☕ Afternoon briefing on September 13

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on September 13.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The following is abrief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency onSeptember 13.

- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his delight at the growingties between Vietnam and Cambodia, during a reception in Hanoi on September 13for President of the Cambodian National Assembly Samdech Heng Samrin.

Phucspoke highly of the results of the talks between Heng Samrin and Chairman ofthe Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue, and cooperation achievementsbetween the two legislatures over the past years. Read full story

- National Assembly ChairmanVuong Dinh Hue attended a ceremony to launch the 2022-2023 academic year of theNational Defence Academy, held in Hanoi on September 13 morning, urging it toenhance international cooperation.

The academy should further expand partnershipwith similar institutions globally, particularly in personnel training,academic research and seminar organisation; and attach importance to providingtraining for high-level military officials from Laos and Cambodia, Hue said. Read full story

- Prime Minister PhamMinh Chinh on September 13 stressed the need to remove all obstaclesin bidding and procurement of medicine, medical equipment and bio-productswithin this month so as to avoid the disruption in their supply caused byadministrative procedures, legal problems or a lack of responsibility amongpublic officials.

Chairing the 17th meeting of the National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control which drew the online participation ofrepresentatives from 63 cities and provinces nationwide, the Government leaderrequested ministries, sectors and localities to review the COVID-19 preventionand control regulations to find out and remove obstacles in the work, whileenhancing the sense of responsibility of officials in the bidding andprocurement. Read full story

- Australian Minister of ForeignAffairs Penny Wong has affirmed that the relationship between her country andVietnam is underpinned by their close economic and trade links, growingpeacekeeping relationship, and longstanding people-to-people ties.

In a September 12 media release following theAustralia-Vietnam Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Canberra co-chaired by Wong andher visiting Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son, she said that Australia andVietnam reaffirmed their strong partnership during the event. Read full story
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- The National Strategy on the Development ofVietnamese Cultural Industries is a huge effort of the country in realisingUNESCO’s Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity ofCultural Expressions (Convention 2005).

The affirmation was made by UNESCO Chief Representative inVietnam Christian Manhart at a symposium reviewing the five-year implementationof the strategy in the 2016-2021 period held on September 12. Read full story

- The Ministry of Public Security has directedthe Vietnam Immigration Department and other agencies abroad to print theinformation on “place of birth” in the annotation section of the new passportsfrom September 15.

The move aims to create favourable conditionsfor Vietnamese citizens to enter other countries, as recently several countriessuspended the issuance of visas to holders of the new Vietnamese passports dueto a lack of the birthplace information. Read full story

- Foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam arerecovering well and focusing on production and business expansion, withdisbursement reaching a record high in the first eight months of 2022,according to director of the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s ForeignInvestment Agency (FIA) Do Nhat Hoang.

FIA statistics showed that duringJanuary-August, FDI disbursement hit 12.8 billion USD, up 10.5% year-on-year. Read full story

- Members of the Vietnam AutomobileManufacturers’ Association (VAMA) logged their August vehicle sales at 30,846,a month-on-month increase of 2% and a year-on-year surge of 247%.

VAMA reported on September 13 that of thetotal, the sale of passenger and special-purpose vehicles expanded by 9% and21%, respectively; while that of commercial vehicles saw a decrease of 20%compared to the previous month. Read full story
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- Vietnamese archers have brought home sevengold medals to rank first in the medal tally at Singapore Archery Open 2022.

Archers Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhi and Do Thi NguyetAnh championed the women’s doubles single-string event. Nhi also claimed hersecond gold medal in the women’s single event./. Read full story
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