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☀️ Morning digest December 21

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

- President Vo Van Thuong has highlighted the important mission of scientistsin seeking global solutions for new, sustainable and humane development, amidstrapid changes and many risks and challenges facing the world.

Addressing the 2023 VinFuture Prize Award Ceremony in Hanoion December 20, the Vietnamese President said the VinFuture Prize, with aglobal vision and approach, has created extensive connectivity with the worldscientist communities. Read full story

- President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee  DoVan Chien on December 20 visited the Hanoi Archdiocese and EvangelicalChurch of Vietnam (North) on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas andNew Year.

At the Hanoi Archdiocese, Chien wished Archbishop Giuse Vu Van Thien,Catholic dignitaries and followers a merry Christmas. Read full story

- The year 2023 is a particularly successful year of Vietnam’s diplomacy inelevating the country’s relations with important partners in the internationalarena, said a senior researcher at the Cuban Centre for International PolicyResearch (CIPI).

Talking to the Vietnam News Agency, Dr. Ruvislei Gonzalez Saez from the CIPI,who is also Director of the International Relations Programme of Cuba, said thecomplexity of the world today with big uncertainties has led to the need for apeaceful, diverse, and responsible diplomatic policy to help enhanceinternational relations. Read full story

- Ho Chi Minh City highly values Japan’s cooperation in and support forinfrastructure development, and will create optimal conditions for Japaneseconstructors to implement such projects, said Vice Chairman of the municipalPeople’s Committee Bui Xuan Cuong on December 20.

The official told visiting Uehara Atsushi, Vice-Minister for InternationalAffairs at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japanduring their meeting that Japan has helped HCM City with many infrastructureprojects like Metro Line 1 and another on water supply improvement, suggestingthe Japanese ministry continue to assist the city in the implementation of keyprojects. Read full story

- Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai pointed togreat cooperation opportunities for businesses from Japan, particularly Hyogoprefecture, during a reception for its Governor Saito Motohiko on December 20.
 
Mai noted his belief that Saito’s visit, whichtakes place after Vietnam and Japan elevated their relationship to aComprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and theWorld, will open up more substantive, effective cooperation opportunities forthe two localities. Read full story

- Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council Pham Thanh Kien had ameeting with Chairman of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Seoul MetropolitanCouncil Kim Hyeon-ki in Ho Chi Minh City on December 20.

At the event, Kien highlighted that the Seoul delegation’s visit will open upnew cooperation opportunities between the people’s councils of both localities,adding the legislative bodies of the Vietnamese southern economic hub and theRoK's localities hold huge collaboration potential. Read full story

- Vietravel Airlines, a subsidiary of tour operator Viettravel, has held ameeting with representatives of Kagawa and Fukushima prefectures of Japan to sharea plan to expand the flight network connecting Vietnam's tourist cities withthe two Japanese localities.

General Director of Vietravel Airlines Nguyen Minh Hai said the meeting is notonly an important step in promoting the relationship between Vietravel Airlinesand Fukushima and Kagawa prefectures but also a strategic element of the flightnetwork expansion plan which will be carried out next year in the Japanesemarket by  the airline and VietravelHoliday. Read full story

- The increasing demand for fresh food and e-commerce is serving as the maindriving force of the domestic cold storage market - a niche segment oflogistics to boom in the coming time.

According to Savills Vietnam, the first commercial cold storage in Vietnam wasbuilt in 1996 by Konoike VinaTrans, a logistics joint venture between KonoikeTransport Co. Ltd of Japan and three Vietnamese companies. Read full story./.
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