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☕ Afternoon briefing on April 10

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on April 10 ảnh 1

Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

- President Vo Van Thuong and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnamarrived in Vientiane on April 10 morning, beginning an official visit to Laosat the invitation of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Partyand President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith.

☕ Afternoon briefing on April 10 ảnh 2President Vo Van Thuong arrives in Vientiane on April 10 morning, beginning an official visit to Laos. (Photo: VNA) 

The Vietnamese leader and his delegation were welcomedby Chairwoman of the Lao Presidential Office Khemani Pholsena, Mayor ofVientiane Atsaphangthong Siphandone, Deputy Foreign Minister ThongphaneSavanphet, Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuang, representativesof the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Vietnamese Ambassador to LaosNguyen Ba Hung. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 10 asked relevantagencies to take in the most of people’s opinions to ensure the draft revisedLand Law matches the reality, with interests of the State, people, andbusinesses harmonised.

☕ Afternoon briefing on April 10 ảnh 3The Government’s law-building session on April 10. (Photo: VNA)

He made the request while addressing theGovernment’s law-building session which looked into the collection of thepublic feedback on the draft revised Land Law and the NA Standing Committee’sopinions about the draft revised Law on Housing. Read full story

- The 15th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee convenedits 22nd session in Hanoi on April 10 under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong DinhHue.

☕ Afternoon briefing on April 10 ảnh 4The NA Standing Committee convenes its 22nd session. (Photo: VNA)

In his opening speech, NA Chairman Hue said duringthe two-day session, the Committee will discuss the proposed law buildingprogramme for 2024, adjustments to the law and ordinance building programme in2023, and a report of the NA supervision delegation on the mobilisation and useof resources for COVID-19 prevention and control, and the implementationof implementation of policies and laws on grassroots health and preventivemedicine. Read full story

- Vietnam and the Netherlands boast a good, open and candidrelationship, which is seen as a model of relations between Vietnam and aEuropean nation, a diplomat has said.

In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency(VNA) on the occasion of the 50th founding anniversary of the bilateraldiplomatic ties (April 9, 2023), Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands PhamViet Anh recalled the Netherlands’ support to Vietnam in various spheres whenthe Southeast Asian nation was facing a host of war-induced challenges. Read full story

- Ships 8004 and 8003 of the Vietnam Coast Guard leftDinh Vu port in Hai Phong city on April 9 afternoon for a joint patrol with theChina Coast Guard in the waters adjacent to the Gulf of Tonkin demarcation line.

☕ Afternoon briefing on April 10 ảnh 5Officers and soldiers of ships 8004 and 8003 receive gifts from the Vietnam Coast Guard High Command. (Photo: qdnd.vn)

This is the first such activity in 2023 and thesixth between the two sides in this area. It will take place from April11-13, with a distance of 255.5 nautical miles. Read full story

- Major newspapers of Laos on April 10 ran articleshighlighting the upcoming official visit by President Vo Van Thuong to Laos,affirming that it will contribute to deepening the Laos – Vietnam specialrelations.

In its article, Pasaxon - theofficial newspaper of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party(LPRP) - said the Vietnamese President’s official visit to Laos from April 10 –11 at the invitation of Lao Party General Secretary and President ThonglounSisoulith will help strengthen the great friendship, special solidarity andcomprehensive cooperation between the two nations, and affirm that Vietnamalways attaches importance to developing the relations with Laos. Read full story

- Vietnam’s banking system is showing signs of returning toa period of money surplus as no bank needs the State Bank of Vietnam's(SBV) capital in the open market operation (OMO) channel and overnightinterbank interest rates have dropped sharply.

Though the SBV has offered cheaper interest rateswith longer-term loans in the OMO channel, no banks have taken part in theSBV’s offers. April 3 marked the 10th consecutive session that the SBV failedto lend capital on the OMO channel. Read full story

- The value of textile and garment exports in the firstquarter of 2023 reached 7.1 billion USD, down 17% compared to the same periodin 2022, due to the impact of global inflation, according to the GeneralStatistics Office (GSO).

This was the deepest decline in the first quartersince 2009, the GSO said. Read full story

- The northern province of Bac Ninh attracted more than 565million in foreign investment in the first quarter of 2023, ranking third amonglocalities nationwide, according to the provincial People's Committee. 

In the reviewed period, the province grantedlicences to 55 new projects, worth 481 million USD, whichdoubled the number of projects seen in the same period last year andmarked a year-on-year increase of 8.5 times in terms of capital. Read full story

- Vietnamese cyclist Nguyen Thi That on April 9 made animpressive victory in the second stage of the Princess Maha Chakri SirindhornsCup Women's Tour of Thailand.

☕ Afternoon briefing on April 10 ảnh 6Vietnamese cyclist Nguyen Thi That on April 9 finishes  first in the second stage of the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorns Cup Women's Tour of Thailand.(Photo: vnexpress.net)

She finished the 82.2-km race held in Rayongprovince - about 140km to the southeast of Bangkok - first with a time of 1hour 58.48 minutes./. Read full story

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