Nguyen van phuc

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Hanoi in the evening of June 7 for Quebec to attend the expanded Group of Seven (G7) Summit  and visit Canada from June 8-10 at the invitation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Accompanying the PM are Minister, Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung, Minister of Science and Technology Chu Ngoc Anh, Minister of Home Affairs Le Vinh Tan, Minister, Chairman of the Government Committee for Ethnic Affairs Do Van Chien, and Auditor General Ho Duc Phoc, among others. The expanded G7 Summit will be held in Charlevoix, Quebec, on June 8 and 9 with the participation of leaders of the world’s seven advanced economies, namely Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US, and several guests, including Vietnam. The agenda of this year’s summit focuses on gender equality and women empowerment, investment in … [Read more...] about PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc leaves for expanded G7 Summit, Canada visit

Representatives of the Vietnam Embassy welcome Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the airport when he arrives in Brussels, Belgium (Photo: VNA) Brussels (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived in Brussels, Belgium, in the afternoon of October 16 (local time), where he will attend the 12th ASEM Summit, pay a working visit to the European Union and make an official visit to Belgium. His attendance at the 12th ASEM Summit and visits are being made at the invitation of President of the European Council Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel. PM Phuc is scheduled to hold talks with his Belgian counterpart and witness the signing of cooperative documents between ministries, sectors and businesses of the two countries on October 16. He also has plans to meet with executives of several major European groups. Belgium is the second stop of PM … [Read more...] about Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrives in Brussels

Outstanding inventions in IT, sciences and technologies, medicine and environment have been honoured at the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2017 which was held on the evening of November 16 in Hanoi.The first awards presented at the ceremony were prizes to promote talent proposed by the Vietnam Study Promotion Association. The awards aimed to encourage self-learning to create products and academic work that benefit society.Pham Tuan Anh, Deputy head of the Vietnam Talent Awards’ Organising board and Deputy Editor-in-chief of Dantri/Dtinews online newspaper; Professor Pham Tat Dong, Secretary and Vice chairman of the Vietnam Study Promotion Association and Hoang Viet Cuong, Deputy general director of Sun Group announced and gave prizes to three winning products . Each prize is worth VND30 million (USD1,363).The three winning products included:1. A multi-functional agricultural machine created by 37-year-old Nguyen Van Tuan, from Bac Kan Province’s Na Ri District. The machine can … [Read more...] about PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc presents first prize at Vietnamese Talent Awards 2017

The National Election Council yesterday held a press conference to announce results of the 14th National Assembly election in which leaders of Communist Party, Government and National Assembly garnered the highest number of votes. The conference was chaired by NA deputy chairman Phung Quoc Hien, NA secretary general Nguyen Hanh Phuc, Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan and Head of NA Committee for Deputy Affairs Tran Van Tuy. Presenting the council’s resolution on election results of the 14th NA and all level people’s council in the term of 2016-2021, Mr. Tuy reported the high voter turnout of 99.35 percent showing citizens’ political and responsible awareness. In Hanoi, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong garnered 86.47 percent of valid votes. Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai gathered 87.16 percent of valid polls. In HCMC, President Tran Dai Quang reaped 75.08 percent of valid votes. Secretary of the city Party … [Read more...] about PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc elected NA deputy with highest number of votes

by Linh Anh HA NOI (Biz Hub) — Van Phuc silk, a famous silk brand from the most ancient weaving village bearing the same name, has been trying to access the international market while still preserve and enrich its cultural identity. According to Pham Khac Ha, chairman of Van Phuc Silk Weaving Village Association, in the context of deeper global economic integration, silk producers are trying their best to improve competitiveness, renovating production methods to offer more creative products to meet the demand and taste of both local and international markets. "However, the difficulty is how to further penetrate foreign markets while still maintaining the village's cultural identity," Ha said. For three years in a row, the Van Phuc Silk Weaving Village Association has been invited by Mekong Institute of Thailand to attend seminars on silk textiles held by Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries, including Viet Nam, China, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. In addition, … [Read more...] about Van Phuc silk struggles to access foreign market