Industrial parks (IPs), export processing zones (EPZs) and economic zones (EZs) in the Red River Delta granted investment registration certificates to 487 projects in 2023, including 390 foreign direct investment (FDI) and 97 domestic direct investment (DDI) projects, up 63.35% compared to last year’s figure. Localities with outstanding performances are Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Bac Ninh, Thai Binh, Hai Duong, Hung Yen and Ha Nam.
Source: Vietnam News Agency
An annual programme to provide free medical examination, consultation, and medicine to people in the central province of Quang Ngai was kicked off on January 15. This is the 13th such programme in the province by Doosan Vina and the Republic of Korea’s Chung Ang University Hospital (CAU), running from January 15-19 with two key activities of free medical examination for 1,500 people and medical equipment to the Binh Son Medical Centre with a total value of about 1.9 billion VND (78,000 USD). The programme has so far provided free examinations to 28,000 people in Quang Ngai province and donated many medical equipment with a total value of nearly 6.5 billion VND to hospitals in the province. In addition, the two organisations have also sent Vietnamese doctors and nurses to CAU’s headquarter in the RoK for training to improve their expertise.
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The World Bank (WB) hosted a workshop in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on January 16, seeking measures to boost citizens’ participation in the planning, design, and implementation of public services through digital technology. In Can Tho, WB-funded public investment projects are being implemented in various sectors such as healthcare, irrigation, agriculture, urban development, and transport.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo in Davos, Switzerland on January 16 (local time) as part the Vietnamese PM’s visit to the country to attend the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF-54).
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Word Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on January 16 (local time). After the meeting, PM Chinh witnessed the signing ceremony of cooperation documents with WEF.
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MANILA: A senator reiterated on Tuesday his commitment to address disinformation that continues to affect press freedom.
Senator Robinhood Padilla, who chairs the Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, emphasized the significance of press freedom to the Philippine democracy which is still “under threat” by fake news.
“Without press freedom, the public cannot make the right decisions which are guided by the proper information and opinions,” Padilla said.
“This is what I have been trying to address as chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media — through the formulation of legislation that will punish the spread of disinformation, while respecting the freedom of the press as enshrined in our Constitution,” he added.
Padilla said he is still looking forward to the time when press freedom will be “exercised responsibly” without any form of disinformation on all media platforms.
He also reiterated his support for the House Bill No. 454 or the Media Workers’ Welfare Act stil
l pending in the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development with his panel as secondary committee.
The measure seeks to ensure minimum wages, allowances, and benefits for media workers; urge media workers to be truthful and responsible; and promote an atmosphere that is conducive to a productive, free, and fruitful media work.
Source: Philippines News Agency
