DOMESTIC
After 3 days (May 16-18) of working urgently, seriously and responsibly, the 9th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee completed all the contents and agenda and closed on the morning of May 18. On the morning of May 18, the Central Committee held its closing session at the Conference Hall. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the Conference. Politburo member Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister, chaired the Conference. Politburo member Luong Cuong, Permanent Secretary of the Secretariat, presented the Politburo's Report on reception and explanation of the Central Committee's opinions discussed at the Conference. The Party Central Committee adopted the Resolution of the 9th Central Committee Conference. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivered the closing speech at the Conference. In the photo: Closing session of the 9th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee. Photo: Thong Nhat - VNA
On the afternoon of May 18, in Hanoi , Comrade Pham Minh Chinh, Politburo member, Secretary of the Government Party Committee, Prime Minister and Comrade Tran Thanh Man, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary in charge of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, directed the activities of the National Assembly Standing Committee and the National Assembly co-chaired the Conference between the National Assembly Party Delegation and the Government Party Committee on the 7th Session of the 15th National Assembly. In the photo: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man chaired the conference. Photo: Duong Giang-VNA
On May 18, the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and its member organizations coordinated with the Union of Friendship Organizations of the city to organize the program "Vietnamese families with Lao and Cambodian students studying in Ho Chi Minh City" in 2024. The program connects 162 Lao and Cambodian students studying in the city with 96 Vietnamese families who are sponsoring them. In the photo: Representatives of Vietnamese families and Lao and Cambodian students participating in the program. Photo: Xuan Khu-VNA
On May 18, the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, in coordination with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam and the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and Search and Rescue of Phu Tho province, organized a rally to respond to the National Week for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control in 2024 with the theme "Early Action - Proactive in the face of natural disasters". In the photo: Scene of the rally to respond to the National Week for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control in 2024 in Phu Tho. Photo: Ta Toan - VNA
On May 18, at the Bai Dinh Pagoda International Conference Center (Gia Sinh Commune, Gia Vien District, Ninh Binh Province), the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Ninh Binh Province coordinated with Bai Dinh Pagoda to organize the Buddha's Birthday Festival of Buddhist calendar 2568 - Gregorian calendar 2024. Attending the Festival were representatives of Ninh Binh Province's leaders; the Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha; the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Ninh Binh Province, along with thousands of monks, nuns, Buddhists and tourists from all over the world. In the photo: Performing the Buddha bathing ritual at the Festival. Photo: Duc Phuong - VNA
This year, the Vietnamese student delegation participating in the 2024 International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF 2024) won a second prize. This is the highest prize that Vietnamese students have won in 12 years since the National Science and Engineering Fair was organized nationwide and participated in the International Science and Engineering Fair from 2013 to present. In the photo: Vietnamese student delegation participating in the competition in the United States. Photo: VNA
In the early morning of May 18, the working team of Tan Thanh Border Post, Binh Phuoc Provincial Border Guard, while patrolling and protecting the border at landmark 65/36(2) in Tan Phong Hamlet, Tan Thanh Commune, Bu Dop District, Binh Phuoc Province, discovered 3 people transporting many carton boxes across Mang River, from Cambodia to Vietnam, showing suspicious signs, so they quickly went to check. When discovering the patrol team, the 3 people quickly ran back to the other side of the border, leaving behind 206 carton boxes containing 1,890 bottles of foreign wine of unknown origin. In the photo: Evidence of the case. Photo: VNA
INTERNATIONAL
The European Council (EC) adopted the first legally binding global treaty on rules governing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) on May 17. The EC said in a statement that the Framework Convention on AI sets out the legal framework for all stages of the development and use of AI systems, while addressing potential risks of AI and promoting responsible technological innovation. The treaty was adopted at the annual meeting of the EC Committee of Ministers, with the participation of foreign ministers from 46 member states. In photo: Panorama of the annual meeting of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers in Strasbourg (France). Photo: AFP/VNA
In a research report published on May 17, economic consultancy Oxford Economics assessed that Canada's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth only decreased in the second and third quarters, before turning positive again in the final quarter of the year. The report stated that GDP is forecast to decrease by 0.5% and hit bottom in the two middle quarters of the year. This forecast is 0.2 percentage points lower and one quarter earlier than the previous forecast, based on the assessment of the impact of higher mortgage rates for consumers, as well as the impact of the decline in new home construction, business investment or inventory accumulation. In the photo: Consumers buy goods at a market in Toronto, Canada. Photo: AFP/TTXVN
At least seven people were killed when a tornado with winds of up to 160 km/h swept through Texas, US officials said on May 17, while Houston - the state's largest city and the fourth largest in the US - was dealing with widespread damage. More than 920,000 customers in Houston are still without power and this situation could last for several weeks in some areas in Harris County. Due to the power outage, some major medical facilities in Harris County have had to close or delay medical examinations and treatments. Broken glass from high-rise buildings and trees are still lying on the streets in downtown Houston. Many roads are still closed for cleaning staff to clean up. In the photo: A house destroyed by a tornado in Houston, Texas, US. Photo: THX/TTXVN
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