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☕ Afternoon briefing on July 11

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on July 11.
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Hanoi, (VNA) – The following is a brief review of the day’s eventsas reported by the Vietnam News Agency on July 11:
-The 13th session of the National AssemblyStanding Committee opened in Hanoi on July 11 morning.  

In his opening remarks, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Huesaid committee will give opinions on the outcomes of the session of the 15th NAand start preparations for the NA’s fourth session.Read full story

-Jan Zahradil, a member of the EuropeanParliament (EP), has highly valued Vietnam’s role and stature, as well as its relationswith the European Union (EU) and the Czech Republic, during a recent meetingwith some Vietnamese ambassadors.

Talking to the Vietnamese ambassadors to the CzechRepublic, Poland, Slovakia and Belgium at the event in Mikulov town of theCzech Republic on July 8 - 9, Zahradil said the EP has passed a report on theIndo-Pacific strategy in the area of trade and investment which highlights thesituation in the Indo-Pacific region and stresses the importance of the EU’sfree trade agreements with partners in the region. Read full story

-A Vietnam – European Union (EU) agriculturalbusiness forum was held on July 11, on the occasion of an official visit toVietnam by EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski.

The forum saw the presence of senior officials ofthe two sides, along with about 50 European businesses specialising in suchareas as wine, beverages, meat and meat products, agricultural products,vegetables and fruits. Read full story

-The price of petrol decreased by more than3,000 VND (0.13 USD) per litre from 0:00 on July 11 following the latestadjustment of the Ministries of Industry and Trade, and Finance.

Accordingly, the retail price of RON95 fell by3,088 VND to a maximum of 29,675 VND per litre, while that of E5RON92 bio-fuelwas down 3,103 VND to 27,788 VND per litre. Read full story

-Cloud computing services, artificialintelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G technology, fixed broadbandinternet, and blockchain technology are expected to lead the informationtechnology and telecommunications sector in the time ahead, according to arecent survey.

The survey, conducted by the Vietnam Report JSC,revealed that technology companies are investing in core and fundamentaltechnologies to serve digital transformation. Read full story

-The Ministry of Health is urging theacceleration of the vaccination of the third and fourth shots, givencontinuously complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in many Europeancountries related to variants BA.4 and BA.5.

According to the ministry, in Vietnam, thepandemic has basically been under control across the country, but the twoabove-mentioned variants have been detected in the community.

The ministry predicts that the number of COVID-19cases may continue to increase and break out on a large scale in the comingtime if no drastic measures are taken. Read full story

-Vietnam will compete in four sports at the2022 World Games which began on July 7 in Birmingham, Alabama, the US.

Athletes will compete in Muay Thai, wushu,billiards and women's beach handball. The 11th edition of the Games will runfor ten days. Read full story/.
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NA Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)

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