Politics
— Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung vowed to improve ties between young Vietnamese and Japanese lawmakers during a meeting with a delegation of young parliamentarians from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan in Hanoi on Thursday.
— The Vietnamese Embassy in the U.S. celebrated the 69th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2) with a ceremony in Washington on Wednesday.
— Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung lauded Brazilian Ambassador Vitoria Alice Cleaver for her contributions to the Brazilian-Vietnamese relationship at a meeting in Hanoi on Thursday. Ambassador Cleaver came to bid farewell to the Vietnamese premier as her term of office is drawing to a close.
Society
— The Ho Chi Minh City chapter of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs organized a ceremony to celebrate Vietnam’s National Day (September 2) on Thursday with the participation of the city’s chairman and 120 overseas Vietnamese and their relatives.
— The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security debuted its cyber-security unit in Hanoi on Thursday.
— Vietnamese-Ukrainian students were exempt from military service in Ukraine when the European recently issued a general call-up for men aged 18 to 60, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday, citing the Vietnamese Embassy in that country.
— The Vietnamese Ministry of Home Affairs released a decision to carry out an inspection at the Ministry of Industry and Trade on Thursday, Nguyen Van Nen, chief of the Government Office, said the same day, without giving further details.
— Vietnam has 9,200 children with inborn cardiovascular diseases each year, according to figures announced at a conference organized on Thursday by Pediatrics Hospital 1 and the Ho Chi Minh City Pediatric Association.
Business
— Vietnam targets 6.2 percent growth in GDP next year, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said at a regular government meeting lasting from Wednesday to Thursday. The country will post a GDP expansion of 5.8 percent this year given its effort and determination, the government leader said.
— The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has announced plans to level 10,000 hectares of rice growing land to create huge intensive rice farming areas in an effort to save costs and boost efficiency.
Lifestyle
— The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism fined a local club VND2 million (US$94) on Thursday, following the surfacing of photos showing a Vietnamese singer wearing scanty clothes to sing at the club on Monday.
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