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☀️ Morning digest April 4

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest April 4 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list ofselected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

- Australian Governor-General David Hurley and hisspouse Linda Hurley arrived in Hanoi on April 3 afternoon, beginning theirState visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong.

This is the first foreign leader paying a Statevisit to Vietnam in 2023, and also the first national guest that PresidentVo Van Thuong has received in his new position. The visit is part ofactivities in celebration of the 50th founding anniversary of Vietnam-Australiadiplomatic relations. Read full story
☀️ Morning digest April 4 ảnh 2Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA)
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the Government’s onlineconference with localities and the Government's monthly meeting in Hanoi onApril 3.

In the afternoon, participants discussed an additional evaluationreport on the implementation results of the public investment plan in 2022 andthe deployment of the public investment plan in 2023; an additional evaluationreport on the performance results of the socio-economic development plan in2022 and the deployment of the socio-economic development plan in 2023. Read full story

- The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security vows to workclosely with Japanese ministries and agencies to ensure the security and safetyof Japanese firms and citizens in Vietnam, said Vietnamese Minister of PublicSecurity Gen. To Lam.

During a meeting with Deputy Secretary General ofthe ruling Liberal Democratic Party Fumiaki Kobayashi in Tokyo on April 3, Lamsaid this year marks the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties andthe 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan relations. Read full story

- President of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) Ha Thi Nga met withoutstanding female overseas Vietnamese in Vientiane on April 3 as part of herworking visit to Laos.

Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen BaHung said the Vietnamese community in Laos now count over 100,000, about halfof them are women. Each Vietnamese association in Laos has committees andsub-committees on women’s affairs. Read full story

- Chairman of the Lang Sonprovincial People’s Committee Ho Tien Thieu held talks with LanXiao, alternate member  of the Central Committee of the CommunistParty of China and Secretary of the Chongzuo municipal Party Committee on April3.

Thieu asked both sides to implement agreementssigned at the 2023 Spring Meeting for provincial Party Committees’ secretariesand the 14th conference of the joint working group of China'sGuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Vietnamese provinces of Ha Giang,Quang Ninh, Lang Son and Cao Bang, as well as common perceptions reached bySecretary of the Lang Son provincial Party Committee Nguyen Quoc Doan andSecretary of the Party Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region LiuNing during their talks on March 30. Read full story

- The Vietnam CooperativeAlliance (VCA) and the National Agricultural CooperativeFederation (NACF) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) inked a memorandumof understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the 2018-2021 period at a ceremony inHanoi on April 3.

Addressing the event, VCA Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Baosaid that the alliance has been actively supported by internationalorganisations, including NACF, through exchange of information and experiencein cooperative development, granting scholarships to VCA's staff, andsupporting each other at meetings of the  International CooperativeAlliance - Asia and Pacific (ICA- AP). Read full story
☀️ Morning digest April 4 ảnh 3Tax revenue reaches over 19.7 billion USD in Q1. - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
- The tax sector collected an estimated 462.92 trillion (19.71billion USD) for the State budget in the first quarter of 2023, equivalent to31.1% of the yearly estimate, the General Department of Taxation reported onApril 3.

Of the total, domestic collection reached over411.4 trillion VND, equivalent to 30.9% of its estimate for the year, and up5.3% compared to the same period last year. Read full story

- Students' teams from the Water Resources University and CanTho University of Vietnam won two second prizes for technologies tomonitor water level and measure soil moisture in a contest initiated by theMekong River Commission (MRC), which took place in Vientiane, Laos, onMarch 30 and 31.

At the award ceremony on April 3, the organiserpresented four first prizes and four second prizes to the winners./.  Read full story
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