New developments in Vietnam - Korea relations
Last week, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife, along with the Vietnamese delegation, visited and worked in Korea at the invitation of Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Han Duck Soo and his wife. As the highest-ranking Vietnamese leader to visit Korea since the two countries upgraded their relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received a warm, respectful and thoughtful welcome from his country.
During the visit, the Prime Minister had a busy schedule with 34 activities. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held talks and met with President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Seok Yeol, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Han Duck Soo, and Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Woo Won Shik.
During the talks and meetings, the two sides agreed that the Vietnam-Korea relationship has never been as good as it is now. Along with enhanced political trust, to date, Korea continues to be the number 1 partner in direct investment, tourism, number 2 in development cooperation (ODA), number 3 in labor and trade of Vietnam. Meanwhile, Vietnam is the leading trade partner of Korea in ASEAN. The two sides agreed to cooperate closely, implement cooperation agreements between the two countries, effectively implement the "Action Program to implement the Vietnam-Korea Comprehensive Strategic Partnership"; soon complete the goal of increasing bilateral trade turnover to 100 billion USD by 2025 and 150 billion USD by 2030.
According to Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, the visit achieved many important results, in which the leaders of the two countries agreed to issue a joint press release after the talks with eight major contents, outlining the progress in the Vietnam-Korea cooperation relationship and specific cooperation contents, aiming to promote effective Vietnam-Korea cooperation in politics, diplomacy, trade, investment, technology, culture, tourism, labor, people-to-people exchange and new areas of cooperation.
The visit and working session of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to Korea is of great significance, with a rich program, extensive content and has been successful in all aspects, continuing to effectively implement the foreign policy of the 13th National Party Congress, Resolution 34-NQ/TW of the Politburo and concretizing the Action Program to implement the Vietnam - Korea Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
National Assembly delegations meet voters after the 7th session of the 15th National Assembly
Last week, Party and State leaders and National Assembly delegations met with voters after the 7th session of the 15th National Assembly.
From July 1-3 in the provinces and cities of Hau Giang, Can Tho and Dong Thap, Politburo member, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and the National Assembly delegation met with local voters and visited Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, wounded soldiers, families with meritorious services to the revolution, and presented solidarity houses...
After reporting the results of the 7th session of the 15th National Assembly, the National Assembly Chairman requested localities to effectively implement policies on adjusting pensions, social insurance benefits, preferential benefits for people with meritorious services and social benefits from July 1, 2024 according to the Resolution just passed by the National Assembly, ensuring timely payment, preventing salary increases and price increases of goods; announcing the Resolution on investment policy for the North-South Expressway Construction Investment Project in the West, Gia Nghia (Dak Nong) - Chon Thanh (Binh Phuoc) section - a key expressway, creating new space and development momentum for the Central Highlands and Southeast regions...
On July 2, President To Lam and the National Assembly delegation of Hung Yen province met with voters in Hung Yen city, announced the results of the 7th session of the 15th National Assembly and listened to and answered voters' suggestions. Voters in Hung Yen city congratulated President To Lam on being elected to a new position by the National Assembly; unanimously appreciated the results and content of the session's agenda, especially the legislative work, supreme supervision and decision on important issues of the country; at the same time, recommended the National Assembly to remove the policy of recruiting trade union officials, shortcomings in the establishment of notary offices, promptly promulgate the Law on Juvenile Justice, remove obstacles to accessing construction planning information, etc. President To Lam emphasized that voters' comments were profound, referring to national and people's livelihood issues, having important significance in socio-economic life and contributing to the completion of related bills at the 8th session of the 15th National Assembly.
Also during the week, Politburo member and Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia met with voters in Tay Ninh province. Voters in Tay Ninh province highly appreciated the effectiveness of the National Assembly's questioning activities at the 7th session, and made recommendations to National Assembly deputies on many current issues such as health insurance benefits, cybercrime prevention, salary reform, etc. Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia affirmed that the opinions and recommendations of voters will be compiled by the National Assembly Delegation of Tay Ninh province and sent to ministries and branches for consideration and resolution according to their authority and satisfactory answers will be provided as soon as possible.
Basic salary increased to 2.34 million VND/month from July 1, 2024
From July 1, Decree No. 73/2024/ND-CP of the Government stipulating the basic salary and bonus regime for cadres, civil servants, public employees and armed forces takes effect.
The Decree stipulates the adjustment of the basic salary from 1.8 million VND to 2.34 million VND/month, applicable to salary earners, allowances and bonus regimes for salary earners working in agencies, organizations and public service units. The Steering Committee for Salary Reform implemented 4/6 contents of public sector salary reform, arranged into 9 new allowance regimes and fully implemented the contents of public sector salary reform according to Resolution No. 27, increasing the total salary fund of cadres, civil servants and public employees by 30.6%, this is the highest increase ever.
According to the Ministry of Finance's calculations, the total funding requirement for adjusting the basic salary increase is 913,300 billion VND. With this amount, the Government ensures sufficient resources for implementation.
At the Government press conference on the afternoon of July 6, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Truong Hai Long said that in the July 2024 salary period, beneficiaries of regulations related to increasing basic salaries, adjusting pensions, social insurance benefits and allowances that have been issued and come into effect from July 1, 2024 will receive the new salary level. According to Decree 73/2024/ND-CP dated June 30, 2024 of the Government stipulating basic salaries and bonus regimes for cadres, civil servants, public employees and armed forces, units, salary and allowance recipients are applied the basic salary level, as well as cadres and civil servants will be paid salaries and allowances from July 1. This content has been specifically assigned by the Government to ministries and branches. For groups of subjects whose pensions and allowances are adjusted, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has submitted to the Government for promulgation Decree No. 75/2024/ND-CP, which stipulates the adjustment of pensions, social insurance allowances, and monthly allowances to increase by 15% according to the Resolution of the Politburo and the National Assembly Standing Committee, effective from July 1.
Banking transactions must be biometrically authenticated for security
Over the past week, the issue of biometric authentication for banking transactions has attracted public attention.
From July 1, individual customers who transact more than VND10 million or total daily transactions of more than VND20 million are required to confirm biometrics through face and fingerprint, with data synchronized between bank accounts and chip-embedded citizen identification cards. And during this time, many banking applications have continuously notified users to confirm biometrics.
While in the first two days of July 2024, many people encountered problems when applying biometric authentication to transfer money from banks, from July 3, biometric transactions have been smooth under the advice of bank staff. In addition to instructions via hotlines, many bank branches have established mobile teams to support customers.
According to statistics from the State Bank from July 1-4, after 3 days of implementing biometrics on bank accounts, 16.6 million accounts were checked and compared with data from the Ministry of Public Security. This number is equal to a whole year of the banking industry opening accounts for customers.
Biometric authentication is an additional layer of protection, the bank does not skip any security steps, so it is only safer for customers. Currently, the situation of high-tech crime is increasingly sophisticated and information security technology, banking transactions must constantly improve to better protect customers' assets.
Hanoi announces 10th grade exam benchmark scores
Last week, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training issued a Decision approving the admission scores for grade 10 of public high schools and specialized high schools for the 2024-2025 school year.
High schools with the highest standard score of 42.5 points include Yen Hoa, Le Quy Don - Ha Dong, Chu Van An, Thang Long... High schools with standard scores from 38.5 to 40.25 points are Xuan Dinh, Cau Giay, Le Quy Don - Dong Da, Tran Nhan Tong, Tran Phu - Hoan Kiem, My Dinh (39.5); Quang Trung - Ha Dong...
The highest admission scores for grade 10 of specialized high schools in the 2024-2025 school year in the city belong to two specialized classes of Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, which are specialized in Mathematics with 42.25 points and specialized in Physics with 41.75 points; followed by specialized in Informatics with 41 points, English with 40.75 points... The specialized scores from high to low of Nguyen Hue High School for the Gifted are Mathematics with 39 points, Informatics and Physics with 37.5 points, English with 37.25 points...
The Hanoi Department of Education and Training requires public high schools and specialized high schools to base on the admission standards to organize the admission of students according to the Ministry of Education and Training's admission regulations and the Department of Education and Training's admission instructions.
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