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☕ Afternoon briefing on July 19

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on July 19 ảnh 1

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

- Minister of Public Security General To Lam held separatetalks with Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and Justice MinisterCarlo Nordio, as part of the Vietnamese official’s visit to the country fromJuly 17-19.

☕ Afternoon briefing on July 19 ảnh 2At the talks between Minister of Public Security General To Lam and Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi. (Photo: VNA)

At the talks with the host Interior Minister, theofficials highlighted results of cooperation between the two ministries, withthe signing of an agreement on collaboration in crime combat in 2014. Read full story

- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s officialvisit to Vietnam from July 20-21 will help deepen the political trust betweenthe two countries, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia Dinh NgocLinh.

☕ Afternoon briefing on July 19 ảnh 3Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (Photo: VNA)

The visit will contribute to promoting thedevelopment of bilateral relations across all channels and to creating a newframework for them to grow further, Linh told the Vietnam News Agency. Read full story

- It’s a big challenge for the economy to reach this year’sGDP growth target of 6.5%, and economic expansion is hoped to be boosted bysome important demand factors in the second half of 2023, experts have said.

With an economic panorama not so bright in H1, agrowth rate of 6.5% for this year is a highly challenging target, they told amacro-economic forum held by the Ho Chi Minh City University of Banking (HUB)on July 18. Read full story

- VinFast, the subsidiary automaker of Vietnamese conglomerateVingroup, has announced it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony of its electricvehicle (EV) factory in North Carolina, the US, on July 28.

☕ Afternoon briefing on July 19 ảnh 4VinFast will hold a groundbreaking ceremony of its electric vehicle (EV) factory in North Carolina, the US, on July 28. (Photo: VNA)

This will be the first EV manufacturing facility in the stateand help contribute to the supply of this kind of vehicles in NorthAmerica, accelerating the global green mobility revolution. Read full story

- The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)forecast that aquatic product exports will bounce back at the end of the thirdquarter and reach the yearly revenue target of 10 billion USD.

It reported that in the first six months of thisyear, the export value of aquatic products hit nearly 4.2 billion USD, downover 27% year-on-year. Read full story

- The Embassy of the Netherlands and the United NationsDevelopment Programme (UNDP) have signed to launch their Accelerate CircularEconomy for Business (ACE-Biz) project serving a shared commitment to pushingthe acceleration of the circular economy in Vietnam’s private sector.

According to a press release, the project aims tocontribute to Vietnam’s low-carbon and circular development by transformingbusiness through formulating circular guidelines, delivering capacity-buildingprogramme and fostering technology transfer, and demonstrating thecertification scheme to promote exchanges of secondary materials and reusablegoods through an online marketplace. Read full story

- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on July 18 signed adecision approving the infrastructure planning for national petroleum and gasreserves for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision towards 2050.

The overall objective of the planning project isto develop an infrastructure system for the reserves, including strategicreserves, production reserves, commercial reserves, transport, anddistribution. The system building is expected to meet economic, technical, andenvironmental requirements; and ensure sufficient, safe, continuous reservesand supplies for socio-economic development, national defence, and security. Read full story

- Supply chains of timber, wood products, coffee, and rubberof many countries will encounter many challenges in meeting the EUDegorestation Regulation (EUDR). However, this is also a great opportunity forVietnam to expand export markets if it is well prepared and satisfy the newrules.

Under the EUDR, to enter European markets, allagricultural products of Vietnam must have exact Global Positioning Systems(GPS) coordinates of their farms based on which any evidence of defrestationcould be checked via remote sensing systems./. Read full story

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