Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Vietnam always attaches importance to strengthening andexpanding relations with Russia, considering it one of the top priorities inits foreign policy, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has said.
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (R) and Chief Justice of Russia Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev. (Photo: VNA) At a reception in Hanoi on June 20 for Chief Justice of RussiaVyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev, Hue welcomed the Russian official's ongoingvisit which takes place at a time when the two countries are celebrating the10th founding anniversary of comprehensive strategic partnership. Read full story
- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on June 20 receivedthe European Parliament Delegation for Relations with the Countries ofSoutheast Asia and ASEAN led by its Chairman Daniel Caspary who are paying avisit to Vietnam.
At the meeting (Photo: VNA) At the meeting, Quang expressed his delight at the profound andsubstantive developments in the relationship between Vietnam and the EU overthe past time. Currently, the EU is one of Vietnam's leading trade-investmentpartners. Meanwhile, Vietnam is the EU's largest trading partner in ASEAN. Read full story
- The Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI) has forecast thatdomestic petrol prices may see slight fluctuations in the adjustment on June 21.
According to the VPI’s prediction, which was givenwith the support of the petrol price forecasting model using Machine Learning,the retail price of RON95 may increase 197 VND per litre to 22,110 VND(0.94 USD) per litre, while the price of E5 biofuel is forecast to rise by5 VND per litre or remain unchanged at 20,870 VND per litre. Read full story
- Vietnam's economic growth continued to face challengeswhich were seen in a slowdown in industrial production and declining exportsdue to weak external demand and global uncertainties, the World Bank’s Juneedition on Vietnam Macro Monitoring showed.
The industrial production index (IIP) registered ameagre 0.1% year-on-year increase in May, down from 0.5% in April. In contrast,retail sales remained robust, expanding by 11.5% year-on-year, mirroring thegrowth rate seen in April. Read full story
- President of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency(KOTRA) Yu Jeong Yeol had an article published on the Economic Daily on June19, which described Vietnam as a crucial economic partner that the Republic ofKorea (RoK) must definitely cooperate with.
The article highlighted the prominent features ofVietnam, such as a young population with half being under 35 years old. Sincethe late 1980s, Vietnam has achieved high economic growth, averaging around 6%a year thanks to the success of its foreign policy, active integration andopenness. Vietnam is attracting attention as a high-potential market based onits advantages in an abundant and young workforce as well as continuousexpansion of infrastructure by the Government. This is why leading countriesand multinational corporations continue to bet on Vietnam's growth potential,the article said. Read full story
- In 2022, Vietnam had 14,790,075 ha of forest area, ofwhich 10,134,082 ha were natural forests and 4,655,933 ha were planted ones,the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced in a decisionon June 20.
The total area of forest meeting standards forcalculating forest coverage was 13,926,043 ha, resulting in a percentage offorest cover of 42.02%./. Read full story
