Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported bythe Vietnam News Agency on June 13.
- National Assembly deputies highlighted the need to clearly define the scaleand tasks as well as create a legal foundation to ensure the efficiency of theoperation and develop the family doctor model during the discussion of thedraft amended Law on Medical Examination and Treatment on June 13. Read full story
- The 5th Vietnam - Republic of Korea (RoK) Forum for the Future took place inHanoi on June 13 on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the countries’diplomatic ties.
In hisopening remarks, President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences Bui NhatQuang noted the two countries elevated their diplomatic relations, set up in1992, to a comprehensive cooperative partnership in the 21st century in 2001and then a strategic cooperative partnership in 2009. They are planning to liftbilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership this year. Read full story
- Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable export turnover hit 1.4 billion USD in thefirst five months of this year, down 17 percent compared to the same periodlast year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development(MARD). Read full story
- The US Department of theTreasury has recognised the progress made by Vietnam in its recently releasedreport on macro-economic and foreign exchange policies of major tradingpartners of the US, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) said on June 13.
The SBV saidin the time ahead, it will continue working closely with relevant ministriesand sectors to discuss the issues of the US side’s concern in a cooperative andwin-win spirit so as to develop harmonious and sustainable trade relations. Read full story
- The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has launched an anti-circumventionand anti-subsidy investigation into wooden cabinets imported from Vietnam andMalaysia, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV). Read full story
- Viet Nam News – an English-language daily of Vietnam News Agency (VNA) – willco-chair a live webinar themed “Asia: Renewable Energy Continent” on June 15with the aim to intensify dissemination on Asia’s “green” strategy. Thechallenges of climate change and energy security have propelled Asian nationsto increasingly embrace investment in renewable energy. Read full story
- The PetroVietnam Gas Joint StockCorporation (PV GAS) has been named among the top 50 listed companies in 2022by Forbes Vietnam for the 10th consecutive year. Read full story
