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☕ Afternoon briefing on August 3

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on August 3.
☕ Afternoon briefing on August 3 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events asreported by the Vietnam News Agency on August 3.

– State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 3 inspected theimplementation of the 2022 special amnesty work at Xuan Loc prison in thesouthern province of Dong Nai.

☕ Afternoon briefing on August 3 ảnh 2President Nguyen Xuan Phuc inspects special amnesty work at Xuan Loc prison in Dong Nai province. (Photo: VNA) 
The leader highlighted the political andsocial significance of the policy, saying that it manifests the humanitarianadvocacy and special leniency of the Party and State towards prisoners who showgood behaviour and high determination to rehabilitate themselves.Read full story

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed the need to ensurethe stability of the macro-economy, markets of different kinds, politics andpeople’s material and spiritual life, while chairing a regular governmentmeeting on August 3.

☕ Afternoon briefing on August 3 ảnh 3Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)
At the hybrid event, he also urged keeping a closerwatch on the situation, intensifying preventive and grassroots health care andvaccination, and enhancing disciplines; adding that greater efforts are neededto step up production and business, and public investment disbursement.Read full story

– Many prestigious international organisations and expertshave highly valued Vietnam’s development achievements and prospects, PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh told a government meeting in Hanoi on August 3.

The leader cited forecast by Standard Chartered, VinaCapital, Hongkong andShanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), and the Asian Development Bank(ADB) as saying Vietnam’s GDP will grow from 6.5% to 6.9% this year. Read full story

– Vietnam expects that related parties will restrain andavoid complicating the situation in the Taiwan Strait, Spokeswoman of theMinistry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said on August 3.

☕ Afternoon briefing on August 3 ảnh 4Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang. (Photo: VNA)
Respondingto reporters’ query on the current Taiwan Strait situation, Hang affirmed thatVietnam has consistently implemented the ‘One China’ policy and hopedthat relevant parties will actively contribute to maintaining peace andstability, and promote cooperation and development in the region and the worldas well. Read full story

- Vietnam always supports the use of nuclear technology forpeaceful purposes, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc told a paneldiscussion themed “Nonproliferation, Nuclear Energy, and Climate Change”chaired by US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm in New York on August 2.

The discussion was a side event of the Tenth Review Conference of the Partiesto the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Read full story

– After 30 years of the establishment of the bilateraldiplomatic ties, cooperation between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK)has been thriving across spheres, heard an online workshop held by the VietnamAcademy of Social Sciences (VASS) in Hanoi on August 3.

Associate Prof.,Dr. Nguyen Huy Hoang, Director of the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies atthe VASS, said the two countries have established a strategic partnership andare working towards a comprehensive strategic partnership. Read full story

– Vietnamese striker Huynh Nhu has been honoured to bepresent in a poster to popularise the finals of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023posted on the tournament’s official Facebook page on August 2.

☕ Afternoon briefing on August 3 ảnh 5Striker Huynh Nhu (No.9) in the FIFA Women’s World Cup poster (Photo: VNA)
This isdescribed as a recognition of the Vietnamese team’s first-ever advance to thefinals of a FIFA Women’s World Cup. The tournament will take place inAustralia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20, 2023. Read full story

- The domestic search volume for tourism in July surged bynearly 8 folds year-on-year, and by 3 times compared to the beginning of March2022 when the country started to re-open tourism.
☕ Afternoon briefing on August 3 ảnh 6Tourists visit Golden Bridge in Da Nang (Photo: VNA)
According to theVietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), Ho Chi Minh City is the mostsearched destination for domestic tourists. It was followed by Phu Quoc Island,Hanoi, Da Lat, Nha Trang, Da Nang, Vung Tau, Quy Nhon, Hue and Phan Thiet./.Read full story
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