Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekend by VietnamNews Agency.
-PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with the compilation group, experts, andscientists on April 2 to look into a report summarising opinions for a projecton making a strategy for the building and completion of the law-governedsocialist state of Vietnam by 2030, with a vision to 2045.
The summary report, which will serve as a basisfor making the first draft of the strategy, covers the fundamental theoreticalissues on the building and completion of a law-governed socialist state, the HoChi Minh ideology, the Party and State’s viewpoints, along with the formation,facts, principles, targets, reforms, breakthroughs, orientations, tasks, andsolutions for the state building and completion from now to 2030, with a visionto 2045. Read full story
- PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting in Hanoi on April 3 to look into theelectricity supply and the provision of coal and gas for power generation.
Pointing out a soaring power demand as a result ofthe socio-economic development and post-pandemic recovery, the Governmentleader said ministries, sectors, and agencies have yet to act drasticallyenough to carry out his official dispatch, issued on December 24 last year, oneconomical and efficient power use and power supply in 2022 and beyond. Read full story
- AmbassadorLe Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, WTO and otherinternational organisations in Geneva handed over Vietnam’s signed documents onits accession to the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) to DirectorGeneral of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Daren Tang at aceremony in Geneva on April 1.
Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai (L), Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva presents Vietnam’s signed WPPT document to WIPO Director General Daren Tang (Photo: VNA) -VietnameseAmbassador to Slovakia Nguyen Tuan on April 1 received a delegation of theSlovak National Council, led by Chairman of its Economic Affairs CommitteePeter Kremsky, to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries in thetime to come. Read full story
-VietnameseAmbassador to Andorra Dinh Toan Thang presented his credentials to theCo-Prince of Andorra, Archbishop Joan-Enric Vives i Sicília, at theEpiscopal Palace in La Seu d’Urgell, Spain, on April 1.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Andorra Dinh Toan Thang (L) presents his credentials to the Co-Prince of Andorra, Archbishop Joan-Enric Vives i Sicília (Photo: VNA) -On behalf ofthe Prime Minister, Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen MinhHang on April 1 symbolically presented 200 tonnes of rice worth nearly 100,000USD as a gift from the Vietnamese Government and people to the Philippines tohelp address Typhoon Rai’s aftermath. Read full story
-Minister ofIndustry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien met with South African Ambassador MpetjaneKgaogelo Lekgoro on April 2, saying that Vietnam is now in urgent need ofdiversifying coal supply sources as it is promoting post-pandemic economicrecovery.
At the working session in Hanoi, Dien noteddespite the COVID-19 pandemic, trade between the two countries remains stable,at over 1.39 billion USD. South Africa is currently the largest trade partnerand export market of Vietnam in Africa. Read full story
- TheGovernment has issued an action plan to implement the Politburo’s Resolutiondated January 28, 2022, on developing coastal central Khanh Hoa province by2030 with a vision to 2045.
Among the targets for 2025, this resolution aimsat local per capita gross regional domestic product (GRDP) of 104 million VND(over 4,500 USD), an urbanisation rate of 65 percent, non-agricultural workersaccounting for 77.97 percent of the local workforce, and a rate of trainedworkers at 85 percent. Read full story
-Vegetable andfruit exports plunged 9.6 percent year-on-year to 508 million USD in the firsttwo months of 2022 due to a sharp decrease in shipments to China, according tothe General Department of Vietnam Customs.
However, Vietnamese vegetables and fruits enjoyedstrong growth in other major markets, such as the US (79 percent), the Republicof Korea (32 percent), Japan (12 percent), Australia (45.7 percent), and theNetherlands (51.5 percent). Read full story
-Deputy PrimeMinister Le Minh Khai signed a decision on April 1, approving the addition of449 billion VND (19.66 million USD) to the organisation budget of the 31stSoutheast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).
The sum is sourced from the central budget'sspendings on physical training and sports for 2022. Read full story
-Le Huu Toan has becomethe first Vietnamese boxer named in the world top 10 of the World BoxingAssociation (WBA).
Le Huu Toan (right) at the WBA Asia minimum weight belt match in HCM City on March 21. Toan is the first Vietnamese boxer named in the WBA's top 10. (Photo: thethaovietnamplus.vn)
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