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☕ Afternoon briefing on December 14

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on December 14 ảnh 1

Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

-PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc attended a groundbreaking ceremony for infrastructurefacilities of Lien Chieu Port project in the central city of Da Nang onDecember 14. 

Covering an area of 450 ha, the project has atotal investment of 3.4 trillion VND (over 144.5 million USD).Read full story

-Vietnamalways considers Belgium a partner of leading importance in the European Union(EU), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told his Belgian counterpart Alexander DeCroo during their talks in Brussels on December 13 (local time).

Speaking at the talks, which took place followinga welcome ceremony for the Vietnamese leader at Egmont Palace the same day,Croo stressed that Chinh’s visit is of great significance as it contributes totaking the bilateral relationship into a new development period and making itmore intensive, practical and effective, especially in trade and investment.Read full story

-PM Chinh called for more efforts to intensify internationalsolidarity, uphold multilateralisation, and cooperate more closely andeffectively among countries, while attending the 10th ASEAN-EU Business Summitin Brussels on December 13 afternoon (local time).

The leader, now in Belgium to attend the ASEAN-EUCommemorative Summit, suggested that enterprises should strengthenconnectivity, and states should harmonise regulations based on the principle ofharmonious benefits and shared risks between the state, businesses and people.Read full story

-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with his Lao counterpart PhankhamViphavanh in Brussels on December 13, as part of his trip to Belgium to attendthe ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit.Read full story  

-The 12thNational Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) for the2022-2027 tenue opened in Hanoi on December 14.

In his opening remarks, First Secretary of the11th HCYU Central Committee Bui Quang Huy said the congress, to last toDecember 16, will review the youth union work and youth movements in 2017-2022,and set out targets, tasks and solutions for the new term.Read full story

-A Vietnamese Party delegationattended the 10th Congress of Tanzania's Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) -Party ofthe Revolution - in Dodoma, Tanzania's capital, from December 6 to 9 at theinvitation of the ruling party.

The delegation was led byNguyen Manh Hung, member of the Party Central Committee and deputy head of itsCommission for Information and Education, and Minister of Information andCommunications.Read full story

-Two drivers ofVietnam's economic growth – exports and domestic demand – are moderating,according to a report released by the World Bank (WB) on December 14.

The bank’s December report, Vietnam MacroMonitoring, shows that softer external demand has weighed on Vietnam’s exports.Consumer rebound in the post-COVID period seems to recover slowly and tighterdomestic financial conditions and rising inflation could affect domestic demandin the future.Read full story

-The amount ofremittances flowing to Ho Chi Minh City has continued to increase despitecomplicated geopolitical changes in the world, reaching about 6.8 billion USDso far, according to Nguyen Duc Lenh, Vice Director of the Ho Chi Minh branchof the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

Lenh commented that although the amount is lowerthan that of last year, it is still a good result.Read full story

-GeneralDirector of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Vu Viet Trang and President and CEOof Yonhap News Agency Seong Ghi-hong on December 14 signed a new cooperationagreement to replace the old inked in 2017.

At their talks in Hanoi on the occasion of Seong’svisit to Vietnam from December 13-16, Trang thanked the official and colleaguesof Yonhap for coordinating with the VNA in organising a photo exhibition on 30years of Vietnam-Republic of Korea cooperation, which opened in the morning ofthe day, and another in Seoul from March 31 to May 5.Read full story

-A photoexhibition themed “30 years of Vietnam- Republic of Korea cooperation”,co-organised by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Yonhap News Agency of theRoK, opened in Hanoi on December 14 on the occasion of the 30th foundinganniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries (1992-2022).

The 8-day event, which also aims to welcome theelevation of the ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership, features 60file photos which reflect the two countries’ partnership in various fields frompolitics-foreign affairs, security-defence, economy, trade, and investment, toeducation, science-technology, and people-to-people exchange.Read full story

-The “VietnamDays in India 2022” programme took place in New Delhi from December 12-14, onthe occasion of the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

The opener of the programme was the Magical NightArt Performance on December 12 evening by artists from the Viet Bac Folk Musicand Dance Theater.Read full story/.

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