☀️ Morning digest August 11

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
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Hanoi, (VNA) - The following isa list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 10 asked ministries,agencies, and localities to prepare plans to exploit the new development spacecreated by major highways and roads when he chaired a meeting of the Statesteering committee for national key transport projects.  
Speaking at the meeting, Chinh who is also head of thecommittee, said that in the coming time, the key task for ministries, agencies,and localities is to continue taking drastic measures to solve difficulties andproblems so as to speed up the pace of the key projects.Read full text

– Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quangrequested localities to make strategic and focused investments under the threenational target programmes for greater efficiency while chairing ateleconference with 14 northern mid-land and mountainous provinces in Yen Baiprovince on August 10.
The Deputy PM, who is also head of the CentralSteering Committee for National Target Programmes, said localities shouldstrive to fully disburse the funding transferred from 2022 to 2023 and at least90% of the 2023 budget.Read full text

– Deputy Minister of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Phung Duc Tien has asked localities to closely control the entryand exit of fishing vessels at ports, and prevent unqualified fishing vesselsfrom exploitation activities, thus making thorough preparations for the fourthon-site inspection by the European Commission (EC) in this October.
They were also urged to raise public awareness ofregulations on fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, especiallyamong fishermen and officials at the grassroots level.Read full text

- The steering committee for combating illegal,unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing of the Mekong Delta province of TienGiang held a conference on August 10 to review the fight against IUU in sevenmonths of this year and launch future tasks.
At the event, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Pham Van Trong affirmed local determination to effectively combat IUUwhile providing timely and full information and materials to fix shortcomingsas recommended by the European Commission.Read full text

– The World Bank forecasts that Vietnam’s economy will grow 4.7%in 2023, and accelerate to 5.5% in 2024 and 6.0% in 2025.
The bank made the prediction in its latest economic updateentitled “Making Public Investment Work for Growth” released on August 10. Read full text

- Multiple activitieswere held on August 10 at the general hospital of the south-central coastalprovince of Phu Yen, the first stop of the US-led Pacific Partnership 2023(PP23).
They included voluntary blood donation, a medical exhibition, medicalexamination and treatment, and drug supply, benefiting hundreds of residents.Read full text

– As many as 64 paintings and sculptures byVietnamese and Indonesian artists are being on display at the Ho Chi Minh CityFine Arts Association.
On display are mostly paintings in variousmaterials and styles such as impressionism, abstract and realism.Read full text/.

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