Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a brief review of the day’s events asreported by the Vietnam News Agency on August 18.
- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Chairman of the National Defence and SecurityCouncil, had a meeting with the Economic Security Department of the Ministry ofPublic Security on August 18.
He highly valued the economic security force’s timely detection and effectivesettlement of complex issues emerging during the international economicintegration process, as well as its firm safeguarding of the country’sindependence and self-reliance during economic development, thus helping stampout threats to national security and protect economic development policies inmany important areas. Read full story
- The Vietnam – Cuba Friendship Association (VCFA) on August 17 sent out aletter calling for donations to Cuban people to help them overcome currentdifficulties. The VCFA will receive donations till August 31. Read full story
- The fire prevention and fighting workat all karaoke parlors and bars in Hanoi will be inspected, following a seriesof blazes and explosions, including serious ones, reported in the capital cityin recent weeks.
The inspections must be completed before September 20 and their resultssubmitted to the city Police to be reported to the municipal People’s Committeebefore September 25, the committee requested. Read full story
- Vietnam saw a year-on-year increase of 17% in exports in the first sixmonths, but it will be hard for overseas shipments to meet expectations in thelast half of the year, according to the HSBC. Read full story
- An international seminar on trend of investment in Vietnam in the new normalcontext took place in Seoul on August 18, with over 150 Korean investors andenterprises in different areas taking part. It was co-hosted by the VietnamViglacera Corporation, the Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK, the VietnameseMinistry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency, the IndustrialBank of Korea (IBK) and the Bae, Kim & Lee LLC, on the occasion of the30th anniversary of Vietnam – RoK diplomatic ties. Read full story
- Vietnam has reviewed greenhouse gas emissions since 2010. However, due to thelack of requirements for reporting and assessing results, the data on emissionreduction has yet to be fully compiled. Read full story
- There will be 8-10 storms and tropical depressions in the East Sea from nowto February 2023, of which from three to five storms are likely to directlyaffect Vietnam’s mainland, according to the National Centre forHydro-Meteorological Forecasting. Read full story
- A requiem was held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 18 in remembrance of thepeople who died of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Most Venerable Thich Le Trang, head of the Executive Committee of the VietnamBuddhist Sangha in Ho Chi Minh City, said that the requiem aimed to ease thesorrows of the bereaved families and call on people to join hands to build abetter Ho Chi Minh City and country. Read full story
- Representatives of the Association of Japanese in love with Vietnam visitedand presented gifts to 10 poor Agent Orange victims, each worth 2.5 million VND(108 USD) and 5kg of rice, in the northern province of Ninh Binh on August 18.This was the 11th year the association has stood by the side of local AOvictims. Read full story
- A Vietnamese cultural village will be built in the county of Bonghwa,Gyeongbuk province, the Republic of Korea, heard a recent meeting between thecounty’s mayor Park Hyun-guk and Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Vu Tung.
The village will be developed on a ground of 38,350sqm. It is expected toattract around 100,000 visitors and generate some 3.7 billion won (2.8 millionUSD) in revenue annually. The village forms part of a project planned to stepup cultural exchange and accelerate cooperation between Bonghwa and Vietnam intourism, culture and education. Read full story
- Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has passed a milestone in his careerwhen rising to the world’s No.332 in the latest Association of TennisProfessionals (ATP) rankings. Read full story
- Canadian pop/rock band The Moffatts has visited Sa Pa, a famous touristdestination in the northern province of Lao Cai about 320 kilometres fromHanoi, and shot a music video to promote tourism.
It is part of the boyband’s Music TravelLove project which will see the members discover the beauty of the landscapeand people in each place they travel to. Read full story./.
- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Chairman of the National Defence and SecurityCouncil, had a meeting with the Economic Security Department of the Ministry ofPublic Security on August 18.
He highly valued the economic security force’s timely detection and effectivesettlement of complex issues emerging during the international economicintegration process, as well as its firm safeguarding of the country’sindependence and self-reliance during economic development, thus helping stampout threats to national security and protect economic development policies inmany important areas. Read full story
- The Vietnam – Cuba Friendship Association (VCFA) on August 17 sent out aletter calling for donations to Cuban people to help them overcome currentdifficulties. The VCFA will receive donations till August 31. Read full story
- The fire prevention and fighting workat all karaoke parlors and bars in Hanoi will be inspected, following a seriesof blazes and explosions, including serious ones, reported in the capital cityin recent weeks.
The inspections must be completed before September 20 and their resultssubmitted to the city Police to be reported to the municipal People’s Committeebefore September 25, the committee requested. Read full story
- Vietnam saw a year-on-year increase of 17% in exports in the first sixmonths, but it will be hard for overseas shipments to meet expectations in thelast half of the year, according to the HSBC. Read full story
- An international seminar on trend of investment in Vietnam in the new normalcontext took place in Seoul on August 18, with over 150 Korean investors andenterprises in different areas taking part. It was co-hosted by the VietnamViglacera Corporation, the Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK, the VietnameseMinistry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency, the IndustrialBank of Korea (IBK) and the Bae, Kim & Lee LLC, on the occasion of the30th anniversary of Vietnam – RoK diplomatic ties. Read full story
- Vietnam has reviewed greenhouse gas emissions since 2010. However, due to thelack of requirements for reporting and assessing results, the data on emissionreduction has yet to be fully compiled. Read full story
- There will be 8-10 storms and tropical depressions in the East Sea from nowto February 2023, of which from three to five storms are likely to directlyaffect Vietnam’s mainland, according to the National Centre forHydro-Meteorological Forecasting. Read full story
- A requiem was held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 18 in remembrance of thepeople who died of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Most Venerable Thich Le Trang, head of the Executive Committee of the VietnamBuddhist Sangha in Ho Chi Minh City, said that the requiem aimed to ease thesorrows of the bereaved families and call on people to join hands to build abetter Ho Chi Minh City and country. Read full story
- Representatives of the Association of Japanese in love with Vietnam visitedand presented gifts to 10 poor Agent Orange victims, each worth 2.5 million VND(108 USD) and 5kg of rice, in the northern province of Ninh Binh on August 18.This was the 11th year the association has stood by the side of local AOvictims. Read full story
- A Vietnamese cultural village will be built in the county of Bonghwa,Gyeongbuk province, the Republic of Korea, heard a recent meeting between thecounty’s mayor Park Hyun-guk and Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Vu Tung.
The village will be developed on a ground of 38,350sqm. It is expected toattract around 100,000 visitors and generate some 3.7 billion won (2.8 millionUSD) in revenue annually. The village forms part of a project planned to stepup cultural exchange and accelerate cooperation between Bonghwa and Vietnam intourism, culture and education. Read full story
- Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has passed a milestone in his careerwhen rising to the world’s No.332 in the latest Association of TennisProfessionals (ATP) rankings. Read full story
- Canadian pop/rock band The Moffatts has visited Sa Pa, a famous touristdestination in the northern province of Lao Cai about 320 kilometres fromHanoi, and shot a music video to promote tourism.
It is part of the boyband’s Music TravelLove project which will see the members discover the beauty of the landscapeand people in each place they travel to. Read full story./.
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