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☀️ Morning digest on July 15

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest on July 15 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by theVietnam News Agency.

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh underlined the needto pay special attention to removing "bottlenecks" on the real estatemarket while chairing an online conference on July 14 on measures to ensuresafe, healthy and sustainable development of the property market.

☀️ Morning digest on July 15 ảnh 2Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the conference (Photo: VNA)
Theconference was connected with the People's Committees of five centrally-runcities: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hai Phong, and Can Tho.

- The People’s Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City detected and prosecuted 3,677criminal cases in the first six months of this year, a decrease of 1,441 casescompared with the same period last year. However, the number of online fraudswas up by 70 cases. Read full story

- Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The and Lao Minister of Public Worksand Transport Viengsavath Siphandone held a working session in Hanoi on July14, during which they discussed transport cooperation plans between the twocountries in 2022 and the following years. Read full story

- Digital transformation is considered the key to helping businesses overcomethe current difficult period, seize market opportunities and recover strongly,heard a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 14.

The seminaron challenges and opportunities of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) indigital transformation was co-organised by Vietnam Chamber of Commerce andIndustry (VCCI) – Ho Chi Minh City branch and WorkIT Joint Stock Company. Read full story

- US magazine Travel Leisure has made a list of 10 best restaurants inVietnam based on votes by its readers.

☀️ Morning digest on July 15 ảnh 3A view of La Maison 1888 inside InterContinental Sun Peninsula Resort in Da Nang (Photo: https://vnexpress.net/)
The southernhub Ho Chi Minh City has six representatives in the list, while the capitalHanoi and the central city of Da Nang each boasts two. Read full story

- The ancient Hoi An town in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam has founditself voted to the 20th place in a new global listing of 25 best cities chosenby readers of US magazine Travel Leisure.

☀️ Morning digest on July 15 ảnh 4Hoi An is an ideal place for culture explorers, food lovers and shoppers. (Photo: VNA)
Readersranked the cities based on factors such as the quality of hotels andrestaurants, cultural heritage, attractions, cuisine, and COVID-19 protocols. Read full story./.
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☕ Afternoon briefing on April 16

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