☀ Morning digest on July 27 hinh anh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

-  Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a monthly Cabinet meeting on legislation in Hanoi on July 26, with four draft laws (amended) tabled for discussion.Read full story

- Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai received Lao Finance Minister Bounchom Ubonpaseuth in Hanoi on July 26, during which the host affirmed that Vietnam shares its happiness and difficulties with Laos.

☀ Morning digest on July 27 hinh anh 2Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai (right) and Lao Finance Minister Bounchom Ubonpaseuth (Photo: VNA)
Highlighting their bilateral cooperation and traditional friendship, Khai said Bounchom Ubonpaseuth’s official visit is contributing to the success of Vietnam-Laos and Laos-Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022. Read full story

- The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee will share its experience in people-to-people diplomacy with the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) Central Committee and help the Lao side with the establishment of farmers’ association, President of the VFF Central Committee Do Van Chien pledged on July 26. Read full story

- A search team from Military Zone 2 of Vietnam has repatriated more than 1,800 volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives while on duty in Laos, since its inception in late 1994. In the 2021-2022 dry season alone, the team brought home 20 sets of remains of martyrs, of whom eight have been identified. Read full story

- With the Government of Vietnam committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050, there is a shift in the country’s priority in foreign investment attraction, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai on July 26. Read full story

- The Ministry of Planning and Investment and the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam jointly held a conference in Hanoi on July 26 to gather opinions from international organisations and consultants on the draft national master planning for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050.Read full story

- The Enterprise Development Agency (EDA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is coordinating with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in accelerating digital transformation and building capacity for broader access to finance, heard a workshop on July 26.

☀ Morning digest on July 27 hinh anh 3The workshop on “Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises Through Digital Transformation and Access to Finance” is co-held by the MPI and USAID in Hanoi on July 26. (Photo: MPI)
The workshop on “Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises Through Digital Transformation and Access to Finance” was co-held by the MPI and USAID, through the USAID Linkages for Small and Medium Enterprises (LinkSME) project, in Hanoi. Read full story

- A total of 29 social impact businesses (SIBs) will receive six-month coaching services and 100 million VND (4,278 USD) as seed funding to test and refine their creative models and realise their impact potential.

☀ Morning digest on July 27 hinh anh 4The Social Impact Businesses of the COVID-19 Adaptation Programme 2022 are announced on July 26. (Photo: MPI)
The announcement was made at an event on July 26 co-hosted by the Agency of Enterprise Development (AED) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to announce “The Social Impact Businesses of the COVID-19 Adaptation Programme 2022”. Read full story

- The Vietnam News Agency has joined hands with the Ho Chi Minh Cadre Academy (HCA) and VPBank Finance Company Limited to build a cultural space named after late President Ho Chi Minh and a playground for children in Nhuan Duc commune, Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City.Read full story./.
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