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☕ Afternoon briefing on September 20

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on September 20 ảnh 1

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

- President Vo Van Thuong on September 20attended an event to introduce a novel on Vietnamese renowned poet Nguyen Duentitled "Con co ai khoc To Nhu (Who is still crying for To Nhu) by writerVo Ba Cuong.

The novel features the life of the poet, who is alsoknown as To Nhu (1766-1820) during his time in the northern province of ThaiBinh where he got married and lived for 10 years.Read full text

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggestedVietnam and the US create breakthroughs in cooperation in science-technology,innovation, and education-training at a meeting with US Trade RepresentativeKatherine Tai in Washington D.C. on September 19.

Host and guest shared the view that the formationof the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for peace, cooperation andsustainable development on the occasion of the recent state visit to Vietnam byPresident Joe Biden will open up a new stage for the intensive and extensivecooperation between the two countries, particularly in economy, trade andinvestment.Read full text

– US President Joe Biden highlighted therelations between Vietnam and the US in his speech at the 78th session of theUnited Nations General Assembly in New York on September 19.

“For decades, it would have been unthinkable foran American President to stand in Hanoi alongside a Vietnamese leader andannounce a mutual commitment to the highest level of countries partnership,” hesaid at the high-level debate themed “Rebuilding trust and reigniting globalsolidarity: Accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its SustainableDevelopment Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and sustainability forall,” referring to his Vietnam visit earlier this month.Read full text

– Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang hasidentified three main tasks for the development of the Tay Nguyen CentralHighlands and required provinces in the region to prioritise those tasks, whileaddressing the first conference of the Tay Nguyen coordinating council held inDa Lat city, Lam Dong province, on September 20.  

The Deputy PM said the three main tasks arecompleting transport infrastructure, enhancing intra-region connectivity, andestablishing connectivity with adjacent regions and localities.Read full text

– The Vietnam - Japan relations are now intheir prime and live up to the countries’ extensive strategic partnership,Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Pham Quang Hieu said on the occasion of the 50thanniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties (September 21, 1973 - 2023).

Talking to the Vietnam News Agency, he said thatover the last 50 years, the countries’ friendship and cooperation have beenreinforced unceasingly and developed comprehensively in all aspects, becoming abright spot in the implementation of Vietnam’s foreign policy of independence,self-reliance, and diversification and multilateralisation of internationalrelations.Read full text

– The Vietnamese and Thai armies have agreed toenhance coordination and continue to implement cooperative activities so as tomake contributions to the enhanced strategic partnership between the twonations.

The agreement was reached during the talks onSeptember 20 between Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of theGeneral Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister ofNational Defence, and General Chakermphon Srisawasdi, Chief of Defence Forcesof the Royal Thai Armed Forces who is paying an official visit to Vietnam onSeptember 19-21.Read full text

– More than 100 Vietnamese, Lao, and Cambodianexperts, managers, and diplomats joined an international conference on thethree countries’ trade and investment cooperation given the digital economy,which took place in Ho Chi Minh City on September 20.

The event was co-organised by the Vietnam Academyof Social Sciences (VASS), Lao Academy of Social and Economic Sciences (LASES),and Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC).Read full text

– Just energy transition is significant in thedevelopment of workers' skills, the labour market and employment due to thehigh requirements of green and sustainable economic development, heard aconference held by the German Embassy in Hanoi on September 20.

Dr. Guido Hildner, German Ambassador said that inhis country, the number of employees working in occupations requiring greenskills increased 56.7% to 5 million between 2012 and 2020. This shows that theenergy transition is a complex and demanding process, but also provides greatopportunities to the people and the economies.Read full text/.
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