Hanoi, (VNA) - Thefollowing is a list of selected news summaries last night by Vietnam NewsAgency.
-PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a meeting with the Party Central Committee’sCommission for Internal Affairs and experts on July 21 to discuss the draftingof a strategy for building and completing a law-governed socialist state ofVietnam by 2030, with a vision to 2045.
At the event in Hanoi, the Internal AffairsCommission and experts held that the draft strategy has been built in amethodological and scientific manner.Read full story
-Vietnamhas been intensifying efforts to bring a stop to human trafficking in recentyears, according to Deputy Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs PhamThu Hang.
Hang was responding to a question during a regularpress briefing regarding the 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report launched by theUS Department of State. Read full story
-Also atthe press briefing, the Deputy Spokeswoman reviewed the 27-year journey sinceVietnam became an official member of ASEAN on July 28, 1995, affirming thatVietnam's admission to the bloc marked an important milestone in the country'sextensive regional and international integration.
She saidsince joining ASEAN, Vietnam has increasingly proved itself to be a responsibleand active member of the group as well as the international community. Read full story
- Regarding Vietnam’s stance on China’s militarydrills conducted in the vicinity of Hoang Sa, the deputy spokeswoman stressedthe demand that China respect Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel)archipelago. Read full story
-Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, Secretary ofthe Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of itsOrganisation Commission, received Chairman of the Board of Directors of the JapanBank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Maeda Tadashi on July 21.
Mai, who is also President of the Vietnam-JapanFriendship Parliamentarians Group, said she was happy to see the Vietnam-Japan strategicpartnership growing in various areas for peace and prosperity in Asia. Read full story
-Someenergy efficiency solutions were shared at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City onJuly 21, expected to help the southern economic hub achieve green growth andsustainable development in the near future.
Theindustry and trade sector of HCM City is working to promote efficient energyuse in every social aspect and reduce energy intensity in economic sectors. Inparticular, it will boost the application of energy saving solutions atenergy-intensive establishments and industries towards the goal of green growthand sustainable development, Deputy Director of the municipal Department ofIndustry and Trade Nguyen Thi Kim Ngoc noted.Read full story
-ThePeople’s Committee of Ha Giang and Fauna & Flora International (FFI)Vietnam on July 21 signed a memorandum of understanding on the conservation ofthe endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkey and flora species in this northernmostprovince during 2022 - 2027.
Accordingly, the two sides will conduct scientificstudies of the monkey and flora populations and habitat, recover and expand theforest biotope, set up an ecological corridor, prevent and reduce human-causedthreats to Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys and their biotope, apply advancedtechnologies to conservation and awareness improvement, and help with capacitybuilding for the parties involved in biodiversity conservation. Read full story
- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India held their9th Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crimes (SOMTC) in a virtual formon July 20, according to the Indian Foreign Ministry.
The meeting was co-chaired by the Joint Secretary(Counter Terrorism) of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, MahaveerSinghvi, and ASEAN representative - Deputy Secretary (Policy) under theSingaporean Ministry of Home Affairs, Puah Kok Keong. Read full story/.
