Politics - Society

In the first 4 months of this year, over 41,725 labourers were sent to work abroad, accounting for 34.8% of the year's plan, the Overseas Labourer Management Department under the Ministry of Labour, War-Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), has reported.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is going to attend and deliver speech a first-ever national forum on developing Vietnamese technology firms, themed "Aspiration, vision and development orientations for a powerful Viet Nam", in Ha Noi on May 9.

About 7,200 members of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and volunteers will be serving the upcoming United Nations Day of Vesak 2019.

The northern mountainous province of Dien Bien held a solemn ceremony on May 6 to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the founding of the province (June 28), the 70th anniversary of the founding of the provincial Party Committee (October 10), the 65th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7), and to receive the Independence Order, First Class.

Seventeen bears - which used to be kept in captivity and illegally traded to harvest their bile - are living in a bear conservation centre in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of China Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 25th.

The northern province of Ninh Binh has set a goal of having 12 more communes to be recognized as new-style rural areas at the end of this year.

A delegation from Houaphanh province of Laos headed by Secretary of Provincial Party Committee and Governor Vansay Phengsumma on April 24 paid a working visit to Vietnam's northern province of Ninh Binh.

On April 25, the ASEAN - OSHNET, the International Labor Organization (ILO), and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) jointly organised a seminar in Ninh Binh, aiming to accelerate social dialogue to improve occupational health and safety.

Various traditional rituals and folk art performances were held at the Trang An Festival 2019 in the Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex on April 21.

The UN Day of Vesak 2019 is expected to welcome around 1,500 foreign Buddhist leaders, scholars, researchers from 105 countries and territories together with heads of state and ambassadors and representatives of international organisations in Vietnam.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan affirmed Vietnam's external policy of treasuring ties with the US during a reception in Hanoi on April 18 for US Senator Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the US Committee on Appropriations.

The Cuc Phuong National Park on April 17 received 39 pangolins rescued from wildlife traffickers and handed over by authorities of the northern province of Hung Yen.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived at the Vaclav Havel international airport in Prague, the Czech Republic, in the afternoon of April 16, beginning an official visit to the country at the invitation of his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 15 held talks in Bucharest with his host PM of Romania Viorica Dancila during his official visit to the European country from April 14-16.

The 2019 Hoa Lu Ancient Capital Festival celebrating 1,051 years since Dinh Tien Hoang became king of Vietnam kicked off in Truong Yen commune, Ninh Binh province on April 14.

Chairman of the Ninh Binh provincial People's Committee Dinh Van Dien on April 12 had a working session with a delegation of authorities from Hubei, China, headed by Mr. Huang Chuping, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Hubei province.

The National Action Month on Food Safety will take place from April 15 to May 15 with the theme of "Say no to fake and substandard food and protect customers' rights".

Vietnam is one of the Netherlands' most important partners in the region, visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong.