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☕ Afternoon briefing on September 21

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

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined other world leaders in the ClimateAmbition Summit and the UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention,Preparedness and Response in New York on September 20 (local time), part of thehigh-level week of the 78th UN General Assembly.

Addressing the Climate Ambition Summit, PM Chinh stressed that climate changeremains the biggest global challenge directly impacting and taking a heavy tollon economic development, social security, and people’s life safety and health. Read full story

- Vietnam attaches importance to and supports the United Nations (UN)’s centralrole in the global administration system in order to cope with current bigcommon challenges, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed while meeting withPresident of the 78th UN General Assembly (UNGA 78) Dennis Francis in New Yorkon September 20 (local time). Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with global leaders in New York onSeptember 20 afternoon (local time), on the sidelines of the high-level week ofthe 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Read full story

- Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue arrived atHazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka capital on September 21,starting his official visit to Bangladesh at the invitation of Speaker of theParliament Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.

The top legislator and his entourage were greeted at the airport by IqbalurRahim, member of the Parliament; K.M. Abdus Salam, Senior Secretary of theBangladesh Parliament; and representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy inBangladesh. Read full story

- Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue’s officialvisit to Bulgaria from September 23-26 will contribute to deepening thetraditional friendship and strengthening multi-faceted cooperation between thetwo countries, which have been built and nurtured over the past 73 years.

The statement was made by Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Committeefor Foreign Affairs Don Tuan Phong in an interview granted to the media aheadof the visit, which will be made at the invitation of President of the NA ofBulgaria Rosen Zhelyazkov. Read full story

- Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on September 20 signedthe United Nations agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marinebiological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (the High SeaTreaty), making Vietnam one of the first countries to sign the international-legallybinding instrument under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of theSea (UNCLOS).

The signing of the agreement conveyed the message that Vietnam is a positiveand responsible member of the international community as well as the country’sefforts to join hands with countries to deal with global issues, contributingto peace, prosperity and sustainable development. Read full story

- Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Hoang XuanChien and US Assistant Secretary of Defence Dr Ely Ratner co-chaired the annualVietnam – US Defence Policy Dialogue in Washington, D.C on September 19 (localtime).

Commending positive defence cooperation between the two countries in the pastyear, Chien and Ratner said post-war recovery cooperation has continued to be apillar and a bright spot in the bilateral relations, helping build trust andfoster mutual understanding between the two sides. Read full story

- Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet attended the 16thMinisterial Meeting of the Global Governance Group (3G) held on the sidelinesof the high-level week of the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New Yorkon September 20 (local time). Read full story

- The hosting of the Competency Evaluation Programme for Prospective UnitedNations Peacekeepers (CEPPP), an activity under the ASEAN Defence Ministers’Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) Experts’ Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations(PKO-EWG) Cycle 4, aimed to continue affirming the role and responsibility ofVietnam in preparing for and joining UN peacekeeping missions, according toSen. Lieut. Gen Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the VietnamPeople’s Army (VPA). Read full story

- The ASEAN Workshop on Best Practices of Digital Transformation in Media washeld in the central city of Da Nang on September 21, in the framework of the16th Conference of ASEAN Ministers Responsive for Information and relatedMeetings (AMRI).

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Lam stressedASEAN member states should share experience as well as sound strategies topromote sustainable digitalisation among the media agencies, given traditionalcommunications activities having lost its share and revenue to cross-borderplatforms due to the boom of digital technologies.  Read full story

- An international seminar themed “Smart city for green growth” was jointlyheld in Ho Chi Minh City on September 21 by the Vietnam Academyof Social Sciences (VASS), the Lao Academy of Social and Economic Sciences(LASES), the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) and the Korea EnvironmentInstitute (KEI). Read full story

- The  Ho Chi Minh City will spend 700billion VND (28.6 million USD) on building the second blood bank as the city'sfirst establishment, located at the Blood Transfusion and Hematology Hospital,has become overloaded.

The municipal People's Council on September 19 passed a plan to build the newblood bank at Tan Kien medical cluster Binh Chanh district from now until 2026. Read full story./.
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