The Consulate General of Kuwait in Ho Chi Minh City on February 26 held a celebration to mark the country’s 57th National Independence Day (February 25) and 27th Liberation Day.

Kuwaiti
Consul General Khaled Al-Mutairi at the event. (Photo: VNA)
Speaking
at the ceremony, Kuwaiti Consul General Khaled Al-Mutairi, said friendship has
helped develop relations between Vietnam and Kuwait in various fields,
especially economy, trade, investment and education.
The two sides will enjoy a stronger bond in the future, he stated while
inviting Vietnamese enterprises to invest in Kuwait, contributing to bolstering
two-way trade.
Meanwhile, Le Thanh Liem, Standing Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s
Committee, congratulated the Middle East country for taking the seat as rotary
chair of the United Nations Security Council in February.
He expressed his belief that based on the sound bilateral relations,
cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and Kuwait will be enhanced. Ho Chi Minh
City wants to work with Kuwait in development assistance, labour and
education-training.
He hoped that Kuwait will become a gateway for the Vietnamese southern hub to
enhance trade exchange with other Gulf countries.
Vietnam is currently the largest trade partner of Kuwait in the ASEAN bloc
while the Middle East nation is among leading trade partners of Vietnam in the
region. Two-way trade in 2017 reached 350 million USD and the figure is
expected to hit 2 billion USD by 2020.
Vietnam and Kuwait are strategic partners in the oil and gas sector, with
hundreds of Vietnamese working in Kuwait in the field.
Source: VNA
The Steering Committee for the Development of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Digital Transformation of Hoa Binh province convened a meeting on March 11 to deploy key tasks.
Lac Son district is reorganising and streamlining its organisational apparatus and the contingent of officials, civil servants and public employees in line with Resolution 18 issued by the 12th Party Central Committee.
The provincial Department of Public Security has reorganised its structure to enhance operational efficiency and meet the evolving demands of the new era. In line with the Resolution No. 25 of the Central Public Security Party Committee, the move aims to streamline personnel, standardise leadership roles, and strengthen the police force’s capacity while creating better conditions for modernising equipment.
The subcommittee for documents of the 18th Hoa Binh provincial Party Congress, the 2025 - 2030 term, convened on March 3 to review and incorporate public feedback on the congress’s draft documents. The meeting was chaired by Nguyen Phi Long, an alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee. It was attended by senior provincial officials, including Bui Thi Minh, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Council; Bui Duc Hinh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee; other members of the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee; and members of the document subcommittee.
Muong Bi - Tan Lac, one of the four major Muong ethnic minority-inhabited regions in Hoa Binh, is known for not only its distinctive cultural identity but also its proud history of heroism, with great contributions to the victory against US invaders in the past. Today, Tan Lac district continues to uphold this legacy while embracing development and renewal.
March 3 marked the first official working day for specialised agencies under the provincial People's Committee following the merger or transfer of functions and tasks from the previous agencies. On this day, the newly merged departments and agencies took proactive steps to arrange personnel, organise workflows, and implement tasks efficiently, ensuring that administrative procedures were carried out smoothly without interruption.