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☕ Afternoon briefing on May 10

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on May 10.
☕ Afternoon briefing on May 10 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on May 10.

- Vietnam has highlighted thesignificance of maintaining peace for the promotion of global development atthe high-level virtual meeting of the Group of Friends of Global DevelopmentInitiative (GDI), which was held in New York on May 9 with the theme “DeepeningCooperation under Global Development Initiative for Accelerated Implementationof the 2030 Agenda”. Read full story

- Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc has been named the new Chairman of theVietnam National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organisation (UNESCO), replacing Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang. Read full story
 
☕ Afternoon briefing on May 10 ảnh 2A fishery processing factory in Vietnam. The US is a highly potential market for Vietnamese goods. (Photo: VNA)
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’sworking visit to the US and the United Nations from May 11 to 17 will be anoccasion for the two countries to discuss ways for obtaining harmonious andsustainable trade relations.

 Bui Huy Son, Minister Counsellor and head ofVietnam’s Trade Office in the US, said bilateral trade surpassed 100 billionUSD for the first time in 2021, which was a highly important achievement amidthe COVID-19 pandemic and disrupted global supply chains. Read full story

- Domestic airlines operated 30,000inbound and outbound flights in April, down 2.4 percent year on year, including12,000 transit flights, a rise of 25 percent over the same period last year,according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

 In the month, Vietnam's airports handled 6.6million passengers, down 14.3 percent compared to the same time last year,including 232,000 foreigners, a surge of 502 percent compared to April 2021when COVID-19 was developing complicatedly in Vietnam and the world. Read full story
☕ Afternoon briefing on May 10 ảnh 3The flowers on sale in AEON Mall Makuhari in Chiba prefecture, Japan (Photo: VNA)
- Many kinds of flowers of Vietnam havegained a foothold in the Japanese market, and are quite popular among localconsumers. Japan now remains one of the important flower export market ofVietnam. Read full story

- The French Embassy in Vietnam on May 9 held a press conference launching aproject named “Share and protect Vietnam’s heritage”. The project receives afunding of 18 billion VND (784,300 USD) for activities during 2022-2024 fromthe French Government and partners such as museums, localities anduniversities. Read full story

- A ceremony to hand over more than 7.2million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for paediatric use presented byAustralia was held in Hanoi on May 10.

The Australian government committed more than 14 million vaccine doses, alongwith medical supplies for the vaccine rollout in Vietnam. Read full story

- Two Vietnamese kickboxers weredeclared winners of SEA Games 31’s quarter-finals, which took place on May 9 inthe northern province of Bac Ninh.

Huynh Van Tuan defeated KhamsathoneKhamphouvanh in the 51kg Full Contact men 3-0, while his teammate Nguyen QuangHuy also bagged a 3-0 victory over Chhut Vannthong of Cambodia in the 60kg LowKick men. Read full story
☕ Afternoon briefing on May 10 ảnh 4A chess match (Photo: VNA)
- Nine Vietnamese chess players aresetting their sights on five gold medals at the ongoing SEA Games 31, as theircompetition officially kicked off in the northern coastal province of QuangNinh on May 10.

The Games’ 10 chess events last throughMay 21 with the participation of 55 athletes from seven nations – thePhilippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand, and hostVietnam./. Read full story
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