Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on August 9.
- The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has askedthe Prime Minister about the mechanism for ongoing solar power and transitionalwind power projects to enjoy the incentive price.
In a recent document sent to the PM, the MoIT suggestedinvestors of those projects negotiate electricity prices and power purchase andsale contracts with Vietnam Electricity (EVN). Read full story
- Oil exploitation in Block 15.1 by Cuu Long Joint OperatingCompany (Cuu Long JOC) is likely to reach a new milestone of 400 millionbarrels in December, the firm has announced.
Cuu Long JOC - comprising PetroVietnam, ConocoPhillips, KNOC,SK Corporation, and Geopetrol - is the second-biggest oil producer in Vietnamthat was established in 1998. Read full story
- Vietnam will need a skilled workforce to transform itselfinto an upper-middle-income economy by 2035, the World Bank has suggested inits recently-released report named “Taking Stock: Educate to Grow”.
In its bi-annual report, the lender said: “Vietnam needs aworkforce with 21st century skills to grow. As the economy moves from beingdriven by low skill and low wage jobs in manufacturing and services towards amore innovation driven growth model built on higher value-added industries andservices, Vietnam’s workforce will need to attain higher level and morerelevant skills.” Read full story
- About 6,500 organ transplants have been carried out inVietnam since the first in 1992, showing great efforts by the entire healthsector but still modest compared to other countries, an official has said.
At present, 95% of the transplants in the country use organsfrom living donors and only 5% from brain-dead donors, which completely runscounter to the global trend, in which the majority is transplants frombrain-dead donors, Assoc. Prof. Dong Van He, Deputy Director of the Viet Duc(Vietnam - Germany) Friendship Hospital and Director of the NationalCoordinating Centre for Human Organ Transplants, told a ceremony announcing thedecision on the centre director appointment on August 8. Read full story
- The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is planning to addthe “place of birth” to the new passport version to facilitate citizens’seeking of visas to the Schengen countries.
The granting and use of the new passport will be among theissues about which Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam will be questionedat the 14th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee on August 10. Read full story
- Vietnam Airlines’ Flight VN384 on its way from Hanoi toHaneda (Japan) on August 8 had to return to the departing airport after morethan 1 hour and 45 minutes to provide urgent care for a Japanese boy who had ahealth problem.
The 10-year-old boy, among the 145 passengers on board,suffered a nosebleed. The flight attendant team immediately provided emergencyassistance to him on the plane. However, due to the passenger's non-stopbleeding, the crew decided to return the plane to Noi Bai International Airportto seek medical support. Read full story
- To achieve the goal of welcoming 5 million foreign touriststhis year as set out earlier, Vietnam's tourism industry needs to make greaterefforts in promoting its image and building more tourism products, according toinsiders.
Statistics from the Vietnam National Administration ofTourism (VNAT) show that in the first seven months of 2022, Vietnam served954,600 foreign tourists, up nine folds compared to the same period last year.In July alone, the nation welcomed 352,600 foreign visitors, up 49%month-on-month./. Read full story