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31st Vietnam Medi-Pharm expo in full swing

The 31st Vietnam International Medical and Pharmaceutical Exhibition (Vietnam Medi-Pharm 2024), the largest of its kind so far, is hosting 550 stalls of myriad products and technology in Hanoi.

Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan (front row, 4th from right) visit the Vietnam Medi-Pharm 2024 in Hanoi on May 9. (Photo: VNA)

Environment

Deputy PM urges more accurate, timely forecast to minimise damage from natural disasters

Diversifying communications methods to enhance public awareness of natural disaster prevention and control, and ensuring accurate and timely forecast are among solutions to minimise damage caused by natural disasters, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang said while chairing a national conference on natural disaster prevention and control, search and rescue in 2024 held in Hanoi on May 10.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang addresses the conference (Photo: VNA)

World

ASEAN banks grapple with uncertain FED interest rate cuts

Banks in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are grappling with uncertainty over their loan books as evidence of persistent inflation that leads central banks to refrain from slashing interest rates, increasing pressure in the financing business.

Illustrative image (Photo: Nikkei)