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☕ Afternoon briefing on July 4

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

☕ Afternoon briefing on July 4

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

-National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on July 4 hosted a reception for delegations of Lao and Cambodian women and female entrepreneurs who came to Hanoi for a forum connecting businesswomen of the three countries.

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National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man welcomes Lao and Cambodian women and female entrepreneurs (Photo: VNA)

Man affirmed that the Party, State, and people of Vietnam always value, treasure, and promote the traditional friendship with the Parties, States, and peoples of Laos and Cambodia.Read full story

-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s freshly ended four-day official visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) was a success, as seen in five aspects, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has told the media.

Firstly, the FM said, the visit produced many important outcomes, including the release of a joint statement with eight major contents highlighting the progress of the Vietnam-RoK relationship since its upgrade to a comprehensive strategic partnership in 2022, and specific measures to promote bilateral cooperation in the fields of politics-diplomacy, trade, investment, science-technology, culture, tourism, labour, people-to-people exchange, and new collaboration areas.Read full story

- The Central Public Security Party Committee (CPSPC) convened its mid-year conference in Hanoi on July 4 to deliberate on authorised matters.

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From left: President To Lam (5th) and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (6th) and other delegates pose for a group photo at the event. (Photo: VNA)

Attending the conference, President To Lam and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh who are both members of the CPSPC’s standing board, commended the notable achievements of the CPSPC and the Ministry of Public Security in recent times.Read full story

- Aside from harnessing domestic resources, it is important to attract foreign investment to optimise potential and advantages of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, according to experts.

Such “soft” factors as limited knowledge, skills, and experience have affected foreign investment attraction in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, they said.Read full story

- Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien has affirmed his confidence that Vietnam’s agro-forestry-aquatic product exports can reach the revenue target of 55-56 billion USD this year.

He said export outcomes in the first half of this year have created a foundation for the sector to realise the target.Read full story

- Tourism is a bright spot in Vietnam's economic panorama in the first half of 2024 with revenue from accommodation and food services estimated at 356.4 trillion VND (14 billion USD), a year-on-year increase of 15.2%.

Recent statistics show that in the period, the service sector grew by 6.64%, and contributed 49.76% of gross domestic product (GDP).Read full story

- The international aviation market has fully recovered and slightly surpassed pre-COVID-19 levels, Director-General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) Dinh Viet Thang said at the Ministry of Transport’s mid-year conference on July 3.

So far this year, the market has grown by 3% compared to 2019. Vietnamese airlines hold a 44% market share in international passenger traffic, with an average seat utilisation rate of over 77%.Read full story

- The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) held 18 auctions of government bonds in June, raising nearly 29.5 trillion VND (over 1.15 billion USD) in June.

The bonds were offered for five terms, including five, 10, 15, 20 and 30 years with the 10-year bonds traded the most, accounting for 88.53%.Read full story

- The retail sale prices of petrol and other fuels were adjusted up from 3pm on July 4 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

Accordingly, the price of E5RON92 bio-fuel rose by 447 VND to 22,461 VND (0.88 USD) per litre, while that of RON95-III went up by 542 VND to 23,552 VND per litre.Read full story/.

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