Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh’s upcoming official visits to Singapore and Bruneicarry the message of joining hands for a cohesive ASEAN and a peaceful, stable,and prosperous Southeast Asia, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viethas affirmed.
In an interview with the press ahead of the PM’strip from February 8-11, Viet stressed that the relations between Vietnam andthe two countries are based on a lot of similarities in politics, economy,culture, and people-to-people exchange.Read full text
-Vietnamwishes UNDP will continue to give advice to and support Vietnam in terms ofhealth care, bidding and procurement of medicines and medical equipment, andmarine spatial planning, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha told UNDP ResidentRepresentative in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi.
During a reception for the UNDP official inHanoi on February 7, the Deputy PM spoke highly of the effective and practicalcooperation between Vietnam and UNDP across the fields of economy, society,climate change adaptation and ensuring the environment.Read full text
-DeputyMinister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung emphasised theimportance of a safe internet in the development process inVietnam on the occasion of World Safer Internet Day 2023 (February 7).
This year’s World Safer Internet Day is themed “Want to talk about it? Making space for safe conversations about life online”.Read full text
-HMS Spey,the British Royal Navy’s offshore patrol vessel, anchored at Ho Chi Minh City’sport on February 7, beginning a five-day friendship visit to the city on theoccasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Iain Frew, the new UK Ambassador to Vietnam, saidthat the visit will help deepen the already close relationship between the twocountries. He added that the two countries share common concerns, includingmaritime security, and sustainable development.Read full text
-Asmany as 16 districts in Hanoi - 11 urban and 5 rural ones - no longer have anyhouseholds living under the poverty line, and the number of poor households inthe capital city stands at 2,134, making up only 0.095% of its population.
The municipal People’s Committee has set thetarget of reducing the number of poor households to 642 this year. To that end,it has directed districts to concertedly roll out policies and measures onsustainable poverty reduction.Read full text
-Investmentmanagement firm VinaCapital said it expects Vietnam’s economy and stock marketto “normalise” this year after the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an economist’s note titled “Looking ahead at2023”, Chief Economist Michael Kokalari said the economy is returning to itslong-term growth trajectory now that the post-COVID re-opening boom hasfinished.Read full text
-TheMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the People’s Committeeof Ninh Binh province organised a ceremony to launch an afforestation campaignin Kim Son district on February 7.
The event formed part of the Mangrove Restorationand Sustainable Management Project in the Red River Delta funded by theGovernment of the Republic of Korea (RoK) through the Korea Forest Service (theKFS Project).Read full text
-Vietnamwill send its four best athletes to compete for medals at the Asian Indoor AthleticsChampionships 2023 in Kazakhstan later this week.
It is the first continental tournament in whichVietnamese competitors will participate after three years of the pandemic.Read full text/.
-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh’s upcoming official visits to Singapore and Bruneicarry the message of joining hands for a cohesive ASEAN and a peaceful, stable,and prosperous Southeast Asia, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viethas affirmed.
In an interview with the press ahead of the PM’strip from February 8-11, Viet stressed that the relations between Vietnam andthe two countries are based on a lot of similarities in politics, economy,culture, and people-to-people exchange.Read full text
-Vietnamwishes UNDP will continue to give advice to and support Vietnam in terms ofhealth care, bidding and procurement of medicines and medical equipment, andmarine spatial planning, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha told UNDP ResidentRepresentative in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi.
During a reception for the UNDP official inHanoi on February 7, the Deputy PM spoke highly of the effective and practicalcooperation between Vietnam and UNDP across the fields of economy, society,climate change adaptation and ensuring the environment.Read full text
-DeputyMinister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung emphasised theimportance of a safe internet in the development process inVietnam on the occasion of World Safer Internet Day 2023 (February 7).
This year’s World Safer Internet Day is themed “Want to talk about it? Making space for safe conversations about life online”.Read full text
-HMS Spey,the British Royal Navy’s offshore patrol vessel, anchored at Ho Chi Minh City’sport on February 7, beginning a five-day friendship visit to the city on theoccasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Iain Frew, the new UK Ambassador to Vietnam, saidthat the visit will help deepen the already close relationship between the twocountries. He added that the two countries share common concerns, includingmaritime security, and sustainable development.Read full text
-Asmany as 16 districts in Hanoi - 11 urban and 5 rural ones - no longer have anyhouseholds living under the poverty line, and the number of poor households inthe capital city stands at 2,134, making up only 0.095% of its population.
The municipal People’s Committee has set thetarget of reducing the number of poor households to 642 this year. To that end,it has directed districts to concertedly roll out policies and measures onsustainable poverty reduction.Read full text
-Investmentmanagement firm VinaCapital said it expects Vietnam’s economy and stock marketto “normalise” this year after the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an economist’s note titled “Looking ahead at2023”, Chief Economist Michael Kokalari said the economy is returning to itslong-term growth trajectory now that the post-COVID re-opening boom hasfinished.Read full text
-TheMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the People’s Committeeof Ninh Binh province organised a ceremony to launch an afforestation campaignin Kim Son district on February 7.
The event formed part of the Mangrove Restorationand Sustainable Management Project in the Red River Delta funded by theGovernment of the Republic of Korea (RoK) through the Korea Forest Service (theKFS Project).Read full text
-Vietnamwill send its four best athletes to compete for medals at the Asian Indoor AthleticsChampionships 2023 in Kazakhstan later this week.
It is the first continental tournament in whichVietnamese competitors will participate after three years of the pandemic.Read full text/.
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