Politics
-- Malaysian Prime Minister Perdana Menteri is scheduled to visit Vietnam from April 3 to 5 to strengthen his country's relations with Vietnam, Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato' Sri Anifah Aman told the official Vietnam News Agency on Wednesday.
— Vietnamese Lieutenant General Tran Quang Khe, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, had a meeting with the Adjutant General of the Oregon National Guard in Hanoi on Wednesday. The two hailed the advancement of the bilateral cooperation between their countries in recent years during the event.
— Vietnam will provide repair and maintenance services for foreign surface ships and submarines at the Cam Ranh military port in the central province of Khanh Hoa, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Wednesday at a meeting with local authorities.
Society
— Ho Chi Minh City police said Wednesday they will start issuing ID cards in a new form, which has a twelve-digit personal identification number, to local residents in November. The personal identification number on the current template has nine digits only.
— One million trees are expected to be planted in Ho Chi Minh City this year under a US$2.2 million program recently announced by the municipal authorities.
— Authorities in the central city of Da Nang will likely crackdown on many eateries, restaurants, and hotels located in two coastal districts Son Tra and Ngu Hanh Son because they only hang Chinese signs, sparking fears that these localities would turn into “Chinatowns.”
— All 14 railway officials and ex-railway officials suspended to write reports on their responsibility in a Japanese bribery allegation have denied any wrongdoing. Japanese media reported last month that a Japanese firm had admitted to paying over $780,000 in bribes in Vietnam to win an ODA-funded railway project order. A Vietnamese railway official was mentioned in the accusation.
— Vietnamese cyberspace security firm BKAV will provide expert training for 100 Cubans in the next three years under an agreement reached between Vietnam and Cuba during Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to the Central American country from March 26 to 27.
Business
— The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance discussed technical issues related to suggestions to allow Vietnamese to gamble at local casinos with Austrian experts in Hanoi on Wednesday.
Sports
— Vietnamese club Vissai Ninh Binh have booked their spot in the knock-out round of 2014 AFC Cup after beating their Malaysian rivals Kelantan 4-0 at home on Wednesday.
Education
— The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security has busted a ring that ran impersonation activities to help 19 candidates take exams to get admission to a police university in 2012 and 2013. The ring pocketed almost VND3 billion ($143,000) from this fraud.
Đăng ký: VietNam News