen Phu Trong has sent a basket of flowers
and a congratulatory message to newly-elected General Secretary of the Lao People’s
Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee Thongloun Sisoulith.
In his message, the Vietnamese leader said
the election of comrade Thongloun Sisoulith shows the
trust the Lao Party and people have in him and the recognition of his great
Vietnam says US probe over its currency, timber may harm both countries
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published : 8 Jan 2021 at 15:09 A Vietnam Dong note. (Illustration: Reuters)
HANOI: A US probe into Vietnam s currency and timber could harm bilateral relations and negatively impact workers and consumers in both countries, Vietnam said on Friday, citing remarks by its trade minister to the US Trade Representative (USTR).
The Trump administration in late December named Vietnam a currency manipulator, a move that businesses said could see the USTR impose tariffs on Vietnamese goods. It has also accused Vietnam of avoiding tariffs by mislabelling products made from Chinese timber. This investigation could cause many undesirable effects, damage bilateral relations, and have negative impacts on thousands of businesses, and millions of workers and consumers in Vietnam and the United States, the Vietnames trade Ministry said in a statement, paraphrasing
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 07:02
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh talks on the phone with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi,
(VNA) – The foreign ministers of Vietnam and the US have pledged to
enhance cooperation between the two countries on the basis of respecting
independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and political regime of each
other.
Deputy
Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and US Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo reached the agreement during their
Both sides spoke
highly of the close cooperation between the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry and US
Department of State over the past years, contributing to promoting the bilateral