Hanoi (VNA) - The following is alist of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received a delegation ofofficials and businesses from the US state of California led by Mayor ofOakland city Sheng Thao in Hanoi on August 1.
The Government leader affirmed that Vietnam alwaysviews the US as one of the leading partners and wishes to continue promotingbilateral relations in a substantive and effective manner for the sake of thetwo peoples and for peace, stability, cooperation, and development in theAsia-Pacific region.Read full text
– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has recently approved anational strategy on attracting and retaining talents by 2030 with a visionuntil 2050.
The overall objective of the strategy is toefficiently build and implement breakthrough policies and solutions to attractand retain talents, both at home and abroad, especially in spearhead sectorslike science-technology, education-training, culture, social sciences,healthcare, information-communications, and digital transformation.Read full text
– Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang affirmed Vietnam’sefforts to speed up the projects funded by official development assistance(ODA) of Japan while receiving Executive Senior Vice President of the JapanInternational Cooperation Agency (JICA) Yamada Junichi in Hanoi on August 1.
The host official appreciated the JapaneseGovernment and people’s effective support for socio-economic development andpoverty reduction in Vietnam via ODA over the last more than 30 years,including a loan of over 60 million JPY (418,900 USD) signed in early July 2023.Read full text
– A ceremony was held in Hanoi on August 1 to mark the 50thanniversary of the Vietnam - Singapore diplomatic relationship (August 1, 1973- 2023) and the 10th anniversary of their strategic partnership.
The event was organised by the Vietnam Union ofFriendship Organisations (VUFO), the Vietnam - Singapore FriendshipAssociation, and the Singaporean Embassy in Vietnam.Read full text
– The disbursed capital sourced from the state budget topped291 trillion VND (12.3 billion USD) in the first seven months of 2023,equivalent to 41.3% of the yearly target and rising 22.1% from a year earlier,showing an observable improvement in public investment disbursement, said theGeneral Statistics Office (GSO).
The sum consists of about 54.1 trillion VND underthe central management, or 40.6% of the target for this type of funding and up29.4% year on year, and 236.9 trillion VND under the local management, 41.5% ofthe target and up 20.5%.Read full text
– The central province of Quang Ngai is doubling efforts toeradicate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing ahead of the fourthfact-finding trip to Vietnam by a European Commission (EC) delegation thisOctober.
Sen. Lt. Col. Nguyen Ngoc Thanh, Deputy Chief ofthe Staff of the Quang Ngai Border Guard Command, said the force hascoordinated with the province’s sub-department of fisheries to frequentlyinspect and examine activities of all fishing vessels operating off QuangNgai’s coast.Read full text
– Rice export curbs by some countries like India, Russia andthe United Arab Emirates (UAE) will offer opportunities to both Vietnameseexporters and farmers, heard a regular press conference held by the Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in Hanoi on August 1.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Phung Duc Tien said the ministry proposed the Prime Minister issuea directive on enhancing rice exports in the present context, which shouldidentify tasks of ministries, agencies, localities and businesses.Read full text/.
