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☕ Afternoon briefing on March 10

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on March 10 ảnh 1

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

-Drug prevention and control activities must be put under theleadership and direction of the Party Committees and administration at alllevels, especially the grassroots level, with the People’s Public Securityforce playing the key role but not the only force in the work, said PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh at an online conference on drug prevention and controlon March 10.
PM Chinh highlighted the Party and State’sefforts in designing drug prevention and control mechanisms and policies,including the National Assembly’s adoption of the Drug Prevention and ControlLaw that took effect from January 1, 2022.Read full text

-Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha pledged maximum supportfor Marubeni Corporation to shift its projects using new and modern technologyto Vietnam, while receiving a leader of the Japanese firm in Hanoi on March 10.
Talking to Yoshiaki Yokota, Managing ExecutiveOfficer and Chief Executive Officer forEnergy & Infrastructure  Solution Group at Marubeni, DeputyPM Ha highly valued the corporation’s production projects and business results,especially in the field of energy, in Vietnam.Read full text

-The Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee held a conference onMarch 10 to review the 10-year implementation of the resolution on safeguardingthe Fatherland in the new context, issued at the 8th session of the 11th-tenureParty Central Committee.
The municipal Party Committee reported that overthe last 10 years, Party committees, administrations, Vietnam Fatherland Frontcommittees, and socio-political organisations in HCM City seriously carried outthe resolution and the Party’s guidelines on national defence.Read full text

-The steering committee of the “Eco-industrial parkintervention in Vietnam – perspective from global eco-industrial parksprogramme” project has convened a meeting to review its implementation in 2022and put forth another implementation plan until May 2024.
The project, funded by the Swiss State Secretariatfor Economic Affairs (SECO) and implemented by the United Nations IndustrialDevelopment Organisation (UNIDO) in cooperation with the Vietnamese Ministry ofPlanning and Investment (MPI), is intended to support the development ofpolicies for the roll-out of the eco-industrial park model in the country and,at the same time, promote and demonstrate the implementation of eco-industrialpark solutions in selected localities.Read full text

-No other country of the same size in the world has achievedsuch great achievements on the Index of Economic Freedom as Vietnam since 1995,highlighted German economic and financial news website wallstreet-online.de ina recent article.
According to the article, in the Index of Economic Freedomrankings for 2023, Vietnam is in the 72nd position among the 176 countries andterritories with 61.8 points, 1.2 points higher than that recorded last year.Read full text

-Welcoming the festive season at the most vibrant shoppingparadises in Asia, the budget carrier Vietjet is offering an opportunity to flyacross Hong Kong (China) and Southeast Asian countries, with tickets pricedfrom only 0 VND during the golden week from March 10 to 16 at websitewww.vietjetair.com and Vietjet Air mobile app.
With direct flights from Ho Chi Minh City, DaNang, and Phu Quoc to Hong Kong and the flight network covering Southeast Asia,passengers can choose many convenient flights and flexible schedules.Read full text

-Vietnam is among the top five destinations selected by UltraHigh Net Worth Individuals (UHNWI) in Singapore for their real estateinvestment plans, according to the Wealth Report 2023 released by Knight Frank.
With its rapid growth, Vietnam is seen as one ofthe prominent investment destinations of UHNWI in the region. Cities, andcoastal and rural areas in Vietnam always remain highly potential for realestate investors.Read full text

-The 2022 annual report of foreign investment in Vietnam was announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 10.
The report is authored by Prof., Dr. Nguyen Mai - President of Vietnam’s Association of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (VAFIE), with reference to documents of many prestigious international organisations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).Read full text./.

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