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(CPV) - On the last leg of her Viet Nam’s visit, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Kanni Wignaraja joined leaders and people in the central province of Thanh Hoa to plant mangroves as one of the most effective nature-based solutions to enhance coastal community resilience to climate change and their livelihood.

A total 1,670 COVID-19 cases were logged on July 30, raising the national caseload to 10,778,154, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam hopes 100% of new buses will use electricity or green energy from 2025, which is part of the transport sector’s action plan on green energy transition to reduce carbon and methane emissions.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh had a meeting with leaders of the Law Building Research Institute in Hanoi on July 29 to gather their ideas on the implementation of the NA's law and ordinance building programme for 2023 and the adjustments to the programme in 2022 as well as a number of bills that will be debated at the NA's fourth session.

The Government of Western Australia (WA) attaches special importance to Vietnam’s role in its Asian Engagement Strategy 2019-2030, according to Reece Whiby, Minister for Environment and Climate Action.

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue held a reception for visiting Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan - Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance (JVFPA) in Hanoi on July 29 afternoon.

The Department of Overseas Labour has coordinated with the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam, and Japanese Language School ARC Academy to organize a ceremony to send off 150 Vietnamese nurses and caregivers as they go to work in Japan under the terms of the Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (VJEPA).

Vietnamese products introduced at the International Food and Beverage Exhibition in Kansai region (Foodex Japan in Kansai 2022), Japan, have attracted the attention of a large number of Japanese consumers and enterprises.

As many as 12 Vietnamese businesses participated in Biofach/Vivaness 2022 – the leading trade fair for organic food, which took place from July 26 to 29 in the southern German’s Bavaria state.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting attended by ministries and sectors on July 28 to discuss short- and long-term measures for keeping inflation under control, stabilising the macro-economy, and promoting socio-economic recovery and development.

(CPV) - With the new multi-dimensional poverty line (approved in 2021), the near poor and poor household rate in Viet Nam increases from 5.2 percent in 2020 to 9.35 percent in 2022, meaning an additional 10 million people to benefit from the government’s social protection & poverty reduction policies and programs in 2021-2025 period.

A delegation of leaders of the Hanoi Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, National Assembly Delegation, and Fatherland Front Committee of Hanoi on July 27 offered incense and flowers to pay respects to the revolutionary veterans, heroes and martyrs at Mai Dich Cemetery, Nhon Martyr Cemetery and Ngoc Hoi Martyr Cemetery on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Invalids and Martyrs' Day (July 27, 1947 - July 27, 2022).

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said on July 27 that he hopes Quang Nam province, which is hosting Visit Vietnam Year 2022, will become a model for tourism development and recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Working sessions will be held between Government leaders with Ho Chi Minh City authorities on a quarterly basis to seek ways to remove difficulties and boost socio-economic development of the southern economic hub, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh while working with municipal leaders on July 27.

(CPV) - Asia and the Pacific’s next tech startup “unicorn” may spring from Viet Nam, as the groundwork to build a strong ecosystem capable of supporting these businesses is well under way, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

On July 26, at the memorial site in Hiep Luc Commune, Ninh Giang District, Hai Duong Province solemnly held an incense offering ceremony to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Uncle Ho's 4th visit to the province (July 26).

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Vietnam's War Invalids and Martyrs' Day, a delegation of leaders of the Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) led by Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen laid wreaths and offered incense to pay tribute to heroic martyrs at the HCMC's Martyrs Cemetery in Thu Duc City.

(CPV) - The most innovative social impact businesses in agriculture and tourism sectors will get 6-month coaching services and VND100 million as seed funding to test and refine their creative models and realize their impact potential.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc offered flowers and incense in tribute to fallen soldiers in the northern province of Quang Ninh on July 26.

Quang Ngai should pay greater attention to planning, with priority given to promoting regional linkages and expanding connectivity between its Chu Lai Open Economic Zone (OEZ) and Dung Quat Economic Zone (EZ) as well as the Central Highlands, according to National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with 100 representatives of the Vietnam Former Youth Volunteers’ Association in Hanoi on July 26 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27) and the 72nd anniversary of the youth volunteer force’s traditional day (July 15).

A delegation of Party, State, National Assembly (NA), Government and Vietnam Fatherland Front leaders on July 26 offered incense in tribute to fallen combatants at the Martyrs’ Monument and paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum in Hanoi on the occasion of the 75th War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).

President of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association in Ho Chi Minh City Truong Thi Hien said that although Vietnam and Cuba are geographically distant, they are always proud of having a close, loyal, pure and sincere relationship between the two countries.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a meeting with Heroic Vietnamese Mothers, martyrs’ relatives and representatives of Vietnam Martyr Families’ Support Association in Hanoi on July 25 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session in Hanoi on July 25 with units that analyse DNA samples of the remains of martyrs.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh praised the contributions made by the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) to the achievements Vietnam has recorded over the first half of this year while addressing a national political-military conference in Hanoi on July 25.

On July 24, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in Nghe An Province coordinated with the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) to hold the inauguration ceremony of the upgrade and embellishment project on Uncle Ho with Youth Monument in Vinh City.

Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, on July 23 (US time) had a meeting with young Vietnamese start up intellectuals and businesses in the US.

On July 25, Vietnam's largest waste-to-power plant in Soc Son District (Hanoi) officially connected to the national power grid for operating phase 1.

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947- July 27, 2022), thousands of candles were lit at Ho Chi Minh City Martyrs' Cemetery and five others in the city to pay tribute to all war invalids and martyrs for their great contributions to the nation’s revolutionary cause in the evening on July 24.