Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a working session with ministries, branches and localities to speed up the construction progress of the Long Thanh International Airport project... which was one of the outstanding events of the day.
DOMESTIC
On January 25, in Hanoi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Head of the State Steering Committee for important national projects and works, key to the transport sector (Steering Committee) chaired a meeting with ministries, branches and localities to speed up the construction progress of the Long Thanh International Airport project.In the picture:Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting to speed up the progress of the Long Thanh International Airport project.Photo: Duong Giang - VNA
On the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2025, on January 25, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and the delegation visited, offered incense and flowers at the Memorial Site of President Ton Duc Thang in My Hoa Hung Commune, Long Xuyen City, An Giang Province. The delegation included representatives of the Office of the President and leaders of An Giang Province.In the picture:Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and the delegation visited and offered incense and flowers at the Memorial Site of President Ton Duc Thang in My Hoa Hung Commune, Long Xuyen City, An Giang Province.Photo: Cong Mao - VNA
In the joyful atmosphere of the days before the traditional New Year, under the sponsorship of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, the Vietnamese Association in Saitama organized for the first time the program "Saitama Vietnamese Tet Festival 2025 - Tet homeland in the hearts of children living abroad" on January 25-26. The festival not only brings to overseas Vietnamese living in Saitama and neighboring localities a jubilant atmosphere to welcome the traditional New Year, but also an opportunity for Japanese friends to enjoy traditional Vietnamese culture and cuisine.In the picture:Exciting performances at the opening ceremony.Photo: Xuan Giao - VNA reporter in Japan
On January 25, at the Provincial Industrial Parks Union (Thuan Dao Industrial Park Expansion - Long Dinh Commune, Can Duoc District), the Long An Provincial Labor Federation organized 23 "Union Bus Trips - Spring 2025" with nearly 1,000 charity tickets to pick up and drop off union members and workers in difficult circumstances for free, who have not had the opportunity to return home for many years to celebrate Lunar New Year with their families and relatives.In the picture:Ms. Le Thi Thu Cuc - Vice President of Long An Provincial Labor Federation, gave tickets to workers to return home.Photo: Thanh Binh - VNA
As part of a series of cultural activities celebrating the Party - celebrating Spring with the theme "Vietnamese Tet - Street Tet 2025", on January 25 (December 26), at the Cultural and Art Center at 22 Hang Buom (Hoan Kiem, Hanoi), the Management Board of Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi Old Quarter in coordination with the Vietnamese Village Communal House Club organized a space to wrap and boil Chung cakes to celebrate the traditional Tet in the way of the ancient Hanoians.In the picture:Let's light a fire, watch the banh chung and wait for the time to take it out.Photo: Thanh Tung - VNA
On January 25, the Traffic Police Department - Ben Tre Provincial Police said that the functional forces of the two provinces of Ben Tre - Tien Giang organized traffic diversion to reduce traffic congestion after a traffic accident occurred on Rach Mieu Bridge. Accordingly, at 7:35 a.m., at the T2 pillar Km03+300 from Ben Tre to Tien Giang, there was a traffic collision between a motorbike going down the slope of Rach Mieu Bridge, license plate 83C1-70452 driven by a female driver, and a Kim Hoang passenger car with license plate 84B-00558 running across Rach Mieu Bridge, from Ben Tre to Tien Giang province. The collision caused the female driver to fall onto the road, was run over by the car and died on the spot.In the picture:Traffic accident causes long traffic jam on Rach Mieu bridge.Photo: VNA
INTERNATIONAL
Days after President Donald Trump was sworn in, Washington authorities arrested more than 500 illegal immigrants and deported hundreds. White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavit said it was “the largest deportation operation in history,” demonstrating the administration’s commitment to making good on its promise.In the picture:Migrants cross the Rio Bravo river from Mexico to enter the United States.Photo: THX/TTXVN
Military and security organizations of the two rival governments in Libya, based in the east and west, agreed on January 24 to establish a joint center for information exchange and communication to strengthen border security, combat terrorism and tackle illegal immigration. The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said the project was discussed during a two-day meeting attended by representatives from the Security Working Group for Libya.In the picture:Libyan soldiers stand guard in the city of Zawiya, January 5, 2025.Photo: THX/TTXVN
The death toll from a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java has risen to 25, officials said on Thursday, after rescuers recovered three more bodies. Torrential rains lashed a mountainous area near the city of Pekalongan in Central Java province on Friday, triggering a landslide that buried vehicles and homes and collapsed a bridge. The search for the missing has been suspended due to fog and rain. At least 13 people were also injured in the landslide, according to the national search and rescue agency Basarnas.In the picture:A scene of devastation at the site of a landslide in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia on January 22, 2025.Photo: THX/TTXVN
On January 24, Indian Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said that an explosion at an arms factory in Bhandara city, Maharashtra state, western India, killed at least 8 people and injured 7 others. The explosion also caused the roof of the factory to collapse. According to local authorities, about 13-14 people were present at the factory at the time of the explosion. Authorities have rescued 5 people. Rescue work is being urgently carried out.In the picture:Smoke rises at the site of an explosion at an arms factory in Bhandara city, Maharashtra state, western India on January 24, 2025.Photo: ANI/VNA
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