Parliamentary leaders of Greece voiced their support for the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) while meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Athens on July 2.
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham
Binh Minh (L) meets with Greece's Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis on July
2 (Photo: VNA)
Deputy PM Minh, who was on an official visit to the European nation on July 1
and 2, had a meeting with Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis and Deputy Speaker
Georgios Varemenos, who also chairs the Greece-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship
Group.
The two sides said Vietnam and Greece share many similarities in national
development in history, and the close friendship over the last 43 years is the
solid prerequisite for the countries to solidify multi-faceted cooperation in
the time ahead.
The officials also highly valued bilateral parliamentary ties which have
contributed to the friendship and cooperation.
Deputy PM Minh said economic and trade partnerships remain modest compared to
the nations’ political relationship and potential. He asked the Greek
Parliament to continue supporting the signing and ratification of the EVFTA,
thereby creating optimal conditions for Vietnam’s economic-trade links with the
EU and Greece.
Speaker Nikos Voutsis affirmed that his country treasures relations with
Vietnam and supports the EVFTA. He will join the Greek Government in bolstering
all-round cooperation with Vietnam both in bilateral aspects and at
multilateral forums.
Minh also conveyed National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan’s
invitation to visit Vietnam to Speaker Nikos Voutsis, who accepted with
pleasure.
After the trip to Greece, the Vietnamese Deputy PM will pay an official visit
to Bulgaria from July 3 to 5.
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.
