Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a brief review ofthe day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
– Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’sofficial visit to Vietnam from August 20-22 is expected to help consolidate anddevelop the traditional friendship between the two countries.
Vietnam and Kazakhstan set up their diplomaticties on June 29, 1992. Since then, the bilateral relations have been developingwell in various fields.Read full text
– Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signeda decision approving a master plan for the development of a networkof social assistance facilities for the 2021-2030 period, witha vision to 2050.
The plan aims to ensure that at least 90% ofpeople in extremely difficult circumstances without caregivers are givenconsultation and assistance and managed by social assistance facilities by2030, with priority given to lonely or social isolated elderly people, peoplewith mental disorders or severe disabilities, children in difficultcircumstances, and victims of family violence or human trafficking. Read full text
– In the current economic context, innovatingthe growth model is an urgent requirement from both micro and macro angles,heard a business forum held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 17.
Participants in the event, organised by ForbesVietnam and some other organisations, pointed out the need for the Vietnameseeconomy to switch from capital, cheap labour and natural resource-based growthto knowledge-based one.Read full text
– The new visa policy, coming into force onAugust 15, is believed to open up various opportunities for tourismdevelopment, and stakeholders in this industry are taking actions to seizethose chances.
The National Assembly approved the law amendingand supplementing some articles of the Law on Exit and Entry of VietnameseCitizens and the Law on Foreigners’ Entry into, Exit from, Transit through andResidence in Vietnam in late June.Read full text
– The Seoul Botanical Park in the capital of the Republic ofKorea on August 18 kicked off a summer event on Vietnamese culture named"Scent of Green Papaya".
Within the framework of the three-day event, the Vietnamesemovie "The smell of green papaya" released in 1994, the firstVietnamese film to be nominated for the Oscar for the best foreign-languagefilm, will be screened three times on August 19 and 20.Read full text
– Vietnamese representatives shared the country's policies onpromoting traditional medicine at the first Traditional Medicine Global Summitwhich took place in India from August 17-18.
The summit, organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) andthe Government of India, is part of the ongoing G20 Health Ministers’ Meetingbeing held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from August 17-19.Read full text
- Markswoman Trinh Thu Vinh officially won aslot at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics after achieving a high result at the53rd ISSF World Shooting Championships qualifiers in Azerbaijan on August 17.
According to the Vietnamese shooting team’scoach Hoang Xuan Vinh, 23-year-old Thu Vinh ranked fifth in the women's 10m airpistol event with 579 points, only five points lower than the score of thefirst-ranking shooter.Read full text/.
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