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☕ Afternoon briefing on March 30

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on March 30.
☕ Afternoon briefing on March 30 ảnh 1
- Secretary of Ho ChiMinh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen has said the traditional friendshipand comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba have been constantlyfostered and developed over the past 60 years. 

At a reception for Cuban Consul General in HCM City AriadneFeo Labrada on March 29, Nen said the two peoples have always stood shoulder toshoulder, overcoming all difficulties and challenges together, adding that theVietnam – Cuba ties are considered a model of a strong and reliablerelationship. Read full story

- A delegation of theMinistry of National Defence attended the virtual conferences of the ASEANDefence Senior Officials’ Meeting Working Group (ADSOM WG) and the ADSOM-PlusWG on March 28 and 29. Read full story

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- Vietnameseautomaker VinFast and the government of North Carolina in the US on March 30 signeda memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the construction of VinFast's firstelectric vehicle (EV) manufacturing factory in North America, which has totalinvestment of 2 billion USD in its first phase and will create thousands ofjobs. Read full story

- Deputy PrimeMinister Le Minh Khai has signed Decision No. 390/QD-TTg approving a project tobuild a national database on asset and income, aiming to promote digitalisationand modernisation in the management of assets and incomes. 

The project aims to modernise and digitalise the managementof assets and incomes, thus providing accurate, full and updated information onassets and incomes and other relevant data to serve the prevention, detectionand handling of corruption. Read full story

☕ Afternoon briefing on March 30 ảnh 3Construction of Long Thanh International Airport accelerated (Photo: VNA)
- Construction of theLong Thanh International Airport project in the southernprovince of Dong Nai is accelerated to ensure the project's scheduled pace. Read full story

- The 2021Kovalevskaya Award will be given to two Vietnamese university professors inrecognition of their outstanding research achievements and great contributionto the national development, the award committee has announced.

The awardees are Prof., Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, VicePresident of the University of Science at the Vietnam National University HoChi Minh City (VNUHCM); and Prof., Dr. and Meritorious Teacher Nguyen Minh Thuyfrom the Department of Food Technology, College of Agriculture, Can ThoUniversity. Read full story

- Vietnamese cyclistNguyen Thi That won a gold medal at the Asian Road Cycling Championship inTajikistan on March 29.

The national No 1 cyclist finished first in the women’s elite111km road race clocking a time of 3 hours 11.37min on the last day of thefive-day tournament in Dushanbe city./. Read full story
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