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During his official visit to Vietnam, Belarusian Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Kubrakov met with Director of the Da Nang City Police Department Nguyen Huu Hop to discuss bilateral cooperation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs told BelTA.

Representatives of law enforcement agencies of Belarus have come to Vietnam to discuss international cooperation in combating organized crime, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The regulatory framework for developing the nuclear industry has been created in Belarus. The framework will continue being improved. Belarusian Energy Minister Denis Moroz mentioned it during an offsite session of the Industry, Energy, Transport, Communications, and Digital Development Commission of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus held at premises of the Belarusian nuclear power plant on 14 August to discuss the practice of application of legislation on atomic energy uses, BelTA has learned.

The main task of the Belarusian army is to be ready for repulsing the aggression of a potential adversary, BelTA learned from Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin.

Belarus has produced its first gold coin, Chairman of Belarus’ National Bank Roman Golovchenko said as he reported to the head of state on the development of the banking system in Minsk on12 August, BelTA learned.

Belarus intends to draft a concept for the development of artificial intelligence, Sergei Kruglikov, Director General of the United Institute of Informatics Problems at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, told BelTA.

Belarus plans to optimize the development chain from research concept to production implementation, Vladimir Karanik, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, said in an interview with the First News TV Channel following a recent meeting with the head of state, BelTA reports.

The House of Representatives has already received 13 bills for review during the third session, Chairman Igor Sergeyenko said at a meeting of the Council of the House of Representatives, BelTA learned.

A session of the Supervisory Board of the autonomous nonprofit organization Media Company of the Union State has been held, representatives of the Belarusian Information Ministry told BelTA.

Military personnel from across Belarus are helping local farmers in Mstislavl District with harvest operations, BelTA learned from Captain Leonid Shchigelsky, deputy commander of the combined unit.

Sergei Kruglikov, Director General of the United Institute of Informatics Problems at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, gave his take on the development of a model law on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for CIS countries as he spoke in a new episode of BelTA’s Nation Speaks project.

The draft agenda of the meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council includes more than 20 draft documents and 14 items, Tajikistan's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belarus, Permanent Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the CIS Bakhtovar Safarzoda told a press conference in Minsk on 29 July, BelTA learned.

The annual seminar for heads of Belarusian diplomatic missions and consular offices, currently underway in Minsk, is centered on priority areas for Belarus’ overseas institutions in today’s environment, BelTA reports.

The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Russian Academy of Sciences have signed an agreement on cooperation in science, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.