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The Hanoitimes - The purchase confirms that Russia is the biggest arms supplier of Vietnam. Vietnam signed a US$350 million deal in 2019 to buy a dozen of combat training aircraft from Russia, the Vedomosti business daily reported on January 28. The purchase deal covers at least 12 Yak-130 combat training jets, Vedomosti cited two unnamed Russian defense industry executives as saying, giving no details about the delivery time. A Vietnamese Kilo-class submarine bought from Russia. Photo: AFP Yak-130 jet is designed for training pilots of advanced fighter aircraft. It can also be equipped with air-to-surface weapons including guided missiles and bombs. According to Vedomosti, Vietnam would be the sixth country to import the Yak-130, following Algeria, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, and Belarus. The contract paves the way for the purchase of more advanced jets from Russia, including the Su-30SM and the Su-35, military expert and Arms Exports magazine … [Read more...] about Vietnam signs US$350 million deal to buy jets from Russia

Accordingly, it will coordinate with the LIGHT Community Health Development Institute and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women to launch a campaign entitled ‘For the smiles of women’ on March 6. The launch event is being held in response to the theme of International Women's Day 2021 - “Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. It aims to celebrate the tremendous efforts by Vietnamese women in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as well as facilitating national development and prosperity. The campaign will be followed by an awards ceremony for the Kovalevskaya Award 2020 on March 5 in Hanoi, which has been held annually to honour female scientists with excellent achievements in research and in applying science in life, bringing benefits to different fields including the economy, society and culture. Over the past 35 years, the award has been presented to 20 organisations and 49 individuals in various fields such … [Read more...] about Activities mark International Women’s Day 2021

Red Spring Festival expects to collect over 4,000 blood units Young people donate their blood In his opening remarks, Director of the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) Bach Quoc Khanh, who is head of the festival’s organizing board, said that the festival has been held annually since 2008 to address blood shortages after the lunar New Year holiday, and gradually changed public awareness of blood donation. After 13 editions, the festival has collected over 85,000 blood units and become the annual biggest blood donation event. Khanh took the occasion to express his gratitude for donators nationwide. The 14th edition is taking place from March 1-7 at the NIHBT headquarters, and three fixed places - 26 Luong Ngoc Quyen in Hoan Kiem district, 132 Quan Nhan in Thanh Xuan district, and Valley 122 of Lang Street in Dong Da district. The organizing board expects to receive over 4,000 blood units during this year’s festival, which then will … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MARCH 2