☕ Afternoon briefing on June 23
The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
Vietnam attended the 2015 ASEAN People’s Forum (APF) that opened inKuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 22-24, attracting over 1,400 delegatesfrom the region.
Besides plenary sessions andthematic discussions, the delegates also held dialogues withparliamentarians from ASEAN countries and representatives of theMalaysian and Filipino governments.
The Vietnamesedelegation include activists from different mass organisations active inpeace, security, environment, climate change, economics, education,agriculture, immigration, women and child rights, and labour.
Vietnamese delegates chaired and co-chaired several workshops andoffered ideas to build the people-centred ASEAN Community by late 2015.
Participants are due to meet government leaders of ASEAN member states on April 27.-VNA
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🤪 VFF, member organisations urged to mobilise public consensus in reform revolution
At the working session, General Secretary Lam presented the Party Committee of the VFF and central mass organisations with the Politburo’s Decision No. 304-QD/TW, which outlines the new structure, functions and tasks of the VFF Central Committee, marking a significant step in improving its organisational effectiveness.
🌃 Exhibition on 80-year achievements must engage the public: PM
Describing the exhibition as a large-scaled, content-rich, and unprecedented event with high requirements and limited preparation time, PM Pham Minh Chinh urged all ministries, sectors, and localities to participate with the highest sense of responsibility, ensuring the exhibition is inclusive, objective, truthful, feasible, and impactful.
🐽 Vietnam - WEF cooperation becomes increasingly trusted, effective
Vietnam’s attendance reaffirms its consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification, and comprehensive, intensive, extensive and effective international integration.
🙈 PM’s attendance at WEF meeting shows Vietnam-China high political trust: Scholar
Cheng stressed that this is third time PM Chinh has attended the meeting and he is among the few senior government officials participating in this year's event, which is considered as a rare and commendable gesture.
ﷺ PM’s presence in WEF meeting, bilateral activities in China to contribute to regional, global prosperity
The fact that the Vietnamese PM has been invited to attend and speak at this important event for three consecutive years reflects the WEF as well as the international business community's recognition and high regard for Vietnam's position, role, and contributions to global and regional economic growth.
📝OP-ED: Awakening aspiration to rise
This new era marks a crucial phase in which the country must strive with determination to fulfil its strategic objectives, achieving breakthrough development at new levels of sophistication, quality, and global standing, laying the foundation for further growth. Era after era forms a continuous history of development, ascending steadily from one level to the next.
💫 Party cell of Hoang Sa special zone to officially operate from July 1
Hoang Sa is the only special zone of Da Nang following the reorganisation of the city’s grassroots administrative units since June 16.
♋ Mechanisms for settling legislation-caused hindrances under discussion
The resolution on such mechanisms aims to serve as a legal basis for opportunely dealing with difficulties and hindrances caused by legal regulations in important, priority, and urgent areas that require immediate settlement so as to unlock resources, facilitate economic development, and turn legislation into a competitive edge.
ꦛ PM orders swift action on public resources amid administrative restructuring
PM Pham Minh Chinh instructed chairpersons of the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to strictly follow the Ministry of Finance's guidelines on handling public finances and budgets, with a focus on preventing wastefulness, misconduct, or corruption.
Vietnam, US promote people-to-people exchanges
Knapper reaffirmed the US's commitment to supporting a strong, independent, prosperous and resilient Vietnam, while respecting each other’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, independence and political systems.
☀️ Morning digest on June 23
The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
꧟ Vietnam voices concern over escalating conflict in Middle East
Vietnam is deeply concerned about the escalating and complex conflict in the Middle East, which poses a serious threat to the lives and safety of civilians, as well as to regional and global peace and stability.
💦 Vietnam activates response plans, ensuring safety for citizens in Israel, Iran
According to updates from the Vietnamese diplomatic missions in both nations, no Vietnamese casualties have been recorded to date.
♊ Vietnamese embassy issues urgent safety advice amidst escalating Israel – Iran tension
The Vietnamese Embassy advises the Vietnamese community living, studying, and working in Israel to strictly comply with directions from the Home Front Command and local authorities.
⭕ NA set to vote on dozens of legislative packages in final week of 9th session
Lawmakers are set to vote on revisions and amendments to a broad spectrum of legal frameworks and impactful resolutions during the final week of the 15th NA's 9th session.
🐽 SCOVA: Over 65 years of connecting OVs with homeland
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOVA) has served as a bridge connecting and uniting the community with the homeland, becoming a trusted source of support for Vietnamese expats in times of hardship.
🌜 Local administrative restructuring must not stall other tasks: PM
The programme to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses has achieved notable results, with nearly 263,000 housing units addressed to date, including 225,000 houses inaugurated and 38,000 under construction. Thirty-eight provinces and cities across the nation have already fulfilled their targets.
🎃 PM chairs national teleconference to promote key programmes
Stronger efforts and determination are required to achieve and surpass the set targets, especially in the eradication of makeshift and dilapidated houses nationwide, the acceleration of public investment disbursement, and the implementation of nationally important transport projects, PM Pham Minh Chinh noted.
♎ Prime Minister to attend 16th Annual Meeting of New Champions, pay working trip to China
The trip will be made at the invitations of Chinese Premier Li Qiang and WEF President and CEO Børge Brende, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
