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(CPV) - Siemens AG has launched an open digital business platform, Siemens Xcelerator, to accelerate digital transformation and value creation for customers of all sizes in industry, buildings, grids and mobility.

After 10 years of implementation, the program for Vietnamese candidates for nurses and certified care workers under Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) has chosen 2,000 labourers. With the first 8 courses, more than 1,500 nurses and orderlies have come to work in Japan.

In the first half of 2022, Hanoi created jobs for nearly 119,000 labourers, an increase of 21.4% compared to the same period last year.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on June 30 stressed the task of addressing shortcomings and filling in “vaccums” and “loopholes” so as to prevent corruption and negative phenomena.

The Hanoi People's Committee has just issued a plan on the implementation of the Hanoi vocational education development strategy to 2025, with a vision to 2045.

The number of Vietnamese workers living and working in Japan is about 500,000 people. In 2019, Vietnam brought a record number of 149,000 workers to Japan. In the first 6 months of 2022, Japan received 50,000 Vietnamese trainees.

The 2022 humanitarian month in May received attention and participation from diverse organizations, individuals and businesses, mobilizing the largest amount of money ever, at VND770 billion, thus giving support to over one million vulnerable people.

The Tran Hung Dao's starting point will be at Tran Hung Dao-Tran Thanh Tong intersection in Hoan Kiem district, where it will extend to Nguyen Van Linh road in Long Bien district.

As of October 20, the total newly registered capital, adjusted and contributed capital to buy shares, of foreign investors reached 14.03 billion USD, as much as 91.1% over the same period in 2021, reported the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Speaker of the UK’s House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle discussed various issues regarding cooperation between the two legislatures during their talks in London on June 29 morning.

Standing Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Party Committee, Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Phan Van Mai on June 28 received Consul General of Switzerland in HCMC Martin Urs Maier on the occasion of ending his working term in the city.

On June 27, the History Museum of the central province of Thua Thien - Hue held a ceremony to announce the national and world records for the local Phu Dien Cham Tower, as it has been recognised the first ancient Cham tower sinking deep under the coastal sand dunes to be excavated and preserved in Vietnam and the world.

On the morning of June 27, at Ben Tre Coconut Hotel, a world record with 222 dishes from Coconut has been set in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 27 received Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong, who has been on a three-day official visit to Vietnam.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for visiting Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong in Hanoi on June 27.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong on June 27 held phone talks with President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen.

The official visit to the UK from June 28 - 30 by National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue is the first trip to this European country by a parliamentary leader of Vietnam in 11 years, expected to help enhance political trust and cooperation between the two parliaments as well as their countries’ multifaceted relations.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and his Hungarian counterpart László Kövér had in-depth talks in Budapest on June 27 (local time) on various issues in the Vietnam-Hungary relations with parliamentary cooperation and coordination at international and regional mechanisms as an important pillar.

The Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union on June 26 launched Youth Day to communicate and implement urban civilization development in response to the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and Vietnam Drug Day (June 26).

On the recent days, major press agencies of Cambodia have run a lot of articles spreading a message about the good neighbourliness, time-honoured friendship, comprehensive cooperation and long-term sustainability between the country and Vietnam, on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic ties (June 24).

The Permanent Delegations of Vietnam and Cambodia to the United Nations (UN) co-organised a ceremony to mark the 55 years of the two countries’ diplomatic relations on June 24 in New York.

The Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV) has recommended that wooden cabinet producers and exporters continue to review the export activities of their products subjected to the US Department of Commerce (DOC)’s anti-circumvention and anti-subsidy investigation.

The Indian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, in collaboration with the Vietnam-India Friendship Association in the city, organised a people-to-people exchange meet on June 25.

Representatives of the World Bank (WB) and FTSE Russell have committed to further supporting Vietnam to build a sustainable stock market, particularly via regularly exchange and coordination in the market upgrading matter.

Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue’s official visit to Hungary from June 26-28 will surely open up many cooperation opportunities for the two countries and their parliaments, Hungarian Ambassador to Vietnam Ory Csaba has affirmed.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 25 met 70 officials and workers in the oil and gas sector who stood out in the good and creative labour emulation movement in the 2017-2022 period.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 25 attended the Da Nang 2022 Investment Forum held in both online and in-person formats in the central city of the same name with the participation of a total of 900 delegates.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue left Hanoi on June 25 on his official visit to Hungary from June 26-28.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 24 received Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An, who is paying an official visit to Vietnam.

(CPV) - From June 22 – June 24, 2022, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Viet Nam and the Netherlands Embassy will organize the “Circular Economy Capacity Building Program for Enterprises in Viet Nam” (#CECapacityBuilding).