Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang In response to reporters' question about Vietnam's reaction to China's Ministry of Natural Resources' release of the so-called "2023 Standard Map" which also covers Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos of Vietnam, Hang said China's Ministry of Natural Resources' release of the so-called " 2023 Standard Map' which includes Vietnam's Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos and its claims based on the dash line violate Vietnam's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos, as well as Vietnam's sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction over its maritime zones determined in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

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According to the assessment, the VPE500 group operates outstandingly and still maintains a good growth rate compared to domestic private enterprises in general. The VPE500 accounts for a small proportion of the number of businesses but makes a large contribution to the operation of the domestic private enterprises. Dr Nguyen Toan Thang, head of VIDS's International Relations Department and member of the VPE500-2023 research team, said a majority of the VPE500 are operating in the manufacturing, processing, trade, and construction industries.

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(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday attended the ground-breaking ceremony of three main bidding packages of Long Thanh International Airport project in the southern province of Dong Nai, and Terminal 3 of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, with total investment of about 52 trillion VND (2.15 billion USD). The ground-breaking ceremony of Terminal T3 of Tan Son Nhat International Airport (photo: VNA) In his remarks at the ceremony in Dong Nai province, the PM stressed that infrastructure development, especially transport infrastructure, is one of the three strategic breakthroughs set by the Party and the State.

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(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has affirmed that Vietnam attaches great importance to its relationship with Japan. National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue receives President of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Kenta Izumi in Hanoi on August 30, 2023. (photo: VOV) At a meeting with President of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Kenta Izumi in Hanoi on Wednesday, Mr. Hue expressed his hope that the two countries will strengthen relations across the channels of the Party, the Government, the National Assembly, strengthen people-to-people exchanges, and enhance cooperation between businesses and localities.

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(VOVWORLD) - This year, the 7th full moon festival, also known as Parents' Day in Vietnam, falls on Wednesday (August 30). This is a traditional Buddhist festival aimed at showing gratitude to parents. On this occasion, many humanitarian activities are held. These days, the Vu Lan ritual is observed among Buddhist followers at pagodas or at home across Vietnam. (Photo: VOV) A program featuring the theme 'Mother' was held at the Vesak International convention center in Tam Chuc Pagoda, Ha Nam province.

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(VOVWORLD) - Hoi An Culture Days opened in Paris, France, on Tuesday to promote the culture and tourism opportunities of Vietnam's UNESCO-recognized world heritage site to the Vietnamese community in France and French people. Nguyen Van Son, Chairman of the Hoi An municipal administration (Photo: Anh Tuan/VOV) Addressing the two-day festival, Nguyen Van Son, Chairman of the Hoi An municipal administration, said that the event aimed to popularize Hoi An's culture, nature and people to international friends and nurture the friendship and diplomatic relationship between Vietnam and France.

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(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's export-import turnover of agro-forestry and aquatic products has totaled nearly 60 billion USD so far this year, with a trade surplus of 6.7 billion USD, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported. Processing farm produce for export at An Giang Food and Vegetables Joint Stock Company (ANTESCO) (Photo: Vu Sinh/VNA) Several commodity groups posted an increase in export value including fruits and vegetables, rice, and coffee while rice and coffee saw a strong increase of 11.

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(VOVWORLD) - A new school year in Vietnam will begin next Tuesday, September 5. Localities nationwide have thoroughly prepared classrooms and other facilities to welcome back students. (Illustrative photo: Vietnamplus) Can Tho city has repaired and upgraded 120 schools, focusing on providing facilities for smart educational models and smart classrooms where pupils can experience virtual reality and interaction. Lessons will be recorded and stored online to enable students to review the lessons whenever and wherever they want, while parents can follow their children's learning progress.

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State President Vo Van Thuong (R) shakes hands with outgoing Kazakh Ambassador to Vietnam Yerlan Baizhanov. (Photo: VNA) During the meeting, the host thanked Baizhanov for his collaboration with Vietnamese authorities to successfully organize the official visit to Vietnam by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, saying that Vietnam highly values the success of the visit which opens a new chapter in the bilateral cooperation between the two countries. President Thuong expressed the belief that with the sincerity and sense of responsibility of the two countries' authorities, the all-around cooperation between Vietnam and Kazakhstan will be strengthened in the coming time.

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(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's outbound investment over the past 8 months reached 416 million USD, up more than 5% against last year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency of the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Laos is the largest recipient of Vietnam's overseas investment (Photo: vov.vn) Vietnamese investors have invested in 14 industries abroad, of which the wholesale and retail sectors took the lead with 23 new projects and capital adjusted ones, totaling more than 150 million USD. The information and communications industry ranked second followed by electricity production and distribution, agro-forestry-fishery, banking and the finance sectors.

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(VOVWORLD) - Foreign arrivals in Vietnam hit 1.2 million in August and topped 7.8 million from January to August, nearing the target set for the whole year, the General Statistics Office said on Tuesday. Foreign tourists at Hoi An ancient town (Photo: vneconomy.vn) However, this number was only 69.2% of that recorded in the same period of 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. During the period, the number of visitors to Vietnam via airway, roads and waterway accounted for 87.6%, 11.6% and 0.8%, respectively.

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(VOVWORLD) - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception in Hanoi on Tuesday for Governor of Japan's Nagasaki prefecture Oishi Kengo, who is on a working visit to Vietnam from Sunday to Thursday. Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (right) and Governor of Japan's Nagasaki prefecture Oishi Kengo at the event. (Photo: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) FM Son highly valued Governor Oishi's efforts in promoting cooperation and exchanges between Nagasaki prefecture and Vietnam in general and Vietnamese localities in particular in the past time.

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(VOVWORLD) - A regional conference on combating irregular migration opened on Monday in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Hurghada, with the participation of 27 nations from Europe, Africa, and North America, as well as international organizations. The 3-day event aims to enhance the efforts of national bodies operating in fighting irregular migration and protecting immigrants, especially unaccompanied children. The three-day event is organized by the National Coordinating Committee for Combating and Preventing Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Persons.

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People in Vietnam are given the chance to sample fresh German craft beer right in Hanoi, Ha Nang and Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: nhandan.vn) GBA Oktoberfest 2023 is taking place at JW Marriott hotel in Hanoi from Monday to Thursday, and is scheduled to return to Furama Resort in Da Nang on October 6, and Nikko Saigon hotel in Ho Chi Minh City on October 12-14. GBA Oktoberfest 2023 will bring to life the lively Bavarian party atmosphere along with dazzling performances given the German and Austrian band O'zapft.

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(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong met with outstanding students from Vietnam National University - Hanoi (VNU) on Tuesday. The students queries touched upon issues such as education, science and technology policies of innovation in Singapore, and the digital and green economy partnership between the two countries. They inquired into policies to promote cooperation among universities of Singapore and Vietnam, especially in areas of research, innovation and artificial intelligence.

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(VOVWORLD) - Millions of farmers across the Mekong Delta aspire to cultivate one million ha of low-emission high-quality rice, aligning with Vietnam's global commitment to curbing greenhouse gas emissions, said Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang. Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang works with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Hanoi on August 28, 2023.(Photo: dangcongsan.vn) At a working session with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Hanoi on Monday, the Deputy Prime Minister said to realize the project to develop 1 million ha of low-emission high-quality rice in Vietnam, it's necessary to create breakthrough policies on carbon credit systems and regulations for measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emission reduction.

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(VOVWORLD) - Country Director of the Friedrich Naumann Foundational for Freedom(FNF) in Vietnam Andreas Stoffers said he expects Vietnam's economy to continue its growth track. Country Director of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Vietnam Andreas Stoffers (Photo: laodong.vn) During a recent interview with Labor newspaper, Stoffers said Vietnam's economy grew 3.72% in the first half, which is lower than last year but still a positive figure amid the global economic downturn. Average consumer price index (CPI) increased moderately by 3.

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(VOVWORLD) - Controlling the operation of fishing fleets is an effective way to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Quang Ninh provincial authorities have employed digitization and IT to better manage fishing vessels and support fishermen as another step toward persuading the European Commission to remove it's yellow card warning against Vietnamese seafood. With a smart phone, Quang Ninh fishermen can clear all procedures relating to their offshore operation remotely. (Photo: Truong Giang/VOV) The fishing vessel of Nguyen The Phuong in Ha Long commune sets sail 4 times a month on average.

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(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue chaired a working session in Hanoi on Monday on preparations for the ninth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians, slated for September 14-18 in Hanoi. National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue speaks at the event (photo: VOV) As of Monday, 64 delegations registered for the event, with a total of 244 attendees, including 172 legislators. Speaking at the event, NA Chairman Hue stressed that the conference is an important multilateral diplomatic event and the only one hosted by the Vietnamese legislature this year.

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(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the People's Committee of Binh Duong province Vo Van Minh on Monday signed a decision approving the establishment of Vietnam-Singapore Innovation Centre in the southern locality. At the cyber security center in the Vietnam-Singapore Innovation Centre (Photo: nhandan.vn) Under the decision, the center will implement activities to connect, build orientations and create an environment for sci-tech research; support enterprises to transform technology and production and business models to meet the trend of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

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(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden will pay a visit to Vietnam from September 10-11, revealed spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang on Tuesday. US President Joe Biden (Photo: AP) The visit is made at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, she said. 'We believe that the visits by the two countries' senior leaders will further deepen the Vietnam-US relationship towards a stable, substantive and long-term development in all fields, contributing to maintaining peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world at large,' she noted.

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(VOVWORLD) - English boy band 911 will perform at the UK Festivals in Hanoi and HCM city next month. English boy band 911 (Photo: Internet) Possessing many hit songs including "I Do", "The Day We Found Love", and "All I Want is you", the band on their return to Vietnam promises to burn the stage of the country's largest metropolises. 911 was formed in London in 1995 and released their debut single Night to Remember in 1996. The UK Festival in Hanoi will take place on September 9-10 at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square in the Old Quarter.

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(VOVWORLD) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has proposed a meeting with the Niger military government, led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani, in a neutral place, ECOWAS commissioner for political affairs Abdel-Fatau Musah said on Sunday. ECOWAS commissioner for political affairs Abdel-Fatau Musah at a press conference in Accra, Ghana on August 18, 2023. (Photo: AFP/ VNA) He added ECOWAS also asked the Niger military government to release ousted President Mohamed Bazoum as a gesture of good will.

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(VOVWORLD) - The Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Singapore have agreed to consider upgrading the relationship between the two countries to a comprehensive strategic partnership at an appropriate time. Government leaders of Vietnam and Singapore hold talks in Hanoi on August 28, 2023. (Photo: Duong Giang/VNA) During talks in Hanoi on Monday, PM Pham Minh Chinh and PM Lee Hsien Loong also agreed to hold an annual meeting between the Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Singapore. PM Chinh asked Singapore to help Vietnam build and operate a large database center to improve the effectiveness of its fight against crime, especially high-tech offenses, and to soon connect Vietnam's system with the electronic identification and authentication system in Singapore.

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(VOVWORLD) - The prices of Vietnam's exported rice are now the highest in the world. Illustrative image (Photo: nongnghiep.vn) 5% broken rice costs 638 USD per tonne, and 25% broken rice 623 USD per tonne, according to the Vietnam Food Association. Meanwhile, Thailand's 5% broken rice is sold at 10 USD less. In the Mekong Delta – the largest rice granary of Vietnam, the price of paddy rice is unprecedentedly high in many localities, bringing good profits to farmers. In July, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)'s rice price index rose to its highest level in nearly 12 years.

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(VOVWORLD) - An exhibition on Vietnam's sea and island cultural heritages opened on Sunday in Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province, as part of National Tourism Year 2023. Representatives of delegations participating in the exhibition. (Photo: nhandan.vn) The event, which will run through September 2nd, covers multiple activities with the introduction of over 200 images and artifacts about Vietnam's seas and islands at the highlight. Other display items include artifacts, ancient maps, the documents in the Chinese-Nom language on the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes, the wooden blocks of the Nguyen Dynasty on Vietnam's sovereignty over the sea and islands.

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(VOVWORLD) - Li is a folk song form practiced by the Chokri people, also known as Chakhesang Naga, in the Northeast of India. Li, the nearly forgotten music of the Chakhesang Naga tribe, one of the major Naga ethnic groups, are unique and specific to the locals' agrarian lifestyle. In this week's Cultural Rendezvous, the Tetseo Sisters, a famous Indian folk music band from Nagaland, will help us learn more about the Chokri Li. The band just concluded a Vietnam tour, visiting Hai Duong, Lao Cai, Bac Ninh, Quang Ninh, and Hanoi as part of a cultural program to promote Indian folk music to Vietnamese audiences and to celebrate the 77th Independence Day of India.

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(VOVWORLD) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife are on an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. This is Prime Minister Lee's fifth visit to Vietnam, reflecting the close attachment between Singapore and the Prime Minister himself with Vietnam. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (Photo: VOV) As soon as the Paris Agreement on restoring peace in Vietnam was signed in January, 1973, Singapore was among the first countries to establish diplomatic ties with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, on August 1, 1973.

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(VOVWORLD) - The 17th Ministerial Meeting on Economic Connectivity between Vietnam and Singapore was co-chaired by Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung and Singapore's Second Minister of Industry and Minister of Trade and Manpower Tan See Leng in Hanoi on Sunday. The 17th Ministerial Meeting on Economic Connectivity between Vietnam and Singapore (photo: MoIT) The two sides discussed ways to expand cooperation in multiple fields such as energy and sustainable development. Vietnam affirmed its views and interests in economic cooperation with Singapore in order to further deepen the strategic partnership between the two countries.

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(VOVWORLD) - The headquarters of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council and People's Committee will open its doors to visitors for tours free of charge on September 1-2, reported the municipal Tourism Department. In front of the headquarters of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council and People's Committee (Photo: daibieunhandan.vn) Later, it will have regular openings on the last two weekends of each month, including on September 30 and October 1, October 28-29, November 25-26, and December 30-31.

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