☕ Afternoon briefing on September 26
Hanoi, (VNA) – The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on September 26:
-Prime
Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed the need for drastic measures to speed up the
disbursement of public investment capital and the implementation of the
socio-economic recovery and development programme as well as three national
target programmes, while chairing a meeting with ministries, sectors and localities
on September 26.
The Government leader ordered ministries, sectors
and localities to define particular difficulties and obstacles hindering the
work and to deal with them by all means, for the benefit of the state,
nation and people. Read full story
-Prime
Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 26 ordered ministries, sectors and
localities to brace against Storm Noru, a strong storm that has entered the
East Sea and is likely to hit central localities of Vietnam.
They must keep a close watch on the developments
of the storm and promptly implement directions from central agencies, while
guiding vessels to seek safe shelter and supporting farmers to protect their
aquatic farms.Read full story
-Cuban Prime
Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz’s upcoming official visit to Vietnam aims to
further strengthen the fraternal solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and
mutual trust between the Party, State and people of Cuba and Vietnam, said
Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Thanh Tung.
In an interview granted to Vietnam News Agency’s
correspondents in Cuba, the ambassador Tung highlighted the significance of the
visit, adding that this is also an opportunity for senior leaders of the two
countries to discuss and come up with specific orientations and measures to
further promote the bilateral economic, trade and investment cooperation.Read full story
- A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), headed by deputy
head of its Central Committee's Commission for External Relations Truong Quang
Hoai Nam, is attending the 12th National Congress of the Mozambique Liberation
Front (FRELIMO) Party.
The congress is taking place in Matola city from
September 23-28 with the participation of 1,500 delegates and 23 international
delegations.Read full story
-As of
September 16, credit grew 10.47% against the end of 2021 and 17.19% against the
same period last year, according to Deputy Governor of the State Bank of
Vietnam (SBV) Dao Minh Tu.
He revealed the figures at a routine press
conference for the third quarter of 2022 recently held in Hanoi.Read full story
-The 2022
Horasis India Meeting, the foremost annual meeting of Indian business leaders
and their global counterparts, opened in the southern province of Binh Duong –
Vietnam’s FDI magnet - on September 26.
The opening ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime
Minister Vu Duc Dam, Minister of State at the Indian Foreign Ministry Rajkumar
Ranjan Singh, leaders of Horasis, and delegates from the Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII), and Vietnamese ministries and localities.Read full story
- The
number of air passengers in September reached 4.2 million, down 14%
month-on-month, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam
(CAAV).
The volume increased by 19.6% and 3% compared to
that the same month in 2021 and 2019, respectively, it said.Read full story
-ADB
Country Director Andrew Jeffries has talked to the Vietnam News Agency on the
recent interest rate hike by the State Bank of Vietnam in the context of the
Fed, ECB and a number of countries raising their rates to curb inflation.
According to him, through the pandemic and also
through the economic shocks of this year, including global inflation, fallout
from the conflict in Ukraine and recession risks, Vietnam was successful in
controlling inflation this year, despite enormous pressure from energy, commodity
price surges from world economy.Read full story
-A
delegation from the southern province of Binh Duong led by Nguyen Hoang Thao,
permanent deputy secretary of the provincial Party Committee, paid a working
visit to India from September 24 to 25.
The delegation had meetings with Tata Coffee Group
about opportunities to expand production and business, the Indian Importers
Chamber of Commerce and Industries (IICCI) and Chief Executive Officer Clubs
(CEO Clubs) on mechanisms and policies related to trade and investment in Binh
Duong province.Read full story/.