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☕ Afternoon briefing on February 15

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on February 15 ảnh 1
Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is abrief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has paid avisit to the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre to attend the 110th birthanniversary of Huynh Tan Phat, former President of the ProvisionalRevolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, former Deputy PrimeMinister and Vice Chairman of the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland FrontCentral Committee.
Within the framework of the visit, on February 15,PM Chinh visited and presented gifts to policy beneficiary families andchildren with disabilities in Ben Tre, and inspected some major infrastructureprojects in the locality.Read full text

– Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang onFebruary 15 suggested Vietnam and Japan strengthen their investmentcooperation, especially in spearhead industries, pay attention to technologytransfer to Vietnam, and promote green transition.
Speaking at the Vietnam-Japan Economic Forum 2023in Hanoi, the Deputy PM affirmed that the Vietnamese government will alwaysaccompany and create optimal conditions for Japanese firms to operate in theSoutheast Asian nation for a long-term.Read full text

– Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang hassigned a decision issuing an action plan on fighting illegal, unreported andunregulated (IUU) fishing and preparing for working sessions with the fourthinspection delegation of the European Commission (EC).
The plan’s objectives are to enforce legalprovisions on fisheries in a concerted and effective manner, and address allshortcomings and limitations as recommended by the EC in order to have its“yellow card” warning removed within 2023.Read full text

– Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on February 15 called onthe Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) to actively joingreen transformation and green projects in Vietnam, when receiving SurendraRosha, Co-Chief Executive of HSBC Asia-Pacific.
Appreciating HSBC's pioneering strategy in implementing a fairenergy transition, the Deputy PM expressed his desire that the bank will becomea "credit filter" and actively participate in projects of greenindustrial parks, zero-emission factories, reduction of greenhouse gasemissions in transportation, construction, industrial production as well asafforestation projects, or renewable energy projects.Read full text

- Vietnam needs a budget of up to 600 billion USD to achievethe target of carbon neutrality by 2050, according to Kazuo Kusakabe, ChiefRepresentative of Toshiba Asia Pacific Pte Ltd in Hanoi.
Speaking at a forum on measures to boostpost-COVID-19 cooperation between Vietnam and Japan towards green growthorganised by the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) under theMinistry of Planning and Investment (MPI) on February 15, Kusakabe said climatechange is a challenge for the world, including Vietnam.Read full text

– A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led byDeputy Editor-in-Chief of the Communist Review Vu Trong Lam paid a workingvisit to Cuba from February 9-14.
From February 10-12, the delegation participatedin the first international meeting of political ideological magazines andnewspapers of political parties, left-wing and progressive movements in Havana,together with 40 Cuban scholars and nearly 100 delegates from 34 countries.Read full text

– Bloomberg on February 14 published an article “Silicon Valleytalent is helping grow Vietnam’s startup hub”, quoting founders’ opinion thatan abundance of inexpensive engineers coupled with a fast-growing economy makesVietnam an attractive spot for startups.
The article cites a report published in July 2022 by KPMGInternational Ltd and HSBC Holdings Plc which states that the number ofstartups in the country nearly doubled from the beginning of the COVID-19pandemic to mid-2022.Read full text

– A national hybrid conference marking the 80th anniversaryof the “Outline of Vietnamese Culture”, the first platform on culture launchedby the Communist Party of Vietnam, will be held on February 27, according tothe Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The event, to be jointly held by the ministry incoordination with the Party Central Committee’s Commission on Information andEducation, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, and the CentralTheoretical Council, will highlight the theoretical and realistic values of the“Outline of Vietnamese Culture”, and the culture and people of Vietnam as thefoundation and motivation of national development in the new period.Read full text/.
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