Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
-DeputyPrime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested clearly defining the vision, targets, anddriving force for the future development of Hanoi while chairing a meeting inthe capital city on June 13 to review the task of adjusting the Hanoi CapitalMaster Plan till 2045 with a vision to 2065.
Ha emphasised the urgent need to finalise the PM’sdraft decision on approving the task of adjusting the Master Plan.Read full text
- VietnameseDeputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet and Permanent Secretary forForeign Affairs of Thailand Sarun Charoensuwan co-chaired the ninth politicalconsultation between the two countries in Hanoi on June 13.
The two sides shared the view that cooperation inpolitics - diplomacy, security, and defence remains one of the importantpillars of the Vietnam - Thailand relations. They reaffirmed the commitment tonot allowing any individual or organisation to use the territory of one countryto harm the other.Read full text
-Vietnamand the Republic of Korea (RoK) have become top important partners of eachother in various fields, with economic, trade and investment cooperationserving as both pillar and primary driver of their increasingly growingrelationship, said Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien.
During a reception in Hanoi on June 13 for RoKAmbassador to Vietnam Oh Yong-ju, Dien hailed the diplomat for her activeefforts to elevate the Vietnam-RoK relationship to the level of comprehensivestrategic partnership as it stands today.Read full text
-AmbassadorDang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations(UN), on June 12 chaired the annual meeting of the Group of Friends of the UNConvention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The event was held on the occasion of the 33rdmeeting of the States Parties to the UNCLOS (SPLOS 33) which is being organisedfrom June 12-16 at the UN headquarters in New York.Read full text
-Sixmore suspects were arrested on June 13 in connection with the June 11 gunattacks in Cu Kuin district of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, bringthe total number of detained suspects to 45, spokesman of the Ministry ofPublic Security Lieut. Gen. To An Xo said on June 13 afternoon.
Xo said the public security force is continuing tohunt for the remaining suspects and investigate the case.Read full text
-Morethan 162.8 trillion VND (6.9 billion USD) in export and import taxes wascollected for the state budget as of June 11, equivalent to 38.3% of thisyear’s target and down 18.1% from the same period of 2022.
The statistics was released by the GeneralDepartment of Vietnam Customs on June 13.Read full text
-Thereare great opportunities for Belgium investors in the development of seaports inVietnam, a country owning a coastline of over 3,200km, heard a conference heldin Anvers city of Belgium on June 12.
The conference was held by the Vietnamese Embassyand Vietnam Trade Office in Belgium in coordination with the Belgian-VietnameseAlliance (BVA), the Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) and The Beacon Group,aiming to promote Vietnam-Belgium cooperation in seaport and logistics. Theevent was also meant to prepare for the Minister-President of the Government ofFlanders Jan Jambon’s visit to Vietnam in September.Read full text
-Anetwork of journalists on investigating and preventing of illegal wildlifetrade made debut in Hanoi on June 13, aiming to help share information,strengthen capacity and coordinate in the implementation of communicationactivities, contributing to preventing the illegal trade and consumption ofwildlife in Vietnam.
They include journalists and reporters who haveexpertise or interest in investigating and writing articles on the issue ofillegal wildlife trade.Read full text
-Vietnamis the most popular destination among Korean tourists this summer, according toHana Tour, the largest travel company in the Republic of Korea.
The company recently announced the results of itsanalysis on the booking situation for overseas travel departing in July andAugust, which also indicated that international travel is graduallyreturning to normal after a long period of stagnation due to the COVID-19pandemic.Read full text/.
