HCM City honoured with ASOCIO Digital Government Award

The Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) honoured Ho Chi Minh City with the Digital Government Award during the ASOCIO Digital Summit in Seoul on November 14. The award is a recognition of the city’s outstanding performance in imp…

Calligraphy exhibition spotlights Vietnamese literature, arts

A calligraphy exhibition themed ‘Net dan thanh’ kicked off at the Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi on November 14 as part of activities to celebrate Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23). On display are 60 artworks of 16 calligraphers …

Ho Chi Minh City strengthens relations with China’s Shanghai city

A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City led by Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen held talks with Chen Jining, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai on November 14 within the framework of their working trip to China from Novemb…

ADB loan to help Philippines boost revenue mobilisation

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 400-million-USD loan to help the Philippines achieve its medium-term fiscal strategy and finance its post-pandemic economic recovery through a stronger focus on revenue mobilisation. The bank said the …

Indonesia to import about 5 mln tonnes of rice by 2024

Indonesian Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman on November 13 said that the country will need to import up to 5 million tonnes of rice by 2024, citing the impact of the El Niño climate phenomenon on rice production. Speaking during a meeting with th…

Overseas Vietnamese in Luxembourg believe in prospects of bilateral relations

The Vietnamese community in Luxembourg has shown their belief in the prospect of the relations between the two countries, hoping that cooperation will be expanded from the economic and financial areas to cultural exchange. Doan Nhat Minh, president o…

VietnamPlus awarded first-class Labour Order on 15th anniversary

VietnamPlus, the e-newspaper of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), was honoured with the first-class Labour Order at a ceremony held at the VNA headquarters in Hanoi on November 15 to celebrate its 15th founding anniversary (November 13, 2008). Party Ge…