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☕ Afternoon briefing on March 11

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on March 11.
☕ Afternoon briefing on March 11 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a brief review of the day’s events asreported by the Vietnam News Agency on March 11. 

- The 13th National Women’s Congress for the 2022 - 2027 tenure wrapped up inHanoi on March 11 morning after three working days. It elected 155 people tothe 13th Vietnam Women Union Central Committee, which later convened its first meeting andre-elected Ha Thi Nga as the President and choose four others as vicepresidents. Read full story

- Vietnam has repeatedly affirmed its commitment to promoting gender equalityfor many times, and it has made great strides in working to achieve thattarget, according to Colombian Ambassador Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Melo. Read full story

☕ Afternoon briefing on March 11 ảnh 2Ethnic minority women expand business and escape poverty with IR 4.0 technologies. (Photo: UNDP)
- Vietnam is making incremental progress to increase women’sparticipation in elected bodies such as the National Assembly and localPeople’s Councils, UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Caitlin Wiesenaffirmed in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA). Read full story

☕ Afternoon briefing on March 11 ảnh 3Ambassador Nguyen Trung Kien, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to IAEA (R) and Hua Liu, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation (Photo: VNA)
- The Vietnamese mission to international organisations andthe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on March 10 signed aCountry Programme Framework (CPF) for cooperation with the agency on thesidelines of the meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors to definecooperation contents between the two sides in the 2022-2027 period. Read full story

- Sun Group and Vietnam Airlines on March 10 signed a cooperation agreement onsupporting the repatriation of Vietnamese people and their family members fromwar areas in Ukraine back home. Accordingly, Sun Group will cover the entirecost of the flights and the Vietnam Airlines will offer the mostpreferential prices.

☕ Afternoon briefing on March 11 ảnh 4At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Vietnamese people and their relatives in Ukraine who wish to return home willbe transported free of charge. Read full story

- Vietnam has achieved significant progress in adopting digital solutions forregulatory reform, which should be further pushed ahead to make substantialchanges for greater efficiency of the state apparatus, UK Ambassador to VietnamGareth Ward said at the launch of a report on the adopting of digital solutionsfor regulatory reform on March 10. Read full story

- Retail petrol prices continued to rise by nearly 3,000 VND (0.13 USD)per litre from 3pm on March 11 following the latest adjustment by the Ministryof Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance. This is the seventhconsecutive hike of petrol prices in 2022, with total increases amounting toover 6,500 VND per litre. Read full story

- The Ministry of Finance said it has completed the National Assembly StandingCommittee’s draft Resolution on the adjustment of environmental protection taxrates for gasoline, oil, and grease, which is set to become effective fromApril 1 to the end of December 31 this year. Read full story

- Italian police have kept four containers of cashew nuts delivered to thiscountry’s Port of Genoa, a stride in the settlement of a suspected scaminvolving 100 cashew nut containers exported from Vietnam. Read full story

☕ Afternoon briefing on March 11 ảnh 5A carriage of Train No. 12 of HCM City's first metro line Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien is unloaded at Khanh Hoi Port on March 11. (Photo: VNA)
- Two trains, No. 12 and 13, of the 17 trains of HCM City’s first metro line,Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien, were unloaded at Khanh Hoi Port on March 11 while thelast four are scheduled to arrive at the port later this month. Read full story

- Up to 20,000 spectators will be allowed to directly watch the upcoming WorldCup qualifier match between Vietnam and Oman at the My Dinh National Stadium inHanoi, according to a document issued by Hanoi People’s Committee relating tothe organisation of the event. Read full story/.
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