Hanoi, (VNA) – The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported bythe Vietnam News Agency on April 27.
- PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed digital transformation is a driving force forinnovation and a foundation for a modern economy, as he chaired the NationalCommittee on Digital Transformation’s second meeting on April 27.
PM Chinh, who is head of the committee, stressedthat the 13th National Party Congress’s document defines the national digitaltransformation as an important task associated with three main pillars ofdigital government, digital economy, and digital society. Read full story
-Vietnam'sEngineering Unit Rotation 1 and Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 4 left Hanoi onApril 27 for UN peacekeeping missions in Abyei and South Sudan.
The event also saw the attendance of the UNResident Coordinator, foreign ambassadors, the Head of the European UnionDelegation, and foreign defence attachés in Vietnam. Read full story
- Adelegation of the Party, State, National Assembly (NA), Government and theVietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) leaders paid tribute to late President Ho ChiMinh at his mausoleum and offered incense at the Martyrs’ Monument in Hanoi onApril 27 on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Liberation of the Southand National Reunification Day (April 30).
The delegation included President Nguyen XuanPhuc, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, permanentmember of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong, andPresident of the VFF Central Committee Do Van Chien. Read full story
- Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai said theVietnamese Government is always willing to create favourable conditions forKorean businesses, including Hana Financial Group and Hana Bank, to invest anddo long-term business in Vietnam in the spirit of harmonious benefit and risksharing.
Khai made the statement while receiving CEO ofHana Bank Park Sung-ho in Hanoi on April 27. Read full story
- Arrivalsentering Vietnam via all border gates will no longer have to fill andsubmit health declaration forms from April 27, the Ministry of Healthannounced.
The ministry sent an urgent document to thePeople's Committee of provinces and cities that have medical quarantineactivities to request them to temporarily stop requiring arrivals to makehealth declarations. Read full story
-TheNational Power Development Plan for the 2021 - 2030 period, with a visiontowards 2045 (PDP VIII) has taken into account the replacement of coal-firedpower projects and those that are still pending, heard a meeting of the StateAppraisal Council.
Speaking at the meeting, held in Hanoi on April 26under the chair of Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh, Minister of Industry andTrade Nguyen Hong Dien said the plan also targets a balance in electricitygeneration between regions and encourages the development of other fuels likehydrogen and ammonia. Read full story
- ViceChairman of the People’s Committee of Binh Duong southern province Nguyen VanDanh on April 26 presided over a virtual webinar which aims to promoteinvestment from France.
Localauthorities pledged to create favourable conditions for foreign investors,including those from France, and maintain regular dialogues with the businesscommunity at home and abroad to regulate policies conducive for the province’sdevelopment and legitimate benefits of the firms in a timely manner. Read full story
-ThePeople’s Committee of Hoan Kiem district in Hanoi coordinated with authoritiesof France’s Ile-de-France region held a ceremony on April 27 to start a projectconserving a French-era villa at No. 49 Tran Hung Dao Street – No 46 Hang BaiStreet.
Chairman of the district People’s Committee Pham Tuan Long said theconservation of the villa at No. 49 Tran Hung Dao Street – No 46 Hang BaiStreet is part of a joint project on conserving the former French Quarter inHanoi implemented by Hanoi and Ile-de-France region since 2007. Read full story
- Ho Chi Minh City’s economy is reboundingstrongly, raising confidence among people and businesses, heard a recentmeeting on local socio-economic situation.
Speaking at the meeting on April 26, Director ofthe municipal Department of Planning and Investment Le Thi Huynh Mai said thecity’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in April expanded some 2 percentfrom the previous month and 9.7 percent year-on-year. Read full story
-Thesouth central province of Binh Thuan will host the Visit Vietnam Year 2023.
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen VanHung announced this on April 26 during his working session with provincialleaders in Hanoi. Read full story/.
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