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Syrian government, opposition agree to redraft constitution

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria said on Sunday that the government and opposition co-chairs of the Syrian Constitutional Committee have agreed to draft a new constitution.
The drafting committee, comprising 45 representatives of Syria’s government, opposition, and civil society, has a mandate to draw up a new basic law.
Special Envoy Geir Pedersen said the co-chairs, who met together for the first time ahead of week-long talks, had agreed to “prepare and start drafting constitutional reform” and added that the talks, the sixth round in two years and the first since January, will discuss “clear principles”.

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No fear of inflation ‘runaway train’: IMF chief

Global finance officials are worried about rising inflation but there is little fear that it will become a “runaway train,” IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Sunday.
With supply chain bottlenecks growing in the face of surging demand, policymakers have focused on rising prices and whether they will linger or fade away in the coming months.

Georgieva said at the G30 central banking conference that the world is uncertain now, however, in advanced economies “policymakers have the tools” to deal with inflation.
Finance ministers and central bankers who gathered in Washington last week for the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank were concerned that the price increases could be more than transitory.

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Preparations for year-end National Assembly session basically completed

Preparations for the year-end session of National Assembly (NA) scheduled to open on Wednesday are almost complete, NA Secretary General Bui Van Cuong told a working session in Hanoi on Monday.
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said the upcoming NA meeting should be shorter but still ensure the quality of decisions to be made on national development in 2022 and subsequent years.

Adhering to COVID-19 prevention and control regulations is also a priority, Mr. Hue said.

The National Assembly will deliberate and approve two laws and five draft resolutions and give opinions on five bills.
Legislators will comment on reports on evaluation of the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and the state budget estimate in 2021, the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic; decide on the socio-economic development plan in 2022, the state budget estimate and the central budget allocation plan in 2022.

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Health Ministry leaders asked to directly provide COVID-19 fight information on mass media

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked leaders of the Ministry of Health to provide latest COVID-19 prevention and control information to the media on a daily and weekly basis.
According to a Government Office document, the PM stressed the significance of the timely delivery of information to the public on the COVID-19 situation and control measures in maintaining results of the pandemic fight.
In another development, PM Pham Minh Chinh on Monday met representatives of COVID frontline health workers.

He applauded the health sector’s enormous contributions to the pandemic fight over the past 2 years, particularly during the 4th wave of coronavirus which has infected more than 860,000 people and killed more than 21,000 across Vietnam.

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Thai Binh stops operation of COVID-19 checkpoints

COVID-19 checkpoints at the gateways to and from the northern province of Thai Binh have been temporarily closed, according to the provincial People’s Committee.
Under a Commitee dispatch, all previous regulations contrary to the document are annulled. People arriving in or returning to Thai Binh province must fill health declarations and strictly comply to COVID-19 prevention and control measures.

At the same time, the provincial People’s Committee required local authorities to further speed up the distribution of vaccines and the progress of vaccination against COVID-19.

Passenger and goods transport activities in the locality must comply with the direction of the Prime Minister and the guidance of the Ministry of Transport.

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COVID-19 basically under control nationwide

The COVID-19 pandemic has been gradually put under control across Vietnam, especially in hotbeds such as Ho Chi Minh City and its neighboring provinces of Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An, according to Sunday’s online conference of the Steering Committees for COVID-19 Prevention and Control of 63 provinces and cities nationwide. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said based on the outcomes of this meeting, the Government and the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control will make adjustments to ensure safe and flexible adaptation to and effective control of the pandemic, and recover and promote socio-economic development more efficiently, said PM Chinh.

He noted that epidemic response policies must be unified among all localities.

The shift towards safe and flexible adaptation and effective pandemic control is the right direction, Mr. Chinh said, stressing that the fourth wave of the pandemic has caused serious impacts on all aspects of life which requires more comprehensive, timely and effective solutions.

Vietnam’s GDP grew 1.42% in the past 9 months, after recording a decline of 6.17% in the third quarter compared to the same period last year.

 

 

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Taliban pledge to step up security at mosques

 The Taliban on Saturday pledged to step up security at Shi’ite mosques after a suicide attack on the Fatima mosque in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province claimed the lives of at least 60 people. Kandahar’ police chief said security units will be assigned to protect the Shi’ite mosques which have so far been guarded by local volunteer forces with special permission to carry weapons.

The pledge was made on the same day as the funeral of the victims of the bombing that the Islamic State group (IS) had claimed responsibility.

At least 60 people have been reported dead and more than 70 others injured in the bombings.

Last week, a similar attack on a mosque in the northern city of Kunduz killed as many as 80 people.

 

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