WAM Executive Director Mohamed Jalal Alrayssi grants an interview to VNA reporters on the sidelines of the 44th Executive Board Meeting of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Emirates News Agency (WAM) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to establish professional cooperative relations, aiming to provide the public in their respective countries with information on the political, social, economic and cultural life in the other country. This content was underlined in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on bilateral cooperation signed by VNA Director General Nguyen Duc Loi and WAM Executive Director Mohamed Jalal Alrayssi in Hanoi on April 19 within the framework of the 44th Executive Board Meeting of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) hosted by the VNA. According to the MoU, the two sides agreed to exchange English news, photos, and video news on a daily basis, which … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency, Emirates News Agency enter professional cooperation
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BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 3/8
JLL reports on real estate M&A in first half Vietnam’s real estate market continued to exhibit irresistible appeal among foreign investors in the first half of 2018 and continued to witness high-value merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions in a variety of sectors such as residential, commercial, and industrial, according to Ms. Khanh Nguyen, Associate Director, Capital Markets, Vietnam, at JLL. Joint ventures have become popular among foreign developers who have strong financial capacity and track record, with them joining forces with local developers who own land and have strong connections with the local community. Foreign investors are from many different countries, such as Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, and with an increasing number of groups from Mainland China. JLL observes that there is an increasing number of local investors who are actively seeking real estate deals alongside foreign investors. 2018 started off with the acquisition of Sun Wah office tower … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 3/8
Cuba, Fidel – sacred words in Vietnamese’s heart: Party official
Nguyen Duc Loi, member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and General Director of the Vietnam News Agency, speaks at the 24th Sao Paulo Forum in Havana, Cuba. (Source: VNA) Havana (VNA) – Cuba and Fidel are two sacred words in the heart of every Vietnamese, said Nguyen Duc Loi, member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of the Vietnamese delegation to the 24th Sao Paulo Forum in Havana, Cuba. Addressing the special plenary session of the forum on July 17, Loi, who is also General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), underlined that Fidel is a great leader of international communist and worker movements, and a symbol of revolutionary heroism, and aspirations for freedom and happiness. He highlighted that humanitarian internationalism initiated and led by Fidel had materially and spiritually supported many revolutions and movements for national liberation worldwide, including Vietnamese people’s resistance war against … [Read more...] about Cuba, Fidel – sacred words in Vietnamese’s heart: Party official
Vietnam News Agency, Bac Ninh bolster communication cooperation
VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi (L) and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Tu Quynh exchange the agreement signed on July 6 (Photo: VNA) Bac Ninh (VNA) – The People’s Committee of the northern province of Bac Ninh and the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) will enhance communication cooperation under an agreement inked between both parties on July 6. Per the terms of the agreement, both sides will join hands to disseminate the Party’s guidelines and the State’s laws while the state-run news agency will popularise the images of Bac Giang province, and nudge its socio-economic potential and achievements closer to domestic and international friends. At the signing ceremony, VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi briefed local authorities on the VNA’s functions and operation. He said that the agency boasts a network of 63 bureaus in all cities and provinces throughout the country, and 30 overseas bureaus across five continents. With more … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency, Bac Ninh bolster communication cooperation
Vietnam News Agency actively promotes HCM City
Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan (third from left) congratulates officials and reporters of the Vietnam News Agency's southern representative office on the occasion of the 93rd anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The State-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has actively promoted the dissemination of policies and programmes of Ho Chi Minh City to local residents over the past time, helping the city maintain its position as the southern economic hub of the country in all aspects. Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan made the commendation while visiting officials and reporters of the VNA’s southern representative office on June 19 on the occasion of the 93rd anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925). The agency is a channel for local authorities to get them updated of the multi-dimensional information about the local lives, he said. VNA is one of the most … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency actively promotes HCM City
Photo book on General Vo Nguyen Giap in Vietnamese and Korean
The book coverThe book titled “General Vo Nguyen Giap in people’s heart” is a work of photographer and journalist Tran Tuan. It will be also introduced in the Republic of Korea. It gathers his most famous photos during the long period in which he worked closely with the General, including the General’s portraits, images of him with comrades, people, family and touching images of people waiting in long queues for the General’s funeral on October 2013. Photographer and journalist Tran Tuan introduced the book (Source: baotintuc.vn)Photographer Tuan worked at the Vietnam News Agency for 45 years, during which he spent 35 years taking photos of the General. He published three photo books and hosted ten photo exhibitions on the General in several provinces and cities such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, the central province of Quang Binh, the central city of Da Nang./. Compiled by BTA … [Read more...] about Photo book on General Vo Nguyen Giap in Vietnamese and Korean
Vietnam News Agency, PetroVietnam sign agreement
The State-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) signed a cooperation agreement in Hanoi on May 23. At the signing ceremony - Source: VNA Speaking at the signing ceremony, VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi lauded PetroVietnam as one of the pillar groups of the Vietnamese economy, contributing to the State budget and ensuring national energy security. Theo VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency, PetroVietnam sign agreement
Rainbow flag movements make inroads in Vietnamese
The rainbow colours, a widely-recognized symbol of LGBT people, have become popular among Vietnamese and it is not uncommon to see rainbow flags pinned to shirts and on car bumpers in the country. Rainbow colours have been popular among Vietnamese. (Photo: iSEE) It showed a tolerant attitude towards the once extremely sensitive issue in Vietnam -- sexual orientation as years ago, LGBT people wishing to come out always faced prejudice and discrimination from the public and even from their families. Rainbow, not only in sky Civil organizations have played a diverse role in the LGBT movement in Vietnam, helping it achieve remarkable advances in social acceptance. The Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment (iSEE) is among the pioneers. “Toi dong y” (I agree) campaign was the first large-scale event mobilising rights for LGBT people in Vietnam,” Director of the Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment (iSEE) Luong Minh Ngoc told … [Read more...] about Rainbow flag movements make inroads in Vietnamese
Vietnam participates in international naval exercise in Indonesia
The Vietnam's navy hospital ship that attends this year's multilateral naval exercise Komodo (MNEK) in Indonesia. Photo courtesy of the Vietnam News Agency The biennial event aims to 'promote stability and peace in the region through non-combatant scenarios'. A Vietnamese navy hospital ship joined 50 other vessels from 36 nations including China and the U.S. on Sunday for the biennial multilateral Komodo (MNEK) naval exercise hosted by Indonesia. This year’s exercise will run until May 9 on Indonesia’s Lombok Island to strengthen friendship, build trust and enhance coordination among naval forces of participating nations in humanitarian relief and dealing with maritime security issues, the Vietnam News Agency reported. “Today’s world has created a symbiotic life among nations, for which, maritime space is interlinked and offers at the same time, economic opportunities as well as proliferation of insecurity. Thus, every existing maritime institution … [Read more...] about Vietnam participates in international naval exercise in Indonesia
Vietnam News Agency steps up partnership with Prensa Latina, ACN
VNA Deputy General Director Dinh Dang Quang and PL President Luis Enrique Gonzalez Acosta signed the pact, which looks to strengthen information exchanges and the sides’ traditional collaboration. The signing ceremony took place after the talks between visiting General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba’s Central Committee and President of the Councils of State and Ministers Raul Castro Ruz. VNA Deputy General Director Dinh Dang Quang and PL President Luis Enrique Gonzalez Acosta sign a cooperation agreement under the witness of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and First Secretary and President of the Councils of State and Ministers Raul Castro Ruz. The agreement was among nine official documents secured between Vietnamese and Cuban governments, ministries, and sectors, which were witnessed by both Party leaders. According to the pact, the VNA and PL will … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency steps up partnership with Prensa Latina, ACN