VOV.VN - Phan Van Mai, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, has pledged his best efforts to augment links between local universities and the Association of Francophone Universities (AUF).

Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council Nguyen Thi Le on March 8 received Melissa Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the US Department of State, who is on a working visit to the city.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese representatives have actively participated in speeches and discussions covering many topics at a regular meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is taking place from March 6 to March 10 in Vienna in Austria.

VOV.VN - Phan Van Mai, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, suggested stepping up co-operation with Denmark in energy transition and restructuring industries as a means of moving towards high-added value, green, and sustainable development, during a reception held on March 6 for Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Nicolai Prytz.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City must make every effort in order to ensure the growth rate does not fall much lower than the 8% to 8.5% set target, according to economic experts.

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi is expected to implement 167 trade and tourism promotion activities this year in order to fulfill the various socio-economic development targets of 2023, said Nguyen Manh Quyen, vice chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee.

VOV.VN - Leaders of the Quang Tri provincial People's Committee have recently worked with a joint venture of investors in order to get involved in pouring funds into the Lao Oil Refinery project in the Quang Tri Southeast Economic Zone.

The capital city of Hanoi is ready to further expand friendship and cooperation activities in various fields, including those of people-elected bodies, thereby contributing to fostering Vietnam-Laos special relationship, chairman of the municipal People’s Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan has said.

VOV.VN - Beating drums until they break is a special festival of the Ma Coong ethnic people in Quang Binh province to pray for favorable weather, bumper crops, a prosperous village, healthy people, and no diseases.

VOV.VN - Nearly 10,000 people converged on Kinh Bac Cultural Center Square in Bac Ninh province, northern Vietnam, on February 25 evening to attend the opening ceremony of a cultural festival honouring Quan Ho folk singing and other national art genres.