Afghan security force in a raid for Taliban rebels (Source: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –
United Nations (UN), has reaffirmed the country’s backing
for Afghan-led peace process, including the engagement of women and youths.
Addressing a virtual UN Security Council briefing on the
Afghanistan situation and operations of the UN Assistance Mission in
Afghanistan (UNAMA) on December 17, Quy said that the continued support of
UNAMA, regional countries and other international partners will be crucial to
maintaining the momentum of peace talks in Afghanistan.
He urged all parties to fully respect international
humanitarian law, immediately stop targeting civilians and allow unhindered access
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The
Malaysian Ambassador to Vietnam Sharifah Norhana Syed
Mustaffa on December 17 handed over donations from the
Malaysian Government and businesses to help victims of the recent serious
flooding in Vietnam’s central region.
The
donations included 25,000 USD from the Malaysian Government, goods
worth 22,000 USD from the association of Malaysian businesses in Vietnam and
5,000 USD from Gamuda Land group.
Successive storms and floods hit Vietnam’s central
region since late September, resulting in more than
230 people listed as dead and missing, and estimated economic losses of about
17 trillion VND, according to a Government report to the National Assembly on
Delegates at the 14th session of the 12th-tenure Party Central Committee (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –
The
personnel work was high on the agenda of the fourth working day of the 14th
session of the 12th-tenure Party Central Committee on December 17.
Party General Secretary and State President
Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the plenum.
Pham Minh Chinh, Politburo member, Secretary of
the Party Central Committee, and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s
Organisation Commission, delivered the Politburo’s proposal on personnel work orientations
for the 13th-tenure Politburo and Party Central Committee’s Secretariat.
Later, the Party Central Committee cast ballots
to nominate some members of the 12th-tenure Politburo, Party Central Committee,
Illustrative image (Source: Embassynews)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam and the EU have experienced fruitful
cooperation in various sectors over the course of the last three decades, Josep
Borrell, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
said in a message on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of diplomatic
relations between the two sides.
Vietnam is among countries in ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific to have developed comprehensive
relations with the EU, he said, describing the signing of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade
Agreement (EVFTA) as an extraordinary step in bilateral ties.
The trade pact is the first comprehensive and ambitious trade and investment agreement