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☕ Afternoon briefing on January 30

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on January 30 ảnh 1

Hanoi, (VNA) - Thefollowing is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam NewsAgency.

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 30 examined theprogress of key transport projects in the Mekong Delta.

Visiting a construction site of My Thuan 2 Bridge that crossesthe Tien River and connects the Trung Luong-My Thuan and My Thuan-Can Thoexpressways between HCM City and Can Tho, he asked constructors to speed upwork, ensure the quality of the construction, labour safety and pay proper careto workers’ living conditions.Read full text

– National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong DinhHue on January 30 attended a ceremony to launch an emulation movement and atree planting festival in Yen Son district in the northern mountainousprovince of Tuyen Quang.

Speaking at the event, Hue said that in 1948, inViet Bac region, which now comprises Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Lang Son, Ha Giang,Tuyen Quang and Thai Nguyen provinces, President Ho Chi Minh issued apatriotism emulation appeal.Read full text

– Despite decreases in both imports andexports, the country still enjoyed a trade surplus of 3.6 billion USD in thefirst month of 2023, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The office reported that in the month, totalimport-export turnover reached 46.56 billion USD, down 17.3% over the previousmonth and 25% year on year, with exports dropping 21.3% to 25.08 billion USD,and imports falling 28.9% to 21.48 billion USD.Read full text

– A working delegation of the Vietnam Centrefor Overseas Labour (Colab) had a meeting on January 29 with representativesfrom the Counseling Centre for Foreign Workers of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’sAnsan city to promote the implementation of support activities for Vietnameselabourers in the RoK.

The Vietnamese centre’s Director Dang Huy Hong,who is head of the delegation, thanked the Ansan centre for supporting foreignworkers in general and Vietnamese in particular when living and working in theKorean city.Read full text

– Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) in Januaryinched up by only 0.35% month-on-month and 3.09% year-on-year, the municipalStatistics Office has reported.

Among the 11 commodity groups, nine sawmonth-on-month increases, with the highest recorded in transport services(1.14%) as a result of hikes in oil and gas prices in the month, followed bybeverages and tobacco (1.01%).Read full text

– The tourism sector of the northern port cityof Hai Phong will focus on developing sports and yacht tourism towardsattracting more holidaymakers with high spending power, according to the municipalDepartment of Tourism.

The department said it will continue to coordinatewith relevant agencies to better the quality of food tour products inconnection with sustainably developing city tours, aiming to fully tap thecity’s culture, cuisine and architectural values.Read full text/.

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