- National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue had a meeting with Speaker ofthe House of Representatives of Thailand Wan Muhamad Noor Matha in Jakarta onAugust 7, during which Hue affirmed that Vietnam highly values the strengthenedstrategic partnership with Thailand. Read full story
- National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue had a meeting on August 6 withSpeaker of the Philippine House of Representatives Ferdinand Martin Romualdez,on the occasion of the 44th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-ParliamentaryAssembly (AIPA-44) held in Jakarta. The two leaders agreed to boost thebilateral ties in a more substantive manner, particularly in economics, tradeand investment, and to strive to bring two-way trade to soon hit 10 billionUSD. Read full story
- Dr Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN), has highly valued Vietnam’s activeness, proactiveness andsense of responsibility in the bloc, saying the country can share its valuableexperience with regional countries.
He made the remarks during a recent interview granted to the Vietnam NewsAgency on the occasion of the 56th anniversary of ASEAN (August 8, 1967 -2023). Read full story
- The Prime Minister has issued a dispatch demanding ministries, sectors, andlocalities ramp up response to and settlement of downpour and floodconsequences in northern mountainous and midland areas. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision to issue anadministrative reform plan for the second half of 2023, aiming to seek measuresto simplify 13 major groups of administrative procedures.
The objectives of the plan include speeding up the progress of adjusting andsupplementing legal documents to put forth the plan to renovate, cut down andsimplify regulations related to business activities as well ascitizenship-related papers and administrative procedures that has been approvedby the Government and the PM, improving public servants’ sense ofresponsibility in serving the people and businesses, increasing policy responseefficiency, strengthening administrative discipline, and enhancing the qualityof public services. Read full story
- The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a circular guiding certain provisions ofthe Law on Money Laundering Prevention and Control.
The document provides regulations on criteria and methods for assessing moneylaundering risks of reporting entities; the process of managing moneylaundering risks and classifying customers in accordance with their level ofmoney laundering risk; and internal regulations on anti-money laundering. Read full story
- Leading Japanese retail group AEON has informed purchasing firms frommany countries of the upcoming “Vietnam International Sourcing 2023” to behosted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). The company seeks capabledomestic partners to further engage and develop its value chain. Read full story
- Vietnamese Deputy Inspector General Bui Ngoc Lam and his Lao counterpartSukkhamphet Heuangbutsi held talks in Vientiane on August 7 to discuss measuresto strengthen cooperation in inspection work.
The two sides informed each other about the socio-economic situation in thefirst six months of 2023, and shared experiences in directing and administeringthe inspection and anti-corruption work in each country. Read full story
- Over the past time, the US Agency For International Development (USAID)Linksages for Small and Medium Enterprises (LInkSME) project has significantlysupported the Vietnamese Government in researching, reviewing and popularisingmechanisims to improve business climate, thus enhancing competitivenesscapacity of local SMEs. Read full story
- A ceremony to launch the 16th National Volunteer Day and to celebrate 30years of summer volunteer programmes and campaigns of the youth in Ho Chi MinhCity (1994-2023) was held on August 6, with the participation of nearly 2,500young volunteers. Read full story
- The Asia-Japan Economic Cultural Cooperation Centre, aiming to introduceVietnam’s trade and culture as well as spreading cultural values of Asiancountries, was inaugurated on August 6 in Osaka, Japan. Read full story
- The 19th “Hoi An-Japan Cultural Exchange” was held in the UNESCO worldheritage site of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam from August 4-6.
The event that mark the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations betweenVietnam and Japan (September 21, 1973- 2023), was kicked off with a lacquerpainting exhibition named “Microcosmos – Macrocosmos- Hoi An” by Japaneseartist Saeko Ando. Read full stroy./.
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