To meet the December 19 groundbreaking target for the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong line at five designated sites, he tasked the Ministry of Construction with drafting a detailed critical path timeline. Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha was assigned to oversee execution and inter-ministerial coordination.
Vietnam has successfully hosted Vesak three times, in 2008, 2014, and 2019, contributing to promoting the image of a peace-loving, hospitable, and united nation to the international community and reaffirming the consistent policy of the Vietnamese Party and State in respecting and ensuring freedom of belief and religion.
The Lao National Secretariat of the 45th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-45) on October 15 held a press conference to inform about the preparation for the event that is scheduled to take place from October 17 - 23 in Vientiane.
National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man emphasised the need to continue fostering a spirit of innovation, especially innovating thinking and improving professionalism and quality in law-making while speaking at the 38th session of the NA Standing Committee on October 14 morning.
Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet, who is also head of the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) delegation of Vietnam, attended a series of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)'s meetings in Luang Prabang city, Laos on August 21 – 22.
Vietnamese top female badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh arrived in Basel, Switzerland, on March 17 to compete at the Swiss Open 2024, aiming to earn important qualifying points for her Paris Olympics campaign.
The Dien Bien provincial People's Committee on March 2 organised a meeting with representatives of production and service businesses in the locality to discuss preparations for major events in the Visit Vietnam Year - Dien Bien 2024 and the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 – 2024).
The delegations from the Ministries of Defence of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia on November 20 inspected the preparation and final rehearsal of activities within the framework of the first Border Defence Friendship Exchange between the three countries slated for December 12 in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.
The Lao Government, business community and people are making meticulous preparation for the Visit Laos Year 2024 programme, targeting at least 4.6 million domestic and foreign visitors and gain some 712 million USD in tourism revenue.
Vietnam's U23 football team and their head coach Hoang Anh Tuan arrived in Bangkok on August 14 to prepare for the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U23 Championship 2023 which will take place in Rayong province from August 17-26.
Vietnam's top fencers are set to compete in the Seoul Grand Prix from April 27-29, hoping to earn crucial points for their Paris Olympics campaign and prepare for the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia.
The labour confederation of the southern province of Binh Duong on December 28 announced that it is coordinating with trade unions at all levels and relevant agencies to implement a programme to present tickets to workers living in disadvantaged circumstances to enable them to return home for the 2023 Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son attended meetings of ASEAN Foreign Ministers in Phnom Penh on November 10, which aimed to review the preparations for the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and relevant meetings.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on October 10 chaired a meeting on the preparations for the upcoming 29th APEC Economic Leaders’ Week (AELW) in Bangkok in November this year.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Para Sports Federation (APSF) has applauded the Indonesian government's five-month preparations for holding the 11th ASEAN Para Games.
Vietnamese national squads are working hard with a high determination for the best achievements at the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), which will begin in about two weeks.
Four top badminton players of Vietnam, including Nguyen Tien Minh and Nguyen Thuy Linh, are competing at the Badminton Asia Championships 2022 from April 26 – May 1 in the Philippines, according to the SEA Games 31's Organising Committee.
Organising committees of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in localities have been encouraged to give free tickets to spectators during the event, thus spreading the sports spirit in line with the event's slogan “For a stronger Southeast Asia”.
As the 31st Southeast Asia (SEA) Games approaches, the northern province of Ninh Binh is speeding up preparations for the region's biggest sporting event.
