Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
-TheCentral Committees of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and theCambodian People's Party (CPP) have sent messages of congratulations to theCommunist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee on the occasion of the CPV’s93rd anniversary (February 3).Read full text
-GeneralSecretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen PhuTrong was awarded the 55-year Party membership badge at a ceremony in Hanoi onFebruary 2.
The event took place on the occasion of the 93rdfounding anniversary of the CPV (February 3, 1930-2023).Read full text
-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh has directed that maintaining macro-economicstability, controlling inflation, propelling growth and ensuring major balancesof the economy continue to be priorities in February and coming months.
Chairing the Government’s monthly teleconferencewith localities on February 2, PM Chinh requested keeping a close watchon the domestic and foreign market situation. He asked for extensivemonitoring of product price and inflation to enable a quick responseto the current situation. He also requested timely forecasts and riskwarnings while adopting a sound, flexible and effective monetary policy inclose and synchronous combination with monetary, fiscal and other policies.Read full text
-TheGovernment considered proposals on the building of several laws at its monthlythematic meeting chaired by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Hanoi on February2.
The proposals suggested amending and supplementingsome articles of the law on the guard force, and revising the Employment Lawand the draft Law on Water Resources.Read full text
-ForeignMinister Bui Thanh Son’s attendance at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ MeetingRetreat (AMM Retreat) in Jakarta on February 3-4 will contribute to enhancingsolidarity and consensus in the ten-member grouping, thus elevating Vietnam’srole and position in ASEAN and international forums, a Vietnamese diplomat hassaid.
In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agencyahead of the AMM Retreat, Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, Permanent Representativeof Vietnam to ASEAN, said given the current complicated circumstances, themeeting is expected to offer an opportunity for ASEAN FMs to discuss and reachconsensus on the bloc’s orientations.Read full text
-Seniorofficials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered inIndonesia’s capital Jakarta on February 2 to discuss preparations for the32nd ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) Meeting and the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’Retreat (AMMR).
Acting head of SOM ASEAN Vietnam, Ambassador VuHo, actively exchanged views on ASEAN cooperation as well as Vietnam'scontributions to the group in 2023, such as organising activities todisseminate information about ASEAN and its cooperation with partners.Read full text
- AVietnamese delegation headed by Deputy Director General of the Vietnam NationalAdministration of Tourism (VNAT) Ha Van Sieu attended the 57th meeting of theASEAN National Tourism Organisations (NTO) as part of the ongoing ASEAN TourismForum (ATF) 2023 in Indonesia.
Addressing the event, Sieu said member countries’tourism reopening last year signified a strong recovery of the sector. Vietnamwelcomed 3.5 million international visitors in 2022, with ASEAN named thecountry’s leading tourist market in terms of recovery speed, he added.Read full text
-Despitea downturn in the export of aquatic products in the first month of 2023, localexporters remain optimistic that the market will recover from thesecond quarter of this year, according to the Vietnam Association of SeafoodExporters and Producers (VASEP).
The association reported that in January, totalexport value of aquatic products dropped 31% to about 600 million USD, withrevenue generated from major markets also falling, by 56% in the USmarket, 55% in China, and 35% in the EU market.Read full text
-Theon-time performance (OTP) of Vietnamese airlines stood at 95.3% in January,down 0.9 percentage points from the previous month, while the number offlights increased 15.6%, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Bamboo Airways posted the bestOTP, at 96.4%, followed by the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines95.9% and Vietjet Air 95%.Read full text/.
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