President Tran Dai Quang hosted separate receptions on September 26 for the Ambassadors of Israel, Bangladesh, Finland, Austria and Cuba, after the ambassadors presented their credentials before taking office in Vietnam.

Welcoming Israeli
Ambassador Nadav Eshcar, President Quang expressed his delight over the sound
development in the cooperative ties between the two countries in the past
years, as demonstrated by President Reuven Ruvi Rivlin’s State visit to Vietnam
in March, Israel’s recognition of Vietnam’s full market economy and the
negotiations of a bilateral free trade agreement.
The two countries have also expanded cooperation in trade, high-tech
agriculture, security-defence industry and education and training, he stressed.
The Vietnamese leader suggested that both sides strive to ink the bilateral FTA
in 2018 and carry out measure to increase two-way trade to 3 billion USD in the
coming years.
The Israeli diplomat highlighted that agreements signed between the two
countries have created a framework to bolster the bilateral ties. Vietnam is an
important partner and Israel wants to promote collaboration with the country,
he added.
Receiving Bangladeshi Ambassador Samina Naz, Quang affirmed that Vietnam always
cherishes traditional friendship and cooperative ties with the South Asian
country.
Source: VOV.VN
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.