The central province of Quang Nam and Laos' Sekong province will step up communications to help local people better their understanding of the Vietnam-Laos time-honoured friendship and solidarity while increasing exchanges and consolidating the grassroots political system in border areas.

Construction of a Vietnam-Japan friendship house began in the southern province of Long An on July 28, as part of activities marking the 50th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Construction of a dormitory building started on the Laos-Vietnam bilanguage school in Oudomxay province, Laos, on July 28.

Hanoi’s Department of Education and Training has collaborated with departments and agencies to rebuild the school planning network and reassess projects that did not meet requirements in order to reclaim land funds and utilise them for school construction.

Hanaka Group JSC has commenced construction of the first eco-industrial park in the northern province of Bac Ninh.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan was an important public intellectual, a technocrat with political opinions and ideas and an economist who had made significant contributions to the construction and development of Vietnam, especially in the process of opening up, bringing the country into deep integration with the world.

The International Contractors Association of the Republic of Korea (RoK) (ICAK) and the Vietnam Association of Construction Contractors (VACC) signed a memorandum of understanding on June 22, during an ongoing State visit by President of the RoK Yoon Suk Yeol.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hosted a reception in Hanoi on June 15 for visiting Belarussian Minister of Education Andrei I. Ivanets, during which the host affirmed that Vietnam pays great attention to the special traditional friendship with the European country, and bilateral partnership in education and training.

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang held talks with visiting Vice President of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC)’s Central Committee Chanpheng Sutthivong in Hanoi on June 6, focusing on exchanging experience in State management over religious affairs.

After receiving numerous opinions on the amendment of fire safety regulations, the Ministry of Construction recently requested a review and revision of the national technical standards for fire safety in buildings and construction projects.