Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief review ofthe day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
– Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trongordered Lang Son to make stronger improvements in socio-economic development,while visiting the northern border mountainous province on August 25.
Highly valuing the province’s efforts andachievements in recent years, he told local officials at a meeting the same daythat they need to be further aware of the general context as well as bothadvantages and disadvantages of Lang Son to identify targets, requirements, andtasks for boosting economic development. Read full story
– A delegation led by member of the Party Central Committee andpermanent deputy head of its Commission of Mass Mobilisation Pham Tat Thangpaid a visit to Iran from August 21-24.
Within the framework of the visit, the delegation had separatemeetings with Secretary-General, Chairman of the Political - Security -Defense Committee, the Council for Unification of Awareness GhadirNezamipour, Secretary General of Islamic Coalition Party AssadollahBadamchian, Chairman of the Party Coalition Manouchehr Mottaki, DeputyForeign Minister Shaykh al-Islami, and President of the Iran-Vietnam FriendshipAssociation (IVFA) Seyed Kamal Sajadi. Read full story
– Secretary-General of the Permanent Court ofArbitration (PCA) in The Hague Marcin Czepelak has lauded Vietnam’s cooperationand strong performance in implementing the agreement to set up a PCArepresentative office in Vietnam, describing the country as a good example inpartnership with the PCA.
Receiving outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to theNetherlands Pham Viet Anh, Czepelak highly valued the PCA visit by PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh in December last year, considering it as a meaningfulmessage of Vietnam on respecting and honouring international law, especiallyamid the current situation. Read full story
– An international conference, titled “50-yearRelationship of Vietnam-Canada: Look Back and Forward”, took place in Hanoi onAugust 25.
Co-organised by the Vietnam Institute ofAmericas Studies (VIAS) and the Canadian Embassy, it enabled participants todiscuss the diplomatic relations’ progress in the past five decades from 1973to 2023. They analysed the current regional context and internationalinstitutions of which both countries are members in order to find commonground, opportunities, and platforms serving the advancement of the ties in thetime to come. Read full story
– Vietnam enjoyed a tradesurplus of 16.25 billion USD as of August 15, according to the GeneralDepartment of Customs.
The country’s total import and export turnover hit over402 billion USD in the period, including 209.43 billion USD in exportvalue, representing a yearly decline of 10.1%, or 23.5 billion USD incomparison with the same period last year. Read full story
– Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry andTrade Phan Thi Thang and British Minister of State for International TradeNigel Huddleston co-chaired the 13th meeting of the Joint Committee on Economicand Trade Cooperation between Vietnam and the UK (JETCO 13) on August 24 inHanoi.
Minister Thang said the cooperation mechanism ofthe joint committee has recorded sustainable development, contributing toresolving policy obstacles, and building a more favourable business environmentfor enterprises of both sides. Read full story
- The Ho Chi Minh City International Music Festival 2023(HOZO), the largest outdoor music show in the southern hub, is scheduled to kickoff in September.
According to the organising board, unlike in previous editions,the 2023 festival will begin from early September and last until late December.The highlight of the festival will be four performance nights with the theme of“HOZO Inspired Talents" and three concerts themed "HOZO SuperFest". Read full story./.
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