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☕ Afternoon briefing on August 29

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on August 29 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief reviewof the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

- US President Joe Biden will pay a visit to Vietnam fromSeptember 10-11, revealed spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs PhamThu Hang on August 29.

The visit is made at the invitation of GeneralSecretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong,she said. Read full story
☕ Afternoon briefing on August 29 ảnh 2Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the event (Photo: VNA)
-  Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his visitingSingaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong on August 29 attended a conference inHanoi to discuss measures aimed at speeding up Vietnam-Singapore joint projects.

The event, drawing more than 500 delegates fromministries, sectors, localities and businesses of Vietnam and Singapore, notedthat currently Singapore ranks first among the ASEAN member states and secondamong the 143 countries and territories investing in Vietnam with 3,274 validprojects worth 73.5 billion USD. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Singaporean PrimeMinister Lee Hsien Loong as well as their spouses on August 29 had aconversation with outstanding students from the Vietnam National University -Hanoi (VNU) on various matters.

The students raised issues on education,science-technology and innovation policies of Singapore, the digitaleconomy-green economy partnership between the two countries, as well aspolicies to promote cooperation among universities of Singapore and Vietnam,especially in areas of research, innovation and artificial intelligence. Read full story

- Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has affirmed the diplomaticsector, under the leadership of the Party, is determined to build a modern,comprehensive and strong diplomacy, contributing to successfully completing theresolution and foreign policy set at the 13th National Party Congress.

In his article on the occasion of the diplomaticsector’s 78th founding anniversary (August 28, 1945-2023), Son wrote that overthe past 78 years, under the leadership of the Party, the sector has inheritedand upheld the cultural identity and diplomatic traditions of the nation, basedon Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh's thought, while absorbing the world'scultural quintessence and progressive ideas.
Thereby, the sector has built aunique and special diplomacy imbued with “Vietnamese bamboo” characters. Read full story

- The book on some theoretical and practical issues onsocialism and the path to socialism in Vietnam by Party General SecretaryNguyen Phu Trong was introduced in Ho Chi Minh City on August 29 on theoccasion of the 78th anniversary of National Day (September 2, 1945-2023).

The event was jointly held by the HCM City Unionof Friendship Organisations (HUFO), Nguoi Lao dong (Labourers) Newspaper, andthe Su That (Truth) National Political Publishing House in HCM City. Read full story

- Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of 20.19 billion USD in thefirst eight months of this year, according to data released by the GeneralStatistics Office (GSO) on August 29.

In the period, the total import-export turnover of goods hit435.23 billion USD, posting a year-over-year decrease of 13.1%. Specifically,export value hit 227.7 billion USD, a fall of 10% year on year and import valuewas down by 16.2% to 207.52 billion USD. Read full story

- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on August 29chaired a teleconference with 28 coastal localities on solutions to fightillegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and make preparations forthe EC’s fourth inspection in October.

He asked the coastal localities to resolutely putan end to illegal fishing by vessels in foreign waters, which serves as adecisive factor for Vietnam to have the yellow card imposed by the EuropeanCommission (EC) on IUU fishing lifted. Read full story

- Vietnam ranked 14th among the best places for expats in theExpat Insider 2023 by InterNations – the largest global expat network with 5million members.

The 2023 edition was conducted based on opinionsof 12,000 expats living in 172 countries and territories. They rated up to 56aspects of expat life such as the local cost of living, the availability ofhousing, their career prospects, the access to high-speed internet at home, andthe quality of health care. Read full story
☕ Afternoon briefing on August 29 ảnh 3Workers process seafood for export (Photo: VNA)
- Vietnam's total export-import turnover of agro-forestry andaquatic products in the eight months of this year was estimated at 59.69billion USD, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Of the figure, 33.21 billion USD was worth ofexports, down 9.5% annually, but still resulting in a trade surplus of 6.72billion USD./. Read full story
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