Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a brief reviewof the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on October 4.
– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered ministries,agencies, and People’s Committees of provinces and cities to immediatelyaddress shortcomings in the corruption prevention and control, and boost thriftpractices.
– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered ministries,agencies, and People’s Committees of provinces and cities to immediatelyaddress shortcomings in the corruption prevention and control, and boost thriftpractices.
In a dispatch dated October 3, the leader urged leadingofficials of ministries, sectors and localities to popularise the outcomes ofthe 10-year corruption fight as well as tasks and solutions for the coming time.Read full story
– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) to prioritise assistance for Vietnam, while receiving EraDabla-Norris, head of the organisation’s Article IV Consultation of theDepartment of Asia-Pacific, in Hanoi on October 3.
– Empowered by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Minister ofForeign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on October 3 presented a Friendship Order to theoutgoing Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (RoK), Park Noh-wan, in honour ofhis valuable contributions to promoting bilateral ties.
– Vietnam underlined its resolute condemnation againstterrorist acts in any form or for any purpose at a plenary meeting held by theSixth Committee (Legal) of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly onOctober 3.
In his remarks, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, PermanentRepresentative of Vietnam to the UN, held that the countries need to have acomprehensive approach to counter-terrorism at the national, regional, andglobal levels, with the UN playing the coordinating role, in line withinternational law and the UN Charter.Read full story
– Vietnam earned some 394.2 trillion VND (16.05 billion USD)from tourism in the first nine months of this year, equivalent to 78% of thefigure recorded in 2019 when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.
– The General Department of Vietnam Customs announced onOctober 4 that its state budget revenue surpassed 328.83 trillion VND (13.77billion USD) in the first nine months of 2022, up 14.7% year-on-year.
Thisyear, the sector was assigned to collect 352 trillion VND for the State budget.In the remaining months, the general department will maintain concerted anddrastic measures to facilitate trade, improve the efficiency of statemanagement, and prevent losses in budget collection. Read full story
- UNFPA Regional Directorof Asia and the Pacific Bjorn Andersson on October 4 spoke highly of Vietnam'sefforts in addressing son preference and gender-biased sex selection overthe last 15 years.
Addressing the “South-South Consultation Workshop onAddressing Son Preference, Undervaluing of Girls, and Gender-Biased SexSelections”, organised in Hanoi by UNFPA Asia and the Pacific, Anderssondescribed the country's track record on the work as "very good",adding that many good practices have emerged.Read full story
-Vietnam will invest in 10 energy technologies in the 2021-2030 period with aview to ensuring energy security for the country’s socio-economic development,as part of the “Research, Application and Development of Energy Technologies”programme.
They include advanced technologies in the exploration andexploitation of oil and gas, photovoltaic solar energy, smart electrical grids,radiation and radioisotope techniques in agriculture, industry, naturalresources, and the environment, among others./.Read full story
– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) to prioritise assistance for Vietnam, while receiving EraDabla-Norris, head of the organisation’s Article IV Consultation of theDepartment of Asia-Pacific, in Hanoi on October 3.
– Empowered by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Minister ofForeign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on October 3 presented a Friendship Order to theoutgoing Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (RoK), Park Noh-wan, in honour ofhis valuable contributions to promoting bilateral ties.
– Vietnam underlined its resolute condemnation againstterrorist acts in any form or for any purpose at a plenary meeting held by theSixth Committee (Legal) of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly onOctober 3.
In his remarks, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, PermanentRepresentative of Vietnam to the UN, held that the countries need to have acomprehensive approach to counter-terrorism at the national, regional, andglobal levels, with the UN playing the coordinating role, in line withinternational law and the UN Charter.Read full story
– Vietnam earned some 394.2 trillion VND (16.05 billion USD)from tourism in the first nine months of this year, equivalent to 78% of thefigure recorded in 2019 when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.
– The General Department of Vietnam Customs announced onOctober 4 that its state budget revenue surpassed 328.83 trillion VND (13.77billion USD) in the first nine months of 2022, up 14.7% year-on-year.
Thisyear, the sector was assigned to collect 352 trillion VND for the State budget.In the remaining months, the general department will maintain concerted anddrastic measures to facilitate trade, improve the efficiency of statemanagement, and prevent losses in budget collection. Read full story
- UNFPA Regional Directorof Asia and the Pacific Bjorn Andersson on October 4 spoke highly of Vietnam'sefforts in addressing son preference and gender-biased sex selection overthe last 15 years.
Addressing the “South-South Consultation Workshop onAddressing Son Preference, Undervaluing of Girls, and Gender-Biased SexSelections”, organised in Hanoi by UNFPA Asia and the Pacific, Anderssondescribed the country's track record on the work as "very good",adding that many good practices have emerged.Read full story
-Vietnam will invest in 10 energy technologies in the 2021-2030 period with aview to ensuring energy security for the country’s socio-economic development,as part of the “Research, Application and Development of Energy Technologies”programme.
They include advanced technologies in the exploration andexploitation of oil and gas, photovoltaic solar energy, smart electrical grids,radiation and radioisotope techniques in agriculture, industry, naturalresources, and the environment, among others./.Read full story
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