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☀️ Morning digest February 17

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest February 17 ảnh 1

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

- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham QuangHieu attended the World Government Summit (WGS) 2023 and visited the UnitedArab Emirates (UAE), where he co-chaired the second deputy ministerial levelpolitical consultation, from February 13-15.

☀️ Morning digest February 17 ảnh 2At a working session of the World Government Summit. (Photo: VNA)

Speaking at a session of the WGS on promotingbreakthrough initiatives in climate change response and education, Hieuaffirmed Vietnam’s efforts to achieve the net zero emission target by 2050,saying the country prioritises pushing economic transformation based on scienceand technology and innovations. Read full story

- Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’sCommittee Phan Van Mai hosted a reception for visiting former French PrimeMinister Edouarad Philipe, who is now Mayor of Le Havre city, on February 16.

Mai expressed his belief that Philipe’s visitwill open up many cooperation opportunities for businesses of the two countriesand the two cities in particular.Read full story

- As of 13:00 on February 16 (local time),the search and rescue team of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) discovered fivelocations of earthquake victims in Turkey, with two showing survival signs, andinformed them to local forces.

☀️ Morning digest February 17 ảnh 3As of 19:00 on February 16, Turkey recorded a total of 36,187 deaths and 108,061 injuries due to the huge earthquake and its aftershocks. (Photo: VNA)

Turkish people have expressed their gratitude tothe team, led by Maj. Gen. Pham Van Ty, Deputy Chief of the Office of theNational Committee for Incident and Disaster Response, Search and Rescue andDeputy Director of the VPA's Department of Search and Rescue, for their searchand rescue efforts.  Read full story

- Offshore wind power will be fundamental to deliveringVietnam’s green transition goals, said Stuart Livesey, the Vietnam CountryDirector for Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) - the offshore wind projectdeveloper of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP).

CIP is implementing La Gan offshore wind project in the centralprovince of Binh Thuan. Read full story

- The southern province of Binh Duong asof the end of 2022 had attracted more than 4,082 foreign direct investment(FDI) projects worth nearly 40 billion USD of registered funds, ranking itamong the top two provinces in the country in FDI attraction, just after Ho ChiMinh City.

HCM City and Binh Duong were the leadinglocalities in FDI attraction in 2022 with 3.94 billion USD and 3.14 billionUSD, respectively.Read full story

- Ordinary passports with electronic chips willbe issued for Vietnamese citizens from March 1, 2023, according to the Ministryof Public Security’s Immigration Department.

☀️ Morning digest February 17 ảnh 4Illustrative image (Source: VNA)

A passport with an e-chip attached to its back coverstores encrypted information of the passport holder and the signature of theissuer, aiming to facilitate travel and raise the efficiency of statemanagement in immigration and meet the country’s requirements in internationalintegration. Read full story

- The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourismhas proposed China resume outbound travel tours to Vietnam to improve andrecover tourism between the two countries.

The ministry confirmed on February 16 that it hadsent a diplomatic note to China on February 9 proposing travelagencies be allowed to organise outbound tours to Vietnam./.Read full story

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