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☀️ Morning digest February 22

The following is a new summary for last evening by Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest February 22 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a new summary for last evening by VietnamNews Agency.

- Chairman ofthe National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue urged for greater efforts to furtherreform and improve the operational effectiveness of People’s Councils at ameeting held on February 21 to review the performances of all-level People’sCouncils in the North of Vietnam in 2021 and discussed plans for 2022.

The People’sCouncils were tasked to promptly implement and supervise the implementation ofthe State’s policies as well as the NA and Government’s resolutions onsocio-economic development, finance and State budget, public investmentdisbursement, and national target programmes, particularly those on fightingCOVID-19 and promoting socio-economic recovery from 2022 – 2023. Read full story

☀️ Morning digest February 22 ảnh 2Health workers at the home of a COVID-19 patient in Tam Hiep commune of Thanh Tri district, Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
- The Ministry of Health said in its document sent to localities and agencies onFebruary 21 that people who get at least two shots of COVID-19 vaccines andhave close contact with COVID-19 patients will be quarantined for five daysinstead of seven days as previously. The people should receive the final doseat least 14 days before or recover from the disease within three months. Read full story

- General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism(VNAT) Nguyen Trung Khanh said on February 21 that the tourism sector shouldpay special heed to improving the quality of tourism products, infrastructurefacilities and human resources, and utilities provided for foreign tourists inorder to increase its competitiveness and attract more foreign visitors in thepost-COVID-19 pandemic.

☀️ Morning digest February 22 ảnh 3Foreign tourists in Hoi An city (Photo: VNA)
The sector seta target of serving 65 million visitors, including 5 million foreigners, andearning 440 trillion VND (nearly 19.3 billion USD) in 2022. It continues implementingthe second phase of a pilot programme to welcome international arrivals backand prepare necessary conditions to fully open tourism activities from March15, 2022. Read full story

- The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Korea(RoK) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam launcheda project to upgrade rice value chain in Vietnam’s Red River Delta.

The project,part of a new framework on agricultural development cooperation between Vietnamand the RoK, will be carried out in Thai Binh, Nam Dinh and Hung Yen provincesuntil 2024. Read full story

- The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) saidon February 21 that it is implementing the first-year technical cooperationproject for aquaculture productivity enhancement in Vietnam’s northernprovinces. This is part of the ministry’s official development assistance (ODA)endeavours. Read full story

- Businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) visited the Mekong Delta provinceof An Giang on February 21 to seek partnership opportunities with local firms.

☀️ Morning digest February 22 ảnh 4At the working session (Photo: VNA)
Chairman of the RoK-Vietnam Economic Support Committee Kwon Jae Haeng toldlocal leaders that the committee is willing to assist An Giang in completingnecessary procedures for certificates to export products to the RoK. Read full story./.
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☀️ Morning digest on October 22

☀️ Morning digest on October 22

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