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☕ Afternoon briefing on February 10

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on February 10 ảnh 1

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

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met withSingaporean Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on February 10 as part of hisofficial visit to Singapore.
The Vietnamese leader congratulated Wong onbecoming the leader of the People's Action Party(PAP) fourth-generation (4G) team, expressing a hope that Wongwill always support and promote Vietnam-Singapore cooperation in variousfields, from politics, security – defence to economy, trade, investment, andpeople-to-people exchange.Read full text

– Vietnam encourages partners and investors toengage in digital transformation, green transition, circular economy,innovation, and hi-tech and low-emission development in the country, PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh stated while attending a Vietnam – Singapore businessforum on February 10 as part of his official visit to Singapore.
In his remarks, the Vietnamese leaderhighlighted the fruitful development of the bilateral ties, saying that overthe last 50 years, Vietnam and Singapore have understood and trusted each othermore.Read full text

– The National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam isscheduled to host the ninth Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Forum of YoungParliamentarians in Hanoi this September.
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue presided over a workingsession with the NA Committee for External Relations, the NA Office, andrelevant agencies on February 10 to discuss the event organisation.Read full text

– The 8th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee festival aims topromote the local coffee brand and gradually turns Buon Ma Thuot into one ofthe world’s leading coffee destinations, thereby contributing to raising thevalue and position of Vietnamese coffee in the world market, an official hassaid.
Nguyen Tuan Ha, vice chairman of the CentralHighlands province of Dak Lak’s People’s Committee, made the statement at apress conference introducing the upcoming festival in Hanoi on February 10.Read full text

– Vietnam exported goods worth 8.21 billion USDto the Americas in January and spent 1.64 billion USD on imports from thismarket, resulting in a trade surplus of 6.56 billion USD, according to theMinistry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
The United States remains Vietnam’s leadingtrade partner in the region with Vietnam’s exports and imports to the marketreaching 7.2 billion USD and 860 billion USD, respectively. It was followed byCanada with about 360 million USD and 45 million USD, respectively.Read full text

- With continuous strong growth in recentyears, processed fruits and vegetables have officially entered theone-billion-USD export club.
According to the General Department of VietnamCustoms, in 2022, although the export of vegetables and fruits reported ayear-on-year decrease, that of processed products continued to grow well, withan increase of 9.8% to reach 1.014 billion USD, marking the first time it hassurpassed the 1-billion-USD mark.Read full text

– Vietnam targets at least 100 gold medals and a place in thetop three of the coming 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in May in Cambodia.
Vietnam will compete in 30 sports among the 36 with 444 contentsout of the 583 in the Phnom Penh event.
In the preparation for national teams to join the games, theVietnam Anti-Doping and Sports Medicine Agency are asked to strictly supervisethe use of complementary foods and medicines to avoid possible dopingincidents.Read full text/.


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