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☕ Afternoon briefing on August 10

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

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

- National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on August 9visited and delivered a speech “Vietnam - Iran cooperation for peace anddevelopment” at the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS),as part of his ongoing official visit to Iran.

Hue said that Vietnam and Iran share theaspiration to promote cooperation for peace and development on the basis of thefine bilateral political-diplomatic relations. Read full story

-   NationalAssembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue visited Iran House of Innovation andTechnology (IHIT) in Tehran on August 9, as part of his ongoing visit to theMiddle-East country.

Welcoming Hue and the Vietnamese NA delegation,Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber and IHIT leaders affirmed thatVietnam is one of the important partners of Iran in the region, and showedtheir hope to continue to reinforce and boost cooperation with Vietnam in allfields, especially economy, trade, culture, tourism and people-to-peopleexchange. Read full story

- The Vietnam Culture Week kicked off in Iran on August 9 night (local time), with the attendance of National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue who is on an official visit to the country.

The event, jointly held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Vietnamese Embassy in Iran and some Iranian agencies, marks the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between the two countries (1973-2023). Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Chairman of the NationalEmulation-Commendation Council for the 2021-2026 tenure, chaired the sixthmeeting of the council in Hanoi on August 10 to review its performance in thefirst seven months of this year, set tasks for the rest of the year, anddiscuss proposals.

Chinh underlined that despite difficulties in thefirst half of this year, all set targets were completed thanks to the jointefforts of the whole political system, the people and the business community. Read full story

☕ Afternoon briefing on August 10 ảnh 2Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged speeding up theimplementation of key transport projects to create regional connectivity inservice of national development, while chairing a working session of the Statesteering committee for such projects held in Hanoi on August 10.

The hybrid meeting was connected to provinces andcentrally-run cities which the projects run through. Read full story

- Vietnam has made specific contributions to the developmentof the pillars of the ASEAN Community as well as the building of the ASEANVision 2025, said Dr. Nguyen Hong Hai, a lecturer of Queensland University ofTechnology's School of Justice in Australia.

In the ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC),Vietnam has shown active engagement in building and approving basic documents,laying the foundation for the development of the community. They include theDeclaration of ASEAN Concord (Bali Concord II) in 2003, and the ASEAN Political-SecurityCommunity Blueprint 2025 in 2016, said Hai. Read full story

- The Ministry of Industry and Trade held a conference inHanoi on August 9 to announce the national plannings in the fields of energyand mining for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050.

These include one on the infrastructure for thereserve and supply of petrol, oil and gas products; another on the exploration,extraction, processing and use of minerals; and a master planning on energy forthe 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050. They were all approved by the PrimeMinister in July, aiming to expand the development room for energy andmining sectors in line with the country’s development direction of green,circular and low-carbon economy, the Party and State’s policy as well as thegrowth trend in the world. Read full story

- Members of the National Wage Council agreed to proposeincreasing the regional minimum wage in 2024 at the council’s first meeting in2023 on August 9.

However, the increase rate and timing will bebased on information and data collected at the end of this year forconsideration and assessment at the second meeting scheduled to take place inlate November, said Le Dinh Quang, member of the council. Read full story

- The total revenue to the State budget between January andJuly exceeded 1.01 quadrillion VND (42.53 billion USD), equaling 62.7% of theyearly estimate and dropping by 7.8% from the same period last year.

According to the Ministry of Finance, of the 63localities nationwide, eight saw annual increases in their collection revenue,while the 55 others recorded decreases. Read full story

☕ Afternoon briefing on August 10 ảnh 3Multiple policies have been adopted for revolution contributors, including war veterans whose children are also AO victims. (Photo: VNA)

- Over the past years, thanks to joint efforts by the entiresociety and support from international friends, victims of Agent Orange(AO)/dioxin in Vietnam have seen their material and spiritual life beingimproved.

Each year, the State earmarks more than 10trillion VND (421.18 million USD) for AO victims and their families, as well asthe areas severely affected by the toxic chemical./. Read full story

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