Outstanding domestic and international events on March 6

DOMESTIC

On the morning of March 6, at the Presidential Palace, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presided over the welcoming ceremony for Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Adylbek Kasimalyev on an official visit to Vietnam. After the official welcoming ceremony, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Adylbek Kasimalyev held talks and witnessed the signing of cooperation documents between the two countries. In the afternoon of the same day, at the Presidential Palace, President Luong Cuong received Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Adylbek Kasimalyev, who is on an official visit to Vietnam. Earlier, at the National Assembly House, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man met with Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Adylbek Kasimalyev on an official visit to Vietnam.In the picture:Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Kyrgyz Prime Minister Adylbek Kasimalyev signed a Joint Statement on the results of the official visit to Vietnam by Kyrgyz Prime Minister Adylbek Kasimalyev.Photo: Duong Giang-VNA

On March 6, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha led a working delegation with leaders of Dong Thap province to inspect the construction progress of the Cao Lanh - An Huu Expressway project, component 1, through My Hiep commune, Cao Lanh district, Dong Thap province.In the picture:Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha (5th from left) presents gifts to the construction team of Cao Lanh - An Huu Expressway, component 1.Photo: Nhat An – VNA

Responding to "Youth Month" and "March Border Month" in 2025, Lao Cai Provincial Youth Union coordinated with the Provincial Border Guard to organize activities such as border patrol, border marker inspection, cleaning and clearing patrol routes and around border markers, and propagating to the people to raise awareness and responsibility in protecting border sovereignty, together building a peaceful, stable and developing border.In the picture:Officers of Pha Long Border Guard Station (Pha Long commune, Muong Khuong district) propagate to union members and youth about the work of protecting sovereignty and border security.Photo: Minh Duc – VNA

On March 6, at the hall of the People's Committee of Quang Tien Commune (Soc Son District, Hanoi), the Hanoi People's Court held a mobile trial of 6 defendants in the case of "inflating" auctioned land prices up to 30 billion VND/m2 that occurred more than 3 months ago in Soc Son District (Hanoi). The court sentenced the 6 defendants to sentences ranging from 12 months in prison, suspended, to 36 months in prison for violating regulations on property auction activities.In the picture:The defendants at trial.Photo: Kim Anh - VNA

Recently, doctors from K Hospital and the Central Obstetrics Hospital have coordinated to successfully perform emergency surgery on a pregnant woman named TTL (23 years old, Son La) with late-stage rectal cancer that had metastasized to the liver, lungs, and respiratory failure (admitted to the hospital at 26 weeks of pregnancy). After many complicated developments, the doctors decided to perform an emergency surgery when the pregnancy was 27 weeks and 5 days. After 3 weeks of surgery, the health of both mother and child is now relatively stable and the doctors have allowed the patient to visit and meet her child.In the picture:The moment mother and daughter met.Photo: VNA

INTERNATIONAL

On March 5, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he would hold strategic talks with European allies on the use of nuclear weapons to protect the entire European Union (EU). The statement was made ahead of an EU summit on the Ukraine issue.In the photo (document):French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at a press conference in Warsaw, Poland.Photo: PAP/VNA

On March 6, the ASEAN-Cambodia Business Summit 2025 took place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with the theme “Promoting ASEAN Connectivity: People, Infrastructure and Trade” chaired by Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet. The summit serves as an important platform to promote cooperation and economic development in the ASEAN region, especially demonstrating Cambodia’s growing role in regional economic integration.In the picture:View of the opening session of the Cambodia-ASEAN Business Summit 2025.Photo: Quang Anh - VNA

The White House announced on March 5 that it would allow a one-month tariff exemption for cars imported from Canada and Mexico. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that US officials had talked to major automakers including Stellantis, Ford and General Motors about a one-month tariff exemption for any cars exported through the United States-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement (USMCA), also known as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) version 2.0. The move came a day after Washington officially imposed a 25% tariff on goods imported from neighboring countries.In the picture:Imported cars at the port of Long Beach, California, USA.Photo: Getty Images/VNA

Egypt's plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip, approved at an extraordinary Arab summit in Cairo on March 4, is a practical solution that can be implemented on the ground, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on March 5. Mr. Abdelatty stressed that Arab countries are capable of rebuilding Gaza within five years without having to relocate Palestinians from their land.In the picture:Scenes of devastation caused by war in the Gaza Strip.Photo: THX/TTXVN

At least one South Korean Air Force fighter jet accidentally dropped eight bombs outside the training range of live-fire drills on March 6 in Pocheon, 42 kilometers northeast of Seoul, officials said. The Air Force is investigating the incident and apologized for causing harm to civilians. Earlier, authorities said at least seven people were injured and several homes were destroyed in the incident.In the picture:A house was destroyed after the South Korean Air Force mistakenly dropped eight bombs outside a training range in Pocheon city on March 6.Photo: Yonhap/VNA