Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Prime Minister PhamMinh Chinh on August 27 requested ministries, sectors and northern mountainousand midland provinces to well organise the implementation of policies, andaction programmes to promote socio-economic development in the region, as theParty and State have adopted sufficient and sound policies and programmes.
PM Chinh made the request when chairing a conferenceannouncing the Government’s Action Programme implementing the Politburo’sResolution No.11-NQ/TW on directions to intensify socio-economic developmentand ensure national defence and security in the northern midland andmountainous region by 2030, with a vision to 2045, held in Lao Cai province. Read full story
- The domestic paperindustry has achieved good growth in the past five years and expects to maintainthe momentum until 2025 driven by demand for tissue and packaging paper,according to the industry business group.
Hoang Trung Son, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Paper and PulpAssociation, said that from being a country that imported its needs, Vietnamhas managed to become an exporter of various kinds of paper, especially forpackaging, with exports growing at over 65% a year in the 2015 -2020 period. Read full story
- Mergers andacquisitions (M&A) in the banking industry are expected to remain high forthe rest of the year as the industry continues the digital transformationprocess, according to experts.
According to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the financialservices (FS) industry’s need for digital capabilities, combined with sustainedpressure from regulators and disruption from platforms and fintechs, meansM&A will continue to be a driver for transformation. Read full story
- Various actionshave been taken to bring a new face for the Vietnamese railway system in thefuture.
According to the Ministry of Transport, an investment policyfor the North-South high-speed railway is expected to be announced in Septemberand launched in 2028. Read full story
- More than 339,000employees affected by the COVID-19 pandemic have received a total of 963billion VND (41.12 million USD) from the unemployment insurance fund as of 5:30pm on August 25.
A supporting package for the group has been launched by theVietnam Social Security (VSS) under the National Assembly (NA) StandingCommittee’s Resolution No. 24/2022/UBTVQH15. To date, 90% of the employeesregistering for the assistance have received payments from the package. Read full story
- Most of the320,758 Vietnamese speakers in Australia resided in Victoria and New SouthWales (NSW) states, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)’s2021 Census.
Accordingly, Victoria and NSW are respectively home to118,801 and 117,907 Vietnamese speakers, each accounting for 37% of the total.They were followed by Queensland, where about 10% of the Vietnamese speakersare living. Read full story
- The VietnamPeople’s Army (VPA)'s delegation with eight medals finished fifth at the 2022International Army Games, which was closed with a ceremony held in Moscow,Russia, on August 27.
Vietnam won one gold, two silver and five bronze medals at theGames./. Read full story