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☀️ Morning digest April 8

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
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Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported lastweekend by the Vietnam News Agency.

–National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue visited the Vietnamese Embassyand met representatives of the Vietnamese community in China right after hearrived in Beijing for an official visit to the country on April 7 afternoon.

☀️ Morning digest April 8 ảnh 2NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue meets representatives of the Vietnamese community in China. (Photo: VNA)
At the meeting, Ambassador Pham Sao Mai informedthe top legislator about the embassy’s operations and affairs relating to theVietnamese community in China. Read full story 

– Deputy Prime MinisterLe Minh Khai on April 5-6 (local time) met with UN Deputy Secretary-GeneralAmina Mohammed during his trip to the US to attend the 2024 VietnamExecutive Leadership Programme (VELP) in Boston.

☀️ Morning digest April 8 ảnh 3Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai (L) and UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamme. (Photo: VNA)
Khai affirmedthat Vietnam persistently supports multilateralism and a world order based oninternational law and the UN Charter, advocates the central role of the UN inthe global governance system to respond to common challenges and willcontribute to major priorities of the UN in the coming time. Read full story

–Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on April 6 signed a decision approving aplan on the implementation of the Vietnam-Laos agreement on mutual judicialassistance in civil matters.

Decision No. 285/QD-TTg aims to effectivelymaterialise the agreement, facilitate the handling of civil cases involvingforeign elements by competent agencies, and raise the efficiency of cooperationin the field between the two countries. Read full story

-Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son reaffirmed Vietnam's priorities whenparticipating in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), includingprotecting vulnerable groups, promoting gender equality and digitaltransformation, and ensuring human rights, while delivering his openingstatement at the 55th regular session of the council, which took place fromFebruary 26 to April 5. 

☀️ Morning digest April 8 ảnh 4Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk (Photo: VNA)
He emphasised that human rights can only be bestensured when peace, stability, and international law are maintained and respected,with states placing people at the centre of all policies and ensuring inclusiveand sustainable development. Read full story

–Vietnamese Party and State leaders joined the celebration of the Laotraditional festival Bunpimay held at the Lao embassy in Hanoi on April 6.

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Prominent among them were Politburo member,permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, and head of thecommittee’s Organisation Commission Truong Thi Mai; Politburo member andChairman of the Central Theory Council Nguyen Xuan Thang; Deputy Prime MinisterTran Luu Quang; and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son. Read full story

- Therelationship between Vietnam and Japan is currently at the finest developmentstage, with a historical milestone being the elevation of bilateral ties to acomprehensive strategic partnership in November 2023, Deputy Foreign MinisterLe Thi Thu Hang told her Japanese counterpart Komura Masahiro during ameeting on April 5 in Tokyo. 

The Vietnamese official expressed sincere thanksto the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for coordinating to organise visitsand working sessions of high-level delegations of the two countries in recenttimes, and suggested the two sides continue to closely coordinate to ensure thesuccess of visits by Vietnamese and Japanese high-ranking leaders in 2024. Read full story

– TheVietnam-Cambodia Business Association (VCBA), Metfone under military-runtelecom group Viettel and other units on April 7 offered medical check-ups,medicines and gifts to 600 Cambodians and those of Vietnamese origin in theneighbouring country’s Kampong Chhnang province.

The activities were carried out on the occasion ofthe Chol Chnam Thmay New Year, the biggest festival on the Khmer calendar, withthe participation of 15 doctors from big hospitals in the two countries./.Read full story
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