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☕Afternoon briefing on July 5

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕Afternoon briefing on July 5 ảnh 1

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, who is also aPolitburo member, attended the political-military conference of the army inHanoi on July 5, during which he praised the force’s important contributions inboth defence activities and socio-economic development.

☕Afternoon briefing on July 5 ảnh 2Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (front row, seventh from right) and delegates at the political-military conference of the army in Hanoi on July 5(Photo: VNA)

The leader noted that in the first half of thisyear, the country encountered many difficulties and challenges amid thecomplicated and unpredictable world situation. In that context, the Party, thepeople, and the army comprehensively implemented many policies to realise theResolution passed at the 13th National Party Congress, while dealing withemerging and lingery issues.Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just appointed DeputyMinister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan as head of the Governmentdelegation for international economy and trade negotiations.

☕Afternoon briefing on July 5 ảnh 3Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan has been appointed as head of the Government delegation for international economy and trade negotiations. (Photo: VNA)

Tan takes over from former Deputy Minister of Industry and TradeTran Quoc Khanh who retired on June 1, 2023.Read full story

- The Government recently issued Decree46/2023/ND-CP regulating the supply and use of cross-border insurance servicesin Vietnam.

According to regulations under the decree,those providing cross-border insurance and insurance brokerage services areforeign insurance and insurance brokerage enterprises with headquarters incountries or territories with which Vietnam has signed international treatieson trade, including agreements on the supply of cross-border insurance servicesin Vietnam. Read full story

- Since the end of June, the water levels in hydropowerreservoirs have been rising and technical problems of a number of thermopowerturbines solved, ensuring a basically sufficient power supply in the north,said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai.

Speaking at the Government’s regular press briefing on July 4,Hai said that total domestically generated and imported electricity in Junereached 25.32 billion KWh, up 3.4% year on year, pushing the total figure inthe first six months of this year to 136.09 billion KWh. Read full story

- A conference was held in Hanoi on July 4 toevaluate the role of green hydrogen in Vietnam’s energy policy, contributing toimplementing the National Power Development Plan for the 2021 - 2030 period,with a vision to 2045 (PDP VIII).

At the conference, jointly held by the FrenchEmbassy in Vietnam and the Hydrogene de France SA (HDF Energy) of France,participants noted that in order to meet the domestic power demand and realiseits net-zero emission commitment by 2050 at the same time, the VietnameseGovernment is strongly developing renewable energy sources, aiming for30.9-39.2% in the contributions from the sources to the country’s total powerproduction in 2030 and 67.5-71.5% in 2050. Read full story

- According to the Airports Corporation ofVietnam (ACV), the number of passengers in the first half of the year saw asignificant increase of 29.2% year on year to surpass 56 million, accountingfor 48.2% of the targeted plan for 2023.

☕Afternoon briefing on July 5 ảnh 4Passengers check in at Tan Son Nhat International Airport. (Photo: VNA)

Among these passengers, the number ofinternational travellers reached almost 14.5 million, representing anextraordinary growth rate of 493.5 % compared to the same period in 2022. Read full story

- The Department of Culture and Sports of Hanoi on July 4announced that it granted permission to Ho Chi Minh City-based IME MusicCompany to hold Blackpink 'Born Pink' World Tour Hanoi on July 29-30.

Accordingly, the show of K-pop girl group Blackpink will startat 5 pm on July 29 and 30 at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi./.Read full story

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