Vietnam Today

On September 29, following talks between Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, who is visiting Vietnam, a series of MoUs on cooperation in agricultural and food development were signed by government members of the two countries.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son chaired a working session with many ministries, branches, and provincial people’s committees on September 28 to develop a project training high-quality human resources for technology development. A representative from the Department of Higher Education at the Ministry of Education and Training said the project will focus on attracting businesses to participate in high-tech human resources training.

According to the Thanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, tourism in the north-central province has exceeded targets set for 2022. It welcomed over 10.3 million visitors in the first nine months of 2022, representing nearly 104 per cent of the annual plan. Total tourism revenue was nearly VND20 trillion ($835.8 million) in the period, or 106.4 per cent of the annual target.

The General Statistics Office has reported that the price of essential consumer goods and services increased in line with the price of raw materials, pushing up the CPI in September by 0.4 per cent compared to August. Core inflation in September increased 0.4 per cent over August and 3.82 per cent year-on-year. On average, core inflation increased 1.88 per cent year-on-year in the first nine months of 2022; lower than the overall average CPI.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) held a seminar in Hanoi on September 28 on the results of the Public Administration Reform (PAR) Index 2021 and announced a decision to establish a Steering Committee for the PAR at the Ministry, led by Minister Le Thanh Long. MoJ topped 17 ministries in the PAR Index last year, and continues to identify administrative reform as a routine task.

On September 28 at Government Headquarters, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh received State Secretary of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development Jochen Flasbarth, who is on a visit to Vietnam. Mr. Flasbarth affirmed that Germany wishes to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam and is willing to share its experience in clean energy transition to help it fulfil its COP26 commitments.