☕ Afternoon briefing on July 14

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on July 14.

Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a brief reviewof the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on July 14.

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed on July 14 that Vietnam’s commitmentsat the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26)should be implemented under a scientific, result-oriented roadmap.

Addressing the third meeting of the national steeringcommittee for implementing the commitments, the PM said the roadmap needs toset monthly, quarterly and five-year targets. Read full story

A terminal of Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Photo: VNA)

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh recently orderedconstruction of Terminal T3 of Tan Son Nhat International Airport be started inthe third quarter of 2022 and the facility be put into use in September 2024.

He made the order at a recent meeting on the projects beingcarried out at the airport in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the GovernmentOffice. Read full story

- The British Government handed over the Vietnam nationaltrade repository (VNTR) to the Vietnamese side at a ceremony on July 13.

The project was launched in 2020 under a letter of intentionsigned by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the BritishDepartment of International Trade, in which the British side provided technicalassistance for Vietnam. Read full story

- Medical equipment donated by the Australian Department ofDefence for Vietnam’s COVID-19 prevention and control was handed over to theMinistry of National Defence at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 13.

This include a Xenios extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(ECMO) system, dialysis machines, and oxygen generators. Read full story

-  Vietnam’s forestry product export revenue is expectedto stand at 16.3 billion USD in 2022, approximately equal to the target setearlier this year, heard a conference of the Vietnam Administration of Forestry(VNFOREST) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in Hanoi onJuly 14. Read full story

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- Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam continuouslyincreased in the first half of this year, especially in the real estate sectorthat attracted 3.15 billion USD, making up 22.5 percent of the total registeredcapital.

Property consultant Savills Vietnam said two-thirds of theenterprises engaging in the Vietnamese real estate are large-scale, noting thatthe FDI flow into Vietnam is expected to further rise in the time ahead asforeign firms are confident in the market. Read full story

- Vietnam’s reform and its path towards socialism wasspotlighted at a seminar held on July 13 at the National ExperimentalUniversity of the Armed Forces (UNEFA) of Venezuela by the Vietnamese Embassy.

Speaking at the event, Ambassador Le Viet Duyen emphasiseddifficulties during Vietnam’s 35-year "Doi moi" (Reform) andsocialism building as the country emerged from a backward, agriculture-driveneconomy, with severe war consequences./. Read full story
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