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☀️ Morning digest January 31

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest January 31 ảnh 1

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

-President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse hosted a banquet inhonour of Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and his spouse,who are on a state visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on January 30 evening.

☀️ Morning digest January 31 ảnh 2Presidents Vo Van Thuong and Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., along with their spouses, in a joint photo with artists performing at the banquet in Hanoi on January 30 evening (Photo: VNA)

In his remarks, President Thuong said the first visit toVietnam by the Philippine President and his spouse, taking place just ahead ofthe Vietnamese people’s traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, furtherinspires the confidence in a bright future and new prospects to continuestrengthening the sound friendship and cooperation between the two countries,which will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their strategic partnership in2025 and the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic relations in 2026.Read full text

-President Vo Van Thuong and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand RomualdezMarcos Jr. on January 30 visited the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, a worldcultural heritage site in Hanoi, as part of the latter’s state visit to Vietnam.
There, the two leaders attended the “Happy Tet 2024”programme that is taking place ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival atthe Central Sector of the citadel.Read full text

-Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue met with President ofthe Philippines Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. in Hanoi on January 30,describing the latter’s first state visit to Vietnam as a strong impetus totighten the strategic partnership between the two countries.

☀️ Morning digest January 31 ảnh 3The meeting between NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. in Hanoi on January 30. (Photo: VNA)

The host leader applauded the outcomes of the earlier talksbetween Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong and his Philippine counterpart,during which the two sides handed over documents on agricultural, rice trading,maritime, and cultural cooperation.Read full text

-Deputy Defence MinisterSenior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien led a delegation from the Ministryof Defence to the 13th ASEAN-Japan Defence Vice-Ministerial Forum that openedin Tokyo on January 30.

☀️ Morning digest January 31 ảnh 4Heads of delegations to the 13th ASEAN-Japan Defence Vice-Ministerial Forum that opens in Tokyo on January 30. (Photo: VNA)

Atthe event, Chien delivered a speech with the theme "Unity and cooperationfor regional peace and security", affirming that the forum is necessaryand important for ASEAN and Japan to jointly assess the situation and proposenew directions for defence cooperation.Read full text

-Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi ThuHang on January 30 presented the Navy High Command with 1.55 billion VND(63,500 USD) donated by overseas Vietnamese (OV) to a programme on greeningTruong Sa (Spratly).
The donation was handed over during a visit by a delegationof the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to offer greetings to the Navy High Commandin the northern city of Hai Phong ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.Read full text

-The KP Aero Industries Co.Ltd from the Republic of Korea on January 30 held a ground-breaking ceremony tostart the construction of its KP Vina Aircraft Component factory with aninvestment of 20 million USD at Da Nang Hi-Tech Park in Hoa Vang district, thecentral city of Da Nang.

☀️ Morning digest January 31 ảnh 5Representatives from authorities and investors at the ground-breaking ceremony. (Photo: VNA)

It’sthe second project in the aerospace industry in the city after a project byVietnam UAC Ltd. Co.Read full text

-A memorandum of understanding (MoU) oncooperation to improve road traffic safety in Vietnam in the 2024 – 2026 periodwas signed between theDepartment of Roads of  Vietnam (DRVN) under theMinistry of Transport and 3M Corporation of the US at a ceremony in Hanoi onJanuary 30.
The document aims to promote cooperation in sharingexperiences and expertise, and training, research, and consultancy activitiesin the field of road traffic safety, which are mutual interests of both DRVNand the 3M Corporation.Read full text

-Effective public-privatepartnership and support from partners are key to the success of the project ondeveloping 1 million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice linked withgreen growth in the Mekong Delta region by 2030, Minister of Agriculture andRural Development Le Minh Hoan said at a talk on January 30.
Speakingat the on-line talk on the role of public-private partnership and innovation inimplementing the major rice production project in the Mekong Delta, Hoan saidto implement the project, Vietnam needs to mobilise resources and technical advances.Read full text/.

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