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☀️ Morning digest January 3

The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest January 3 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected newssummaries last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session with key leaders ofQuang Ngai on January 1, during which he suggested that the central provinceshould prioritise  the processing-manufacturing sector as well as hightechnology, innovation and digital transformation.

Quang Ngai should take Dung Quat Economic Zone and the Vietnam-SingaporeIndustrial Park (VSIP) as its new growth motivations, he said. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and launched a groundbreakingceremony for 12 components of the second phase of the north-south expresswayproject in the central province of Quang Ngai on January 1.

The 12 component projects cover a total length of 723.7km, of which the HaTinh-Quang Tri section is 260.9km, Quang Ngai-Nha Trang 352.1km andCan Tho-Ca Mau 110.9km. The total investment is initially estimated at nearly147 trillion VND (6.23 billion USD). Read full story

- Vietnam is speeding up the development of the digital economy, consideringthis a "breakthrough" step to promote the country's economic growthin the context of the 4th industrial revolution.

Vietnam is viewed as a country with high potential for fast digital economicdevelopment and digital transformation trend across all fields. Read full story

- Vietnam has been listed among the world's top 30 powerful countries in 2022by US News & World Report.

With a GDP of over 363 billion USD and a population of more than 98.2 million,Vietnam stands at the 30th position in the rankings, only after Singapore (26thposition) among the Southeast Asian countries. Read full story

- The Vietnam – Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro exploited over 3million tonnes of oil and condensate gas at Block 09-1 in 2022, officiallysurpassing the two additional tasks assigned at the 54th Vietsovpetro Councilmeeting.

According Vietsovpetro, it faced many difficulties following the COVID-19pandemic, armed conflicts, rising prices of raw materials, supply shortages,and disruptions in the global supply chain. Read full story

- The Ministry of Public Security and Vietnam’s overseas representativeagencies will add “place of birth” information in new passports from January 1,2023, said the Vietnam Immigration Department.

Ordinary passports, issued before January 1, 2023 according to previouslyissued forms, are still valid until the expiry of the period stated in thepassport. Read full story

- Hanoi welcomed 208,000 tourists, earning 779 billion VND (32.9 million USD)during the three-day New Year holiday (December 31, 2022 - January 2, 2023),according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

The capital city served 170,000 domestic tourists in the holiday, 3 timeshigher than the same period last year, the department reported.Read full story./.
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