Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh praised the Vietnamese nationalwomen's football team for their first-ever participation in the 2023 FIFAWomen's World Cup, during a reception for the team in Hanoi on August 15.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents flowers to the national women's football team. (Photo: VNA) Head coach Mai Duc Chung and captain Huynh Nhu of the teamthanked leaders of the Party, State and the Prime Minister for offering supportto the team. They also expressed gratitude to millions of fans at home andabroad for their warm sentiments for the team. Read full story
- Q&A activity is a highly effective formof parliamentary supervision, said National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong DinhHue at the closing of the Q&A session at the 25th meeting of the NAStanding Committee in Hanoi on August 15.
At the Q&A session (Photo: VNA) In his closing speech, Hue said the questionsraised at the one-day session are well-prepared and meet the expectation ofvoters. Read full story
- Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang led ahigh-ranking Vietnamese delegation to the 11th Moscow Conference onInternational Security (MCIS-11) in Russia on August 15.
Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang speaks at the plenary session on security in Asia-Pacific of the 11th Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS-11) in Russia on August 15. Addressing a plenary session on security in Asia-Pacific,Minister Giang underlined the region's importance, which attracts the interestand presence of many countries outside the region, particularly world powers.This interest opens up opportunities for cooperation and development but at thesame time results in geo-political competition and intertwined and friction ofstrategic interests. Read full story
- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang onAugust 15 received Secretary of the provincial Party Committee of China’sYunnan province Wang Ning on the occasion of the Vietnamese leader’s tripto Yunnan to attend the opening ceremony of the 7th China-South Asia Expo andthe 27th Kunming Import and Export Fair.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang (left) and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee of China’s Yunnan province Wang Ning. (Photo: VNA) Having highlighted new development steps incooperation between Vietnamese localities and Yunnan over the past time, Quangaffirmed Vietnam's consistent policy in strengthening friendly neighbourlinessand comprehensive cooperation with China. Read full story
- There remains ample space for Vietnam and Israel to enhancetheir economic and trade cooperation, towards building a business ecosystem fortheir business communities in the time ahead, heard a forum in Ho Chi Minh Cityon August 15.
The Vietnam-Israel business and trade forum wasjointly held by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)’s chapterin HCM City and the Embassy of Israel in Vietnam. Read full story
- National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines was honoured in twocategories of Vietnam's most valuable airline brand and business with the bestbrand strength growth at a ceremony in Hanoi on August 15 to announceVietnam's top 100 most valuable brands in 2023.
According to Brand Finance, the world's leadingbrand valuation consulting company, Vietnam Airlines has been in the top of themost valuable brands for many years in a row. Read full story
- Vietnamese automaker VinFast Auto Ltd and Black SpadeAcquisition Co announced on August 14 the completion of their previouslyannounced “Business Combination”.
Illustrative image (Photo: Internet) The listed company following the BusinessCombination is VinFast Auto Ltd., and its shares and warrants will commencetrading on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) under the ticker symbols“VFS” and “VFSWW,” respectively, on August 15, 2023. Read full story
- The Anti-Dumping Commission of Australia (ADC) hasofficially concluded its investigation and decided not to impose anti-dumpingduties on ammonium nitrate products originating from Lithuania and Vietnam, theMinistry of Industry and Trade’s Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV) hasannounced.
In this case, Vietnamese manufacturers and exporters cooperatedfully with and provided the required data and information for the ADC,significantly contributing to the positive outcome of the case./. Read full story
