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☕ Afternoon briefing on July 15

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

☕ Afternoon briefing on July 15

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

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 15 asked ministries, agencies, and localities to enhance the administrative reform, thus contributing to fulfilling socio-economic targets.

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the 8th meeting of the Government’s Steering Committee for Administrative Reform in Hanoi on July 15. (Photo: VNA)

Chairing the 8th meeting of the Government’s Steering Committee for Administrative Reform in Hanoi, the leader also lauded efforts in the work in the first half of this year.Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has stressed the need to implement specific tasks in order to untangle knots in e-commerce development, according to the Government Office.

The office on July 12 released the PM's conclusion at a conference reviewing the one-year realisation of the government leader’s directions regarding the project on developing resident data, electronic identification and authentication applications to serve national digital transformation in the 2022 - 2025 period, with a vision to 2030 (Project 06), and promoting data connection and sharing in service of e-commerce and tax management.Read full story

- An exhibition themed “The Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam – A Historic Milestone of Vietnam’s Revolutionary Diplomacy” opened at the Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi on July 15.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (C) and other delegates cut the ribbon to open the exhibition. (Photo: VNA)

In his opening remarks, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son said that the signing of the agreement 70 years opened up a new strategic direction for Vietnam to fully realise the goals of peace, national independence and territorial unity, and the construction of socialism.Read full story

-The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) on July 15 released its Business Confidence Index (BCI) report for the second quarter of 2024, which reveals a marginal decline from 52.8 in Q1 to 51.3 in Q2, underscoring the necessity for ongoing policy adjustments to maintain momentum.

Chairman of EuroCham Vietnam Dominik Meichle held that Vietnam's economic potential is undeniable, and the European business community remains confident in its long-term growth.Read full story

- Export revenue of the leather, footwear and handbag sector is predicted to hit 26-27 billion USD in 2024 on the basis of the positive results seen so far, according to the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (LEFASO).

In the first six months of this year, the sector’s exports exceeded 6.5 billion USD, up 5.7% over the same period last year.Read full story

- Vietnam raked in 114 million USD from tra fish export to the signatory nations of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) as of June 15, a year-on-year increase of 10%, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Mexico was the largest buyer as it spent 31 million USD on the Vietnamese product, rising 35% against the same time last year, followed by Japan (18 million USD, up 35%), Canada (18 million USD, up 15%), and Singapore (16 million USD, up 0.2%).Read full story

- Hydrogen de France (HDF Energy), a French energy company that has been present in Vietnam since 2022, has inaugurated its first fuel cell factory in Bordeaux of France, which is expected to lay a foundation for the launch of its “green” hydrogen factories in Vietnam and other countries in the future.

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Leaders of the Nouvelle Aquitaine region and HDF Energy take a photo with Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang during a tour to HDF Energy's new factory in Bordeaux (Photo: VNA)

According to Tran Khanh Viet Dung, Director of HDF Vietnam, HDF Energy has implemented many cooperation projects with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Transport, the Vietnam Railway Corporation, and the Vietnam Electricity.Read full story

- Vietnam Airlines has announced its plan to operate direct flights between Hanoi and Phnom Penh starting October 27.

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At the ceremony announcing Vietnam Airlines' new direct route between Hanoi and Phnom Penh. (Photo: Vietnam Airlines)

Accordingly, the national flag carrier will run four round-trip flights using Airbus A321 aircraft per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.Read full story

-Tourists from the Republic of Korea (RoK) are increasingly interested in destinations in Vietnam, according to a survey conducted by Rankify Korea website.

Among the three most preferred tourist destinations in RoK, two are in Vietnam, it said.Read full story/.

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