Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse arrived at the Auckland International Airport on the morning of March 12, beginning their three-day official visit to New Zealand at the invitation of New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
The Vietnamese PM was welcomed at the airport by Deborah
Russel, a member of the New Zealand parliament; New Zealand Ambassador to
Vietnam Wendy Matthews; leaders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of New
Zealand; Vietnamese Ambassador to New Zealand Nguyen Viet Dung; and officials
of the Vietnamese Embassy in New Zealand.
During his stay in New Zealand, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc will
hold talks with his New Zealand counterpart, Jacinda Andern, and witness the
signing of important cooperation documents between the two sides. The
Government leader will also have a bilateral meeting with Speaker of the New
Zealand House of Representatives, Travor Mallard.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc
(right) is welcomed by Deborah Russel, a member of the New Zealand parliament,
at the Auckland International Airport on the morning of March 12.
PM Phuc is scheduled to meet with Mayor of Auckland Phil
Goff and the Vietnamese community in New Zealand this afternoon.
During the trip, the
Vietnamese leader will attend the Vietnam-New Zealand Business Forum, in
addition to hosting a reception for the leaders of a number of New Zealand’s
leading companies.
Source: NDO
After three years of implementing the Politburo’s Conclusion No. 01-KL/TW on continuing performing Directive 05-CT/TW on enhancing the learning and studying of President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, moral example and lifestyle, Lac Thuy district of Hoa Binh province has discovered many effective models and practices, creating a spillover effect in the local community, helping to develop a clean and strong Party Organisation meeting the requirements in the new situation.
The Hoa Binh Elderly Association and the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on May 7 held a working session with a visiting delegation from the Japanese Embassy and sponsors of a local project on reducing senior citizens’ income and health vulnerabilities in Vietnam (VIE071).
Seventy years have passed, but the memories of the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954 have never faded in the mind of veteran Ly Van Ngoan from Dong Tien hamlet, Phu Thanh commune, Lac Thuy district.
Over recent times, in Mai Chau district, there have been many typical examples of studying and following President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and lifestyle in all aspects of the social life, contributing to successfully implementing the tasks of socio-economic development, and ensuring social welfare and defence and security in the locality.
Officials of Hoa Binh province led by Bui Van Khanh, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, along with others from the provinces also taking part in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada, visited and had a working session with the Consulate General of Vietnam in Houston on April 24 (local time). The delegation was welcomed by Hoang Thuy Duong, Consul General of Vietnam in the city, and staff members of the consulate.
Officials of Hoa Binh province joining in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada began working sessions in New York on April 22. Other provinces participating in this programme, held by the Department for Local Diplomacy Facilitation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, include Yen Bai, Ha Nam, Ha Tinh, Thua Thien - Hue, and Gia Lai.