-PresidentVo Van Thuong and his wife and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation leftVienna on July 25 afternoon (local time), ending their official visit toAustria that took place from July 23-25.
TheVietnamese State leader then embarked on a State visit to Italy and a visit tothe Vatican at the invitations of President of Italy Sergio Mattarella and PopeFrancis, respectively.
Theofficial visit to Austria by President Thuong is a great success. He held talkswith Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, during which the two sidesexchanged and agreed on orientations and measures to further deepen thetraditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam andAustria. Read full text
-Earlier, the President visited the Austrian state ofBurgenland and met with Governor Hans Peter Doskozil on July 25 as part of hisofficial trip to the European country.
Welcoming the President, his spouse and thehigh-ranking delegation of Vietnam, Doskozil considered the official visit aspecial milestone marking the development of the traditional friendshipand multifaceted cooperation to a new height, following the 50th anniversary ofdiplomatic ties.Read full text
-GeneralSecretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong on July 25sent a letter of congratulations to President of the Cambodian People’s Party(CPP) and Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Techo Hun Sen on the successful7th National Assembly (NA) election held on July 23.
Meanwhile, PM Pham Minh Chinh talked over thephone with his Cambodian counterpart tooffer congratulations. Chairman of the Vietnamese NA Vuong Dinh Hue extendedcongratulations to President of the Cambodian NA Samdech Heng Samrin.Read full text
-Politburo member and Chairman of the National Assembly (NA)Vuong Dinh Hue had a working session with the Hanoi Party Committee’s StandingBoard on July 25 to look into the implementation of some resolutions of the NA.
The event focused on the NA’s resolution onsocio-economic recovery and development of localities, Resolution No97/2019/QH14 on piloting the urban administration model in Hanoi, andResolution No 115/2020/QH14 on piloting some specific financial - budgetarymechanisms and policies for Hanoi.Read full text
-Vietnam attaches importance to consolidating and furtherdeveloping friendship and cooperation with Israel, Deputy Prime Minister TranLuu Quang told Israeli President Isaac Herzog at their meeting on July 25.
At the meeting as part of his official visit toIsrael, Deputy PM Quang expressed his pleasure to visit Israel on the occasionof the 30th anniversary of Vietnam-Israel diplomatic relations.Read full text
-VietnameseMinister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Israeli Minister of Economyand Industry Nir Barkat on July 25 signed the Vietnam - Israel Free TradeAgreement (VIFTA) in Tel Aviv in the presence of Vietnamese Deputy PrimeMinister Tran Luu Quang and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Thetwo countries started negotiations for the agreement seven years ago and held12 negotiation sessions. The agreement signing is even more meaningful in thecontext that the two countries are holding many practical activities tocelebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomaticrelations.Read full text
-TheUS Ambassador to Vietnam, Marc Knapper, on July 25 visited the Centre for DNAIdentification (CDI) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology(VAST).
Duringhis meeting with VAST President Prof. Chau Van Minh and Director ofthe Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP) Le CongTien, Ambassador Knapper highlighted the productive cooperationbetween VAST and the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) onimproving Vietnam's capability to identify remains from the war under theUS Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Identification of HumanRemains project worth 7.4 million USD.Read full text
-Aconference took place in Tokyo on July 25 to connect Japanese investors withVietnamese localities, industrial parks, and enterprises.
The event, part of activities marking the 50thanniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties, attracted a large number ofinvestors and businesses from both countries.Read full text
- “BlackpinkWorld Tour 2023” – a show featuring the Republic of Korea’s girl groupphenomenon will go ahead as planned in Hanoi's My Dinh stadium for two nightson July 29 and 30, the Hanoi People’s Committee announced on July 25.
Blackpink is expected to attract an impressive67,000 concertgoers for the two scheduled shows.Read full text/.
