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Ly Hoang Nam rises to world’s No.332 in latest ATP rankings (Photo: ATP) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has passed a milestone in his career when rising to the world’s No.332 in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings. In early August, Nam made a great contribution to helping the Vietnam ese tennis team win the Davis Cup Group III runner-up in the Asia-Pacific region 2022 and a ticket to play in the World Group II play-off next year. With his stable performance, the player of Tay Ninh province may soon achieve his goal – entering Top 300 in ATP Rankings before 30 years old. He is scheduled to travel to Thailand to compete at 2022 Nonthaburi Challenger from August 22-28./. VNA … [Read more...] about Top tennis player enjoys record high in world rankings

Pork is processed at a Vinh Anh Food factory. Food safety SSC is a Danish-Vietnamese partnership tasked with improving food safety in the Vietnamese pork value chain. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - About 135 Danish firms have opened branch offices in Vietnam so far and the firms are actively contributing to the growth of various sectors including agriculture, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien. The deputy minister was speaking at the seminar "Danish experiences and solutions in sustainable agri-food production" on August 17. Tien underscored Denmark as one of the leading countries in agriculture and sustainable development. Denmark's experiences, he believed, would help Vietnamese firms speed up on the road to high-tech and climate-smart agriculture. Sanne Hoj Andren, Sector Counsellor for Agri-Food at the Embassy of Denmark, revealed that strategic sector cooperation (SSC) is a partnership between Danish public … [Read more...] about Danish seminar shares agicultural experience with Vietnamese firms

Indonesia President Joko Widodo. (Photo: AP) Jakarta (VNA) – The Government of Indonesia has set its economic growth target at 5.3% next year, President Joko Widodo said in his 2023 State budget speech during the plenary meeting of the House of Representatives earlier this week. The government will continue to redouble efforts to ensure the sustainability of the national economic recovery, and to push for consistent production expansion to create as many job opportunities as possible, he said. He also stressed that new sources of growth must be realised without delay. In keeping with this, the implementation of various structural reform agendas has continued to be accelerated for bringing about economic transformation. Investment must be stimulated, while the competitiveness of national manufacturing products in the global market must be improved, the President said. He further noted that the private sector has increasingly become more robust as an engine for … [Read more...] about Indonesia eyes GDP growth of 5.3% next year

A street becomes flooded after downpours in Yangon city of Myanmar on August 17 (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Yangon city and Kyaukphyu town of Myanmar recorded the heaviest single-day rainfalls in over 50 years on August 17, according to the country’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology. Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, saw its highest single-day rainfall in 54 years, 170mm, on August 17, compared to the previous record of 149mm in August 2019, inundating some areas in this city. Kyaukphyu, a major town in Rakhine state, experienced a rainfall of 502mm on the day, the highest in 58 years, compared to the 272mm reported in August 1994. The records were caused by a heavy monsoon wind from the east, said Hla Tun, director of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology. However, this year's average rainfall is still low, he added. July and August are the months with the highest average rainfalls in Myanmar, which sees its rainy season from … [Read more...] about Myanmar sees highest single-day rainfalls in over 50 years

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin - Illustrative image (Photo: PR Office of Cabinet Secretariat) Jakarta (VNA) - Indonesia ’s Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on August 17 that the ministry will set aside a budget of 88.5 trillion Rp (5.96 billion USD) for health transformation in 2023 from next year's overall health budget allocation of 169.8 trillion Rp. "We have prepared for health transformation because we have learned from the previous crises. When a crisis occurs, it is the right time to implement reforms," he stated at a press conference on the Financial Note and the 2023 Draft State Budget. According to the minister, 6.06 trillion Rp will be used for the transformation of primary services through public education, primary prevention, secondary prevention, as well as increasing the capacity and capability of primary services. Moreover, 18.15 trillion Rp will be allotted for the transformation of referral services through improvement of … [Read more...] about Indonesia to spend nearly 6 bln USD on health transformation in 2023

Denmark, through strategic sector cooperation (SSC) with Vietnam, helps implement national action plan in agriculture while promoting the engagement of stakeholders in the value chain. Among issues shared at an event held in Hanoi on August 17, Vietnamese officials, experts, and businesses were impressed with the philosophy of “producing more from less” in Denmark’s agri-food sector. Denmark targets the climate-neutral food industry by 2050. Photo: Danish Agriculture and Food Council Troels Jakobsen, Trade Counsellor of the Embassy of Denmark, said Denmark produces three times more food than the Danish population can consume, with some of the lowest greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. The idea was shared at Seminar – Business Matchmaking held in Hanoi on August 17 to discuss Danish experiences and solutions in sustainable agri-food production. Meanwhile, Jeppe Søndergaard Pedersen, International Chief Advisor, the Danish Agriculture and Food Council, … [Read more...] about “Produce more from less”: Danish agricultural philosophy for Vietnam