Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a briefreview of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on October 19.
– Administrative reform must be stepped up and conductedconcertedly at all levels to match the reality, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhsaid while chairing a meeting of the Government Steering Committee forAdministrative Reform in Hanoi on October 19.
Chinh, who is also head of the committee, notedthat people and businesses should be the centre, subject, driving force andtarget of administrative reform which, he said, requires strong, resolves, greatefforts and drastic actions. Read full story
– Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son had a meeting with SecretaryGeneral of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)Mathias Cormann in Hanoi on October 18.
Son thanked the organisation and Cormann himselffor the contributions to the success of the OECD-Southeast Asia MinisterialForum and the OECD-Vietnam High-Level Economic Forum 2022, which marked animportant milestone in the partnership between the OECD and the Southeast Asianregion. Read full story
– Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee NguyenVan Nen on October 19 extended congratulations to Joseph Nguyen Nang,Archbishop of the city’s Archdiocese, who has been elected as the newPresident of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam in the 2022-2025tenure.
He said that with the joint efforts of theCatholic community, the city has overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. The communityhas continued to actively respond and make contributions to patriotismmovements and campaigns launched by the Government, the Vietnam FatherlandFront and socio-political organisations, contributing to completingsocio-economic tasks of the city for 2022, he noted. Read full story
– The Ministry of Planning and Investment held a workshop onOctober 19 to start the building of a voluntary national review (VNR) 2023 onimplementing sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc said thatSDGs have been included in national strategies and policies, with the spirit of“No one is left behind” prioritised. Read full story
– A consultation meeting between the committees for externalrelations of the National Assemblies (NAs) of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam (CLV)took place in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on October 18.
Chairmen of the Vietnamese NA’s Foreign AffairsCommittee; the Lao NA’s Foreign Affairs Committee; and the Cambodian NA’sCommission on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Propaganda andInformation Vu Hai Ha, Sanya Praseuth, and Sous Yara co-chaired the event. Read full story
- The UN Development Programme (UNDP) held policy discussionon the human rights and climate change nexus in Hanoi on October 18, focusingon how to achieve a just, green and sustainable environmental development withprinciples of equity and human rights at the centre.
This is a follow-up to an international workshopco-hosted by UNDP and the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in July on theclimate change impacts on the human rights enjoyment of the most vulnerable. Read full story
- The Vietnam Blockchain Summit 2022 officially opened inHanoi on October 19. Organised for the first time by the VietnamSoftware Association (VINASA) and the Vietnam Blockchain Association, thetwo-day summit is drawing great attention from both domestic and internationaltech firms. Read full story
– A webinar discussing prospects of green hydrogen inlow-carbon economy in Vietnam was hosted by the Vietnam Imitative for EnergyTransition (VIET) on October 18.
Addressing the event, VIET ExecutiveDirector Ngo Thi To Nhien said Vietnam is striving to develop potentialclean energy sources, including green hydrogen, in a bid to realise its netzero emission goal by 2050. Read full story./.
– Administrative reform must be stepped up and conductedconcertedly at all levels to match the reality, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhsaid while chairing a meeting of the Government Steering Committee forAdministrative Reform in Hanoi on October 19.
Chinh, who is also head of the committee, notedthat people and businesses should be the centre, subject, driving force andtarget of administrative reform which, he said, requires strong, resolves, greatefforts and drastic actions. Read full story
– Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son had a meeting with SecretaryGeneral of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)Mathias Cormann in Hanoi on October 18.
Son thanked the organisation and Cormann himselffor the contributions to the success of the OECD-Southeast Asia MinisterialForum and the OECD-Vietnam High-Level Economic Forum 2022, which marked animportant milestone in the partnership between the OECD and the Southeast Asianregion. Read full story
– Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee NguyenVan Nen on October 19 extended congratulations to Joseph Nguyen Nang,Archbishop of the city’s Archdiocese, who has been elected as the newPresident of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam in the 2022-2025tenure.
He said that with the joint efforts of theCatholic community, the city has overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. The communityhas continued to actively respond and make contributions to patriotismmovements and campaigns launched by the Government, the Vietnam FatherlandFront and socio-political organisations, contributing to completingsocio-economic tasks of the city for 2022, he noted. Read full story
– The Ministry of Planning and Investment held a workshop onOctober 19 to start the building of a voluntary national review (VNR) 2023 onimplementing sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc said thatSDGs have been included in national strategies and policies, with the spirit of“No one is left behind” prioritised. Read full story
– A consultation meeting between the committees for externalrelations of the National Assemblies (NAs) of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam (CLV)took place in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on October 18.
Chairmen of the Vietnamese NA’s Foreign AffairsCommittee; the Lao NA’s Foreign Affairs Committee; and the Cambodian NA’sCommission on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Propaganda andInformation Vu Hai Ha, Sanya Praseuth, and Sous Yara co-chaired the event. Read full story
- The UN Development Programme (UNDP) held policy discussionon the human rights and climate change nexus in Hanoi on October 18, focusingon how to achieve a just, green and sustainable environmental development withprinciples of equity and human rights at the centre.
This is a follow-up to an international workshopco-hosted by UNDP and the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in July on theclimate change impacts on the human rights enjoyment of the most vulnerable. Read full story
- The Vietnam Blockchain Summit 2022 officially opened inHanoi on October 19. Organised for the first time by the VietnamSoftware Association (VINASA) and the Vietnam Blockchain Association, thetwo-day summit is drawing great attention from both domestic and internationaltech firms. Read full story
– A webinar discussing prospects of green hydrogen inlow-carbon economy in Vietnam was hosted by the Vietnam Imitative for EnergyTransition (VIET) on October 18.
Addressing the event, VIET ExecutiveDirector Ngo Thi To Nhien said Vietnam is striving to develop potentialclean energy sources, including green hydrogen, in a bid to realise its netzero emission goal by 2050. Read full story./.
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