Vietnam empathizes with India amid coronavirus deluge
By Phuong Vu April 29, 2021 | 02:08 pm GMT+7
A woman is consoled after her husband died due to Covid-19 outside a mortuary of a hospital in New Delhi, India, April 15, 2021. Photo by Reuters/Danish Siddiqui.
Vietnam empathizes with India regarding its current coronavirus crisis and believes the country would make it through these tough times, leaders said.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent the message to Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday, adding Vietnam trusts India would utilize its internal strength to survive these trying times.
Hanoi (VNA) - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, as Chair of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for April, presided over an in-person and online ministerial open debate of the council on the theme “Protection of Objects Indispensable to the Survival of the Civilian Population” on April 27.
The event was attended by UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock, former Australian Prime Minister and Chair of the International Peace Institute (IPI) Board Kevin Rudd, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer and representatives of 15 member countries of the UNSC.
Delegates spoke highly of Vietnam’s initiative, highlighting the deep humanitarian significance of the debate s theme, especially when civilians in many conflicts across the globe are bearing the brunt of
Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 08:47 GMT+7
An employee is pictured getting COVID-19 vaccination at Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: T. Phuong / Tuoi Tre
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Politics Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung on Tuesday hosted a reception for Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Pranay Kumar Verma, during which he affirmed Vietnam’s solidarity and readiness to stand side by side with the Indian government and people in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the
Vietnam News Agency reported the same day.
Society People living in Hanoi are to be subject to compulsory medical declaration when returning to the capital city after the two public holidays of Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers Day (May 1).
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Bui Van Cuong, NA Secretary General, Chairman of the NA Office and Chief of the NEC Office, speaks at the press conference. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The National Election Council
(NEC) hosted a press conference on April 27 to announce the official list of 868 candidates who will run for
500 seats in the 15th National Assembly.
Of the candidates, who will be elected in 184
constituencies nationwide, 203 are nominated by central agencies and the remainders
are introduced by localities. Nine of them are self-nominated candidates.
Female candidates account for 393 (45.28 percent) of
the total, while ethnic minority people are 185 (12.31 percent). The number of candidates
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