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☕ Afternoon briefing on February 14

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on February 14 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s eventsas reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

- The National Assembly's Standing Committee reviewed the outcomes of the 15thNA’s second and third extraordinary meetings, during its ongoing 20th sessionin Hanoi on February 14 morning.

Speaking at the event, NA Secretary General and Chairman of the NA Office BuiVan Cuong said with a sense of urgency, seriousness, and responsibility, thelegislature completed all set agenda with important results during the twomeetings, including approving one law and three resolutions and deciding on thepersonnel work under their authority, laying an important foundation to fulfilltasks set for 2023 and subsequent years. Read full story

- The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on February 13 gave the greenlight to the establishment or merger of some district- and communal-leveladministrative units in 10 provinces.

The approval was made at the onging 20th session of the Standing Committee. Read full story

- Minister Counsellor Nguyen Hoang Nguyen, deputy head of the PermanentDelegation of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), on February 13 emphasised theimportance of putting the people at the centre of development policies,supporting vulnerable groups, promoting innovation in education and training,enhancing labourers’ capacity to self-learn and adapt to meet the requirementsof the new context.

Addressing the 61st session of the UN Commission for Social Development(CSocD61), held in New York from February 6-15, Nguyen affirmed that Vietnamsupports the policy of promoting decent work as well as socio-economicdevelopment and solidarity, considering it an important factor contributing toaccelerating the completion of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. Read full story

- Finance Minister Ho Duc Phoc had a working session with a delegation of theEU-ASEAN Business Council (EU-ABC) in Hanoi on February 14, during which heexpressed a hope that European businesses support and effectively invest ingreen economic development in Vietnam.

- Ambassador Pham Thi Kim Hoa said Vietnam always views Brazil as a major andimportant partner in South America at a recent meeting with officials of thehost country’s state of Goiás. Read full story

- The Cuban Association of Journalists (UPEC) presented the Felix Elmusa Medal– the highest honour of the organisation - to journalist and translator Vu VanAu, a former staff of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), in recognition of hiscontributions to the popularisation of information on Cuba’s social life andachievements across fields. Read full story

- In 2023, the Coast Guard Region 4 High Command will step up communicationsamong fishermen in efforts to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)fishing.

Coast Guard Region 4 is responsible for managing and enforcing law on the watersfrom the northern bank of the Dinh An estuary in Tra Vinh province to Cape HaTien in Kien Giang province of the Mekong Delta. Read full story

- A special music show marking the 80th anniversary of the “Outline ofVietnamese Culture”, the first platform on culture launched by the CommunistParty of Vietnam, is scheduled to be held at Hanoi Opera House on February 28evening.

Themed “Outline of Vietnamese Culture – Historical imprints”, the 70-minuteevent will be directed by Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism TaQuang Dong and conducted by the Department of Performing Arts. Read full story

- The Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) on February 14 released avideo clip promoting Japanese tourism with the participation of Nhi ThangFamily, including renowned Vietnamese singer Dong Nhi, businessman Ong CaoThang and their daughter Winnie.

The video clip is part of a large-scale Japanese tourism promotion campaign onthe occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the two countries’diplomatic relations (September 21, 1973-2023). The clip can be watched athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR7smKYxmZE. Read full story

- Vietnam, with one gold and one silver, ranked 8th in medal tally of the AsianIndoor Athletics Championships 2023, which concluded in Astana city, Kazakhstanon February 12. Read full story./.
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