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☕Afternoon briefing on October 10

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on October 10.
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Hanoi, (VNA) – The following is a briefreview of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on October 10.

– State-owned enterprises should play a more active role inpromoting the development in disadvantaged localities, President Nguyen XuanPhuc said on October 10.

At a meeting with leaders of outstanding Statefirms in Hanoi ahead of Vietnam Entrepreneurs Day (October 13), the leaderstressed that the enterprises have helped to deal with socio-economicchallenges while playing the pioneering role in protecting socialism.Read full story

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has emphasised theGovernment’s consistent viewpoint that people and enterprises are the centre,key players, target, and momentum of digital transformation. PM Chinh,who is also chairman of the national committee for digital transformation, saidtogether with green transition, digital transformation is an inevitable andobjective trend that is taking place strongly. Read full story

– National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on October10 extended his greetings to those working for the book publishing, printingand distribution sector nationwide on the occasion of the sector’s 70thtraditional day.

Meeting with seniors and outstanding representatives ofthe sector, Hue appreciated many publishing houses’ efforst to disseminate theNA’s activities and the contents being considered and discussed by it, as wellas important policies and decisions of the country in their publications. Read full story

- Deposits at all banks, including the Saigon Commercial Bank(SCB), are guaranteed by the State in all cases, Governor of the State Bank ofVietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong affirmed on October 10 when talking to the mediaregarding recent issues related to the SCB. Depositors at the SCB shouldstay calm and not decide to withdraw their money, especially before the duedates, to have their interests ensured, Hong stressed. Read full story

– The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee's 16thsession opened in Hanoi on October 10. During the three-day sitting, theNA Standing Committee will examine reports presented by the Government andverification reports of the NA’s committees on the performance of thesocio-economic development plan and state budget plan in 2022; and the goals,targets, tasks and solutions of the socio-economic development plan and thecentral budget allocation plan for 2023, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said. Read full story

– Vietnam has conducted numerous activities to respond to theInternational Day of the Girl Child 2022 (October 11), which is themed “Ourtime is now-our rights, our future”. In mid-September, the GeneralOffice for Population and Family Planning under the Ministry of Health issued adispatch guiding communications activities on the day. Accordingly, this year,the day in Vietnam will be themed “promoting gender equality contributes toreducing sex imbalance at birth”. Read full story

– Switzerland newspaper Agefi recently ran an articletitled “Le Vietnam et les nouveaux tigres asiatiques” (Vietnam and the newAsian tigers), affirming that Vietnam has become one of the emerging economieswhich holds an important role in Asia. The author, Guy Mettan, wrote thatthe world is seeing the emergence of Vietnam and Indonesia as rising economicpowers in Asia.Read full story

– The first Vietnam International Digital Week (VIDW) 2022will open on October 11, expecting the participation of leaders of ministries,sectors and management agencies related to digital transformation from ASEANcountries, as well as international organisations, associations and digitalfirms from all around the world.

According to the Ministry ofInformation and Communications, the event, part of the activities to respond tothe National Digital Transformation Day (October 10), will be held under thetheme of “Global Partnership for Sustainable Digital Future”.Read full story/.
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