Deputy PM urges greater efforts to remove EC yellow card on IUU fishing
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on August 29 chaired a teleconference with 28 coastal localities on solutions to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and make preparations for the EC’s fourth inspection in October.
Typhoon Saola to strike East Sea amid emergence of Haikui storm
VOV.VN - Typhoon Saola, is expected to enter the East Sea ahead in the next 48 hours, with another storm Haikui being formed and situated at about 1,500 km east of storm Saola, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.
Two PMs hold meetings with Vietnamese and Singaporean youth delegates
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong held a meeting on August 29 in Hanoi with 30 youth delegates of the two countries.
Gender equality, plastic waste management under discussion
VOV.VN - A workshop on gender equality and comprehensive development in plastic waste management was jointly held on August 29 in Hanoi by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam, and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Vietnamese and Singaporean PM meets with VNU students
VOV.VN -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong were joined by their wives on August 29 to hold a conversation with outstanding students from the Vietnam National University - Hanoi (VNU) on various issues.
Vietnamese and Algerian localities set up twinning relations
VOV.VN - The local administrations of Batna province of Algeria and the Vietnamese province of Dien Bien consented to establish a twinning partnership between the two localities on August 28.
VOV and RRI promote effective co-operation in the future
VOV.VN - A delegation made up of the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) led by Do Tien Sy, president of VOV, held a working session with Hendrasmo, president director of Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI), in Jakarta on August 28, as part of efforts to seek ways to enhance ties in information exchange and culture in the time ahead.
Preparations for 9th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians nearly complete
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue chaired a working session in Hanoi on August 28 on preparations for the ninth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians, slated for September 14-18 in the capital city.
Binh Duong to house Vietnam-Singapore Innovation Centre
Chairman of the People's Committee of Binh Duong province Vo Van Minh on August 28 signed a decision approving the establishment of Vietnam-Singapore Innovation Centre in the southern locality.
US startup transfers water treatment technology to Vietnamese firm
ZwitterCo, a US startup that develops filtration membranes to treat the most challenging wastewaters, has successfully transferred the Nano-enabled water treatment technology to Vietnam’s technology-farm produce export-import Co., Ltd.