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☕ Afternoon briefing on September 13

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on September 13 ảnh 1

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

-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh on September 13 asked Lao Cai and other northernmountainous localities to mobilise forces to search for those who went missingin flash floods only hours earlier.
In a dispatch, the leader extended his deepestsympathies to the families of the victims and urged the National SteeringCommittee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, the National Committeefor Disaster Response, Search and Rescue, ministers and chairpersons ofprovincial People’s Committees to stay vigilant, deal with consequences of the naturaldisaster, and take preparedness measures.Read full text

-Vietnamstands ready to share its experience with Mozambique in aquaculture andagro-aquatic product processing, helping to ensure food security in the Africannation and the region, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan has said.
Speaking at a meeting with Mozambican PresidentFilipe Nyusi, who is also President of the Mozambican Liberation Front(Frelimo) Party, in Maputo on September 12, Xuan stressed that the VietnameseParty and State highly value the position and role of Frelimo in Mozambique aswell as the country’s role in Africa.
Thesame day, Xuan met with President of the Assembly of Mozambique Esperança Biaswho reiterated good sentiments of the Mozambican legislature and people totheir Vietnamese counterparts.Read full text  

-Sincebilateral diplomatic ties were set up 30 years ago, Vietnam and South Africahave made unceasing efforts to develop substantive and fruitful relations inmultiple fields, said Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Hoang Sy Cuong.
Cuong talked about the achievements and prospectsof bilateral relations in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency onthe occasion of Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan’s official visit to South Africafrom September 14 to 17 and the 30th anniversary of their diplomatic ties.Read full text

-Auditor General of the State AuditOffice of Vietnam (SAV) Ngo Van Tuan met First President of the Cour desComptes and French Supreme Audit Institution Pierre Moscovici in Paris onSeptember 12, discussing measures to strengthen their cooperation in the audit.
Earlier,on September 11, Tuan had a working session with Honorary President of the Courdes Comptes Gilles Pierre Levy, during which he highly valued its auditingexpertise and role in leading Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI) to operate moreeffectively.Read full text

-HoChi Minh City always welcomes Canadian businesses and is willing to provide thebest conditions for them to explore and operate long-term investment andbusiness activities there, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee VoVan Hoan told a Canadian guest on September 13.
During a reception for Senator VictorOh, Chairman of the Canada-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group, who ison a working trip to the southern metropolis, Hoan highlighted that thereremains great potential and opportunities for trade and investment cooperationbetween Vietnam and Canada, and between HCM City and Canadian localities inparticular.Read full text

-TheVietnam International Sourcing 2023, a series of events aimed at connectinginternational supply chains, kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on September 13.
The three-day event is organised by the European -American Market Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the HCMCity People’s Committee.Read full text

-Difficultiesin securing investment capital, advanced technologies and inadequate skilledlabour resources are some of the challenges faced by Vietnam in theimplementation of the National Strategy for Green Growth for the 2021-2023period, with a vision to 2025, said Nguyen Van De, Vice Chairman of thePeople's Committee of Nghe An province at a seminar on Vietnam-Japan greengrowth cooperation in Hanoi on September 12.
In addition, he said Vietnamese farmers also haveto adapt to new requirements set by international markets with stiffcompetition while dealing with the adverse effects of increasingly frequentnatural disasters.Read full text

-Membersof the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA) sold 22,540 vehiclesin August, down 9% compared to the previous month, VAMA has reported.
Of the vehicles sold last month, there were 17,335passenger cars, down 10%; 5,036 commercial vehicles, down 5%; and 169special-use vehicles, up 14% month-on-month.Read full text/. 

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