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☀️ Morning digest February 26

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest February 26 ảnh 1
Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list ofselected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.

– President Vo Van Thuong emphasised the importance ofgrassroots health care while visiting some medical facilities in the northernprovince of Ha Nam on February 25, ahead of the Vietnamese Doctors’ Day(February 27).
☀️ Morning digest February 26 ảnh 2President Vo Van Thuong visits the health station of Thanh Phong commune in Thanh Liem district, Ha Nam province, on February 25. (Photo: VNA)
Coming to the health centre of Thanh Liemdistrict, the State leader highly valued the achievements by local medicalworkers as well as their dedication to the job.Read full text

- President Vo Van Thuong on February 24 attended the openingof the “spring festival in all regions of the country” at the VietnamNational Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi’s Son Tay town.

The annual event, held by the Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism, honours the fine traditional cultural values of all 54ethnic groups in the country. This year's festival attracts the participationof people from 28 ethnic communities in 16 provinces.Read full text

– National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on February 25attended a ceremony to launch the Youth Month 2024 and tree-planting festivalat the Truong Bon National Historical Relic Site in Do Luong district, thecentral province of Nghe An.
☀️ Morning digest February 26 ảnh 3NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue joins an activity within the framework of the launching ceremony of Youth Month 2024 and tree-planting festival in Nghe An province. (Photo: VNA)
The event, held by the Ho Chi Minh Communist YouthUnion (HCM CYU) Central Committee, saw the participation of representativesfrom central agencies, Nghe An province, and over 3,000 young people in thecentral province.Read full text

– Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue and otherofficials paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at the special national relicsite of Kim Lien and to war martyrs at the national historical relic site ofTruong Bon in the central province of Nghe An on February 25.

At the special national relic site of Kim Lien inKim Lien town of Nam Dan district – the hometown of President Ho, thedelegation offered incense to express their endless gratitude and profoundrespect to the late leader, who devoted his entire life to the struggle fornational and class liberation, along with peace and happiness of the Vietnamesepeople.Read full text

– The Freedom (Issara) Order of Laos was bestowed upon theboard of health protection and care for central officials and Central MilitaryHospital 108 of Vietnam at a ceremony held in Hanoi on February 25.
☀️ Morning digest February 26 ảnh 4Thongsavanh Phomvihane ̣(centre), Chairman of the LPRP Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, presents the Friendship Medal to two individuals of the board of health protection and care for central officials and Central Military Hospital 108 on February 25. (Photo: VNA)
In the Vietnam - Laos and Laos - VietnamSolidarity and Friendship Year 2022, the Party and State of Laos decided togrant orders and medals to some collectives and individuals of the board ofhealth protection and care for central officials and Central Military Hospital108 in recognition of their outstanding achievements in caring for senior Partyand State leaders of Laos over the recent past, thus considerably helpingnurture the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperationbetween the two countries.Read full text

– Vietnam will top the world’s asset growth in the next tenyears, according to Infobae, a renowned newspaper in Argentina.

In his article posted on Infobae, reporter RossanaMarín highlighted Vietnam is a favoured and promising destination formultinational enterprises to set up production activities, particularly thosein technology and automobile manufacturing.Read full text

– A ship from the Vietnam Maritime Search and RescueCoordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) rescued an ill fisherman and brought himashore for medical care in the central city of Da Nang on February 24.
☀️ Morning digest February 26 ảnh 5Le Ngoc Khon gets medical care on board. (Photo: VNA)
Le Ngoc Khon, born 1987 from the centralprovince of Quang Ngai province, suffered shortness of breath, frothing andserious health condition while onboard a fishing boat at sea off the Hoang Sa(Paracels) islands on February 23.Read full text/.
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