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At the event. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has emphasised the need to build an open and transparent court and judicial sector under the public supervision for the people and serve the people in the best way. The President, who is also Head of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform, made the request during a working session with the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the Supreme People’s Court on judicial reform of the court sector in Hanoi on October 15. President Phuc hailed courts for their achievements in judicial reform over the past years, helping to protect citizens’ rights , State interests, and legitimate rights and interests of individuals and organisations and to create a healthy and stable environment for socio-economic development and international integration. He commended the courts for successfully dealing with corruption with thousands of serious and complex economic cases being brought to light. The leader requested … [Read more...] about President stresses need to build open, transparent judicial sector

All Hanoi’s three levels of administration meet the requirements for being classified in the level 1, which is considered a “green zone”. Hanoi authorities have exerted the best efforts to make city a Covid-19-free zone, or “green zone”, again, according to the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC). The Hanoi CDC said the capital city has administered at least one dose of vaccine to 98% of its populace aged between 18 and 65. The number of new Covid-19 cases detected in the community/100,000 people/week is approximately 0.025, meeting requirements for being classified in the level 1 of the four safety levels or safe zone. The green zone checkpoint is at Lane 49 of Trang Tien Street in downtown Hanoi. Photo: Cong Tho The center noted that Hanoi has basically put the outbreak under control as the number of community infections has declined over the last three weeks. It has basically completed mass testing citywide and administered the first shot of Covid-19 … [Read more...] about Hanoi is once again Covid-19-free zone

A tourism official of Quang Binh greets the tourists from another locality on October 15 (Photo: VNA) Quang Binh (VNA) – The central province of Quang Binh on October 15 welcomed the first tourists from another locality after a long hiatus triggered by the latest COVID-19 wave. The six tourists, arriving by air from Ho Chi Minh City, are visiting Quang Binh in a package tour permitted by the provincial People’s Committee. They will experience services at Chay Lap Farmstay, explore the Tu Lan cave system, and wrap up their trip on October 17. This is one of the package tours offered by the Oxalis Adventure company and attracting much interest from travellers from HCM City, Hanoi, and many other localities. Nguyen Ngoc Quy, Director of the provincial Tourism Department, said Quang Binh has been ready to welcome travellers back, describing the welcoming of this tourist group as an important event marking the resumption and gradual recovery of the local tourism … [Read more...] about Quang Binh welcomes first tourists from outside after pandemic-caused hiatus

Conservationists and residents concerned with heritages of Saigon, the former name of Ho Chi Minh City, are eagerly awaiting a new home for the iconic mosaic flooring rescued from the Tax Trade Center, a French colonial-era shopping complex demolished five years ago to make way for a skyscraper project. In 2014, shortly after the high-rise project planned to replace the Tax Trade Center was announced, an assembly of Ho Chi Minh City architects, cultural experts, and local residents gathered 2,500 signatures in support of preserving the 130-year-old building, Lao Dong (Labor) newspaper reported. The group’s lobbying efforts were met with moderate success, as Satra, the developer of the project, announced in 2015 that several sections of the old building would be preserved, including the signage; the canopy along the adjacent sidewalk; the wraparound staircases, banisters, and copper newel caps in the building’s main entrance; and intricate mosaic flooring in the lobby. … [Read more...] about Where is the mosaic flooring from Saigon’s erstwhile Tax Trade Center?

Economic ties become key in the strategic partnership that was set up in 2018. Hanoi and Canberra have made efforts to support the mutual goal of becoming top 10 trading partners and doubling two-way investment in the strategy which is due for completion in late 2021. Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Australia's Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie. Photo: VGP The two countries have made impressive progress preparing the Australia-Vietnam Enhanced Economic Engagement Strategy (EEES), which focusled on key sectors of current and future economic importance to both nations, reported at the meeting in Hanoi on Oct 15 between Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie. In the first eight months this year, the two-way trade surpassed US$8 billion, up 50.7% on-year, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). Economic engagement is one of three pillars in bilateral relations since they … [Read more...] about Vietnam and Australia target mutual goal of becoming top 10 trading partners