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☀️ Morning digest March 20

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

- The Vietnamese Government commits to creating all possible conditions forbusinesses to growth further, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed at theVietnam Business Forum 2023 (VBF 2023) in Hanoi on March 19. Reviewing thecountry’s socio-economic recovery and development achievements in 2022, the PMsaid the macro economy remained stable, major economic balances were ensured,and notably the domestic investment and business environment was improvedsignificantly. Read full story

- State-run groups and corporations must operate effectively to contribute tobuilding an independent and self-reliant economy, Prime Minister Minister PhamMinh Chinh requested on March 18 at a conference on solutions to innovate theoperation of the Committee for Management of State Capital at Enterprises(CMSC) and effectively promote investment resources of State groups andcorporations. Read full story

- The Paris-based Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSEGlobal) held a round-table discussion on March 18 to review its activities inthe recent past and introduce coming projects. Prof. Nguyen Duc Khuong,Chairman of the association, said the AVSE Global, whose predecessor was theAssociation of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts in France, was established inParis in 2011 with a view to connecting overseas Vietnamese scientists andexperts to capitalise on their potential. Read full story

- Vietnam’s Committee for Management of State Capital at Enterprises (CMSC) andthe State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the StateCouncil of China (SASAC) held a conference on reform and development ofState-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Beijing on March 18. CMSC Chairman NguyenHoang Anh, SASAC Chairman Zhang Yuzhuo, and Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Sao Maiattended the event. Read full story

- Representatives of more than 50 US companies will visit Vietnam from March21-22 to discuss investment and business opportunities under an annualprogramme hosted by the US-ASEAN Business Council. Read full story

- Vietnam Airlines conducted the first regular flight from Beijing (China) toHanoi on March 19 after a three-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read full story

- National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines is participating in the MalaysianAssociation of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) Fair 2023, now underway in KualaLumpur from March 17 to 19, aiming to promote Vietnam's image to internationalfriends as well as introduce its new products. Read full story

- The Vietnam pavilion attracted a large number of visitors to the 26thMediterranean Tourism Exchange (BTM), organised from March 16 to 18 in theItalian city of Napoli. This is the first time that the Embassy of Vietnam inItaly participated in the BTM, one of the largest annual tourism events in theEuropean country, which attracts more than 10,000 visitors and 400 exhibitorsfrom 26 countries. Read full story

- Nearly 30 technicians and managers attended a training class on March 18 as apreparation for the operation of urban railway Metro Line No 1 (Ben Thanh-SuoiTien) in Ho Chi Minh City. According to Akira Hosomi, operation and maintenancespecialist of NJPT Contractors Consortium, Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro line No. 1using Japanese technologies is the first project in Vietnam that Japaneseexperts have transferred the know-how to Vietnamese operators. Read full story

- A forum linking more than 11,000 locations at home and abroad was held onMarch 17 to gather opinions of youth union members, teenagers, and children anddiscuss solutions to issues that young people are concerned about. The event,organised by the Secretariat of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMCYU)Central Committee, focused on two main themes, namely promoting youth’sstrength to build a prosperous and happy country and creating an environmentfor children to develop comprehensively. Read full story

- About 500 Cambodian people and those of the Vietnamese origin in Borebodistrict, Cambodia's Kampong Chhnang province, received free health check-upsand medicine on March 18. The activity was organised by the Vietnamese Embassyin Cambodia, Cho Ray-Phnom Penh Hospital, the Khmer-Vietnamese Association, andlocal authorities. Read full story

- More than 1,000 people joined a Race for Earth Hour 2023, which took placearound Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of Hanoi capital on March 18. The race wasone among the activities held in Vietnam to respond to the Earth Hour thisyear. Read full story./.
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