Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
-PresidentVo Van Thuong hosted a reception for visiting President of the Belgian SenateStéphanie D'Hose in Hanoi on August 22, during which he affirmed that the Stateand people of Vietnam always treasure relations with Belgium and are keenon lifting up bilateral ties to a new height.
Highlighting the significance of the Vietnam visitby Belgian Senate President, President Thuong said he believes the trip willopen up a new chapter in cooperation between the parliaments of Vietnam andBelgium, and help further promote the growth of relations between the twocountries in the time to come.Read full text
- The same day, the President received visiting Chief Justice of the SupremePeople’s Court of Laos Viengthong Siphandon in Hanoi.
Siphandon highlighted the close cooperationbetween the supreme courts of Laos and Vietnam and informed her host about theoutcomes of her talks with Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court ofVietnam Nguyen Hoa Binh earlier the same day.Read full text
-Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh on August 22 heldtalks with his Lao counterpart, Viengthong Siphandone, who is on a workingvisit to Vietnam.
Binh affirmed that the Vietnamese Party, State,and people always attach importance to and give the highest priority to thegreat friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation betweenVietnam and Laos, considering it an invaluable asset with strategic importanceto the revolutionary cause of each country.Read full text
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Australian Minister for Foreign AffairsPenny Wong, who is paying an official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on August 22.
Welcoming Wong on her second visit to Vietnam asthe Foreign Minister of Australia, PM Chinh noted with satisfaction thevigorous growth of the countries’ relations, especially their increasinglyenhanced political trust and the flourishing ties in economy - trade,education, culture, labour, people-to-people exchanges, andlocality-to-locality links.Read full text
- Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his visiting Australian counterpartPenny Wong on August 22 co-chaired the fifth Vietnam-Australia ForeignMinisters’ Meeting in Hanoi.
The two ministers focused discussions on theimplementation of the Vietnam-Australia strategic partnership, as well asregional and international issues of mutual concern, and cooperation contentsbetween their ministries.Read full text
-The partnership between Vietnam and Australia is grounded on friendship andstrategic trust, visiting Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wongaffirmed on August 22.
The minister told the press in Hanoi that the twocountries want to maintain their practical cooperation and are working togetherto elevate the relationship to a comprehensive strategy partnership.Read full text
-“Taste of Australia”, a festival introducing the country’s cuisine, was heldby the Australian Embassy in Vietnam in Hanoi on late August 22.
The event was among activities marking the 50thanniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties and the official visit toVietnam by Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong.Read full text
- A delegation of Japan’s Komeito party led by Chief Representative YamaguchiNatsuo is paying a working visit to Vietnam from August 21 to 23, part ofactivities marking the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties(September 21, 1973 - 2023).
On behalf of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)Central Committee, Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, Permanent member of theCPV Central Committee’s Secretariat, Chairwoman of the CPV Central Committee’sOrganisation Commission and head of the Vietnam - Japan ParliamentaryFriendship Group, received the delegation in Hanoi on August 22.Read full text
-Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh had a meetingwith Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Shawn Steil in Hanoi on August 22 todiscuss cooperation possibilities in climate change response and related issues.
Minister Khanh noted that Canadian partners havejoined the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) indeveloping fruitful relations in environmental and climate change issues,especially industrial pollution and environmental governance.Read full text
-Vietnam attended consultations between ASEAN economic ministers and their counterparts fromAustralia, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea and Japan, on August 22 in theframework of the 55th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) in Indonesia.
The Vietnamese delegation, comprising officialsfrom the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs andMinistry of Finance, also participated in a consultation of ASEAN EconomicMinisters with ASEAN+3 partners (China, Japan and the RoK) the same day.Read full text/.
-PresidentVo Van Thuong hosted a reception for visiting President of the Belgian SenateStéphanie D'Hose in Hanoi on August 22, during which he affirmed that the Stateand people of Vietnam always treasure relations with Belgium and are keenon lifting up bilateral ties to a new height.
Highlighting the significance of the Vietnam visitby Belgian Senate President, President Thuong said he believes the trip willopen up a new chapter in cooperation between the parliaments of Vietnam andBelgium, and help further promote the growth of relations between the twocountries in the time to come.Read full text
- The same day, the President received visiting Chief Justice of the SupremePeople’s Court of Laos Viengthong Siphandon in Hanoi.
Siphandon highlighted the close cooperationbetween the supreme courts of Laos and Vietnam and informed her host about theoutcomes of her talks with Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court ofVietnam Nguyen Hoa Binh earlier the same day.Read full text
-Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh on August 22 heldtalks with his Lao counterpart, Viengthong Siphandone, who is on a workingvisit to Vietnam.
Binh affirmed that the Vietnamese Party, State,and people always attach importance to and give the highest priority to thegreat friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation betweenVietnam and Laos, considering it an invaluable asset with strategic importanceto the revolutionary cause of each country.Read full text
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Australian Minister for Foreign AffairsPenny Wong, who is paying an official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on August 22.
Welcoming Wong on her second visit to Vietnam asthe Foreign Minister of Australia, PM Chinh noted with satisfaction thevigorous growth of the countries’ relations, especially their increasinglyenhanced political trust and the flourishing ties in economy - trade,education, culture, labour, people-to-people exchanges, andlocality-to-locality links.Read full text
- Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his visiting Australian counterpartPenny Wong on August 22 co-chaired the fifth Vietnam-Australia ForeignMinisters’ Meeting in Hanoi.
The two ministers focused discussions on theimplementation of the Vietnam-Australia strategic partnership, as well asregional and international issues of mutual concern, and cooperation contentsbetween their ministries.Read full text
-The partnership between Vietnam and Australia is grounded on friendship andstrategic trust, visiting Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wongaffirmed on August 22.
The minister told the press in Hanoi that the twocountries want to maintain their practical cooperation and are working togetherto elevate the relationship to a comprehensive strategy partnership.Read full text
-“Taste of Australia”, a festival introducing the country’s cuisine, was heldby the Australian Embassy in Vietnam in Hanoi on late August 22.
The event was among activities marking the 50thanniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties and the official visit toVietnam by Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong.Read full text
- A delegation of Japan’s Komeito party led by Chief Representative YamaguchiNatsuo is paying a working visit to Vietnam from August 21 to 23, part ofactivities marking the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties(September 21, 1973 - 2023).
On behalf of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)Central Committee, Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, Permanent member of theCPV Central Committee’s Secretariat, Chairwoman of the CPV Central Committee’sOrganisation Commission and head of the Vietnam - Japan ParliamentaryFriendship Group, received the delegation in Hanoi on August 22.Read full text
-Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh had a meetingwith Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Shawn Steil in Hanoi on August 22 todiscuss cooperation possibilities in climate change response and related issues.
Minister Khanh noted that Canadian partners havejoined the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) indeveloping fruitful relations in environmental and climate change issues,especially industrial pollution and environmental governance.Read full text
-Vietnam attended consultations between ASEAN economic ministers and their counterparts fromAustralia, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea and Japan, on August 22 in theframework of the 55th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) in Indonesia.
The Vietnamese delegation, comprising officialsfrom the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs andMinistry of Finance, also participated in a consultation of ASEAN EconomicMinisters with ASEAN+3 partners (China, Japan and the RoK) the same day.Read full text/.
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