☀️ Morning digest June 23

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest June 23 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is alist of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

– Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on June 22 said thatVietnam will try its best within its conditions and capabilities to help Cubaovercome difficulties that the country is facing.

☀️ Morning digest June 23 ảnh 2Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (R) receives Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba Álvaro López Miera on June 22. (Photo: VNA)
Receiving Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of CubaÁlvaro López Miera who is paying a visit to Vietnam, the Vietnamese Partyleader highly appreciated the significance of the visit in the context of thetwo countries looking forward to the 50th anniversary of Cuban leader FidelCastro's visit to the liberated area in Quang Tri province. Read full story

– The 21st working day of the 15th NationalAssembly (NA)’s fifth session took place on June 22 under the chair of NAChairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

☀️ Morning digest June 23 ảnh 3The NA approves the draft law revising and supplementing some articles of the Law on the People’s Public Security Force on June 22. (Photo: VNA)
In the morning, legislators listened to Le QuangHuy, member of the NA Standing Committee and Chairman of the NA Committee forScience, Technology and Environment, presenting a report on amendments to thedraft revised Law on Electronic Transactions. They later voted on the bill, which receivedsupport from the majority. Read full story

– President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) YoonSuk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee on June 22 visited and talked to students atthe Faculty of Korean Language and Culture of theUniversity of Languages and International Studies under the Vietnam National University– Hanoi (VNU), as part of the President’s state visit to Vietnam.

☀️ Morning digest June 23 ảnh 4President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife at the meeting with Hanoi students. (Photo: VNA) 
The RoK President said his visit to Vietnam takesplace at a time when bilateral relations are enjoying sound development. Read full story

– Vietnam recognises the more positive assessment made in the2023 Trafficking in Persons Report by the US Department of State,Spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang told aregular press briefing on June 22.

Replying to a reporter’s question about the USDepartment of State’s release of the report, Hang highlighted the VietnameseGovernment’s policy of promoting legal, safe, and orderly migration and alsoresolutely preventing and fighting illegal migration, arrangement of illegalmigration, and human trafficking. Read full story

– A recent article posted on portfolio-adviser.com, a newswebsite based in the UK, has pointed out the frequent hope that Vietnam will beupgraded from its frontier-market status to the emerging market status.

Many years of consistently high GDP growth havebeen due to a highly attractive combination of political stability with soundpro-market execution from the government which has managed to slash povertyfrom 17% to less than 5% in a decade, the article wrote. Read full story

– Maj. Gen. Pham Ngoc Viet, Director of the Ministry ofPublic Security’s Homeland Security Department, has pointed out some externalterrorism risks that may harm Vietnam’s national security and also confirmedthat the June 11 attacks on the administrations’ headquarters and civilians inDak Lak province were organised terrorist acts.

He released the information while delivering animportant speech at the high-levelconference of heads of counter-terrorism agencies heldby the United Nations in New York from June 19 to 22, according to the Ministryof Public Security. Read full story

– The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on June22 introduced its account on Viber platform as a new channel for holidaymakersto access official information and recommendations about the country's tourism.

☀️ Morning digest June 23 ảnh 5Viber platform is used to promote Vietnam tourism. (Photo: VNAT)
With the Viber account, VNAT will send messages recommendinginteresting destinations and tourist activities for tourists during this summertourism season./. Read full story
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US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Bertholf (WMSL-750) docks at Saigon Gateway Port in Ho Chi Minh City on November 1 (Photo: znews.vn)

US Coast Guard cutter visits Ho Chi Minh City

While in Ho Chi Minh City, the commanding officer and crew of USCGC Bertholf will pay courtesy calls on the city’s leaders and the Coast Guard Region 3 Command, take part in diplomatic engagement activities and professional exchanges on maritime operations, and participate in friendly sports competitions with officers and personnel of Coast Guard Region 3.

Vice President of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Hong Dien (right) receives Bok Gi-wang, vice head of the Korean National Assembly's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee in Hanoi on October 30, 2026. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam, RoK step up economic, parliamentary cooperation

Speaking highly of the RoK's experience in railway development, NA Vice President Nguyen Hong Dien welcomed its businesses' interest in Vietnam’s railway projects and encouraged their participation as partners, investors or contractors in line with Vietnamese law.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam (right) receives Special Representative of the President of Azerbaijan Elchin Amirbayov Hanoi on October 30, 2026. (Photo: VNA)

Top leader receives Azerbaijani presidential envoy

Welcoming the Azerbaijani envoy to Vietnam, the Vietnamese leader affirmed that Vietnam treasures the friendship, valuable support and assistance extended by the State and people of Azerbaijan to Vietnam during its past struggle for national independence, as well as its current process of national construction and development.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda Yasuo (Photo published by VNA)

Vietnam sends condolences on passing of former Japanese PM Fukuda Yasuo

In the message, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung extended his deepest condolences and expressed profound appreciation for Mr. Fukuda’s special affection for and valuable support to Vietnam and its people, as well as his contributions to the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Vietnam and Japan.

A view of Ho Chi MInh City (Photo: VNA)

Ho Chi Minh City’s 100-year master plan gets the green light

Under the overall development model, the megacity will comprise five growth poles, namely international financial services at the centre; innovation in the East; industry, high technology and logistics in the North; seaports, free trade, international logistics and energy in the South; and urban development, education and healthcare in the West.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Tien Chau writes in the condolence book. (Photo: VNA)

Deputy PM pays tribute to former Japanese PM Fukuda Yasuo

The State and people of Vietnam are deeply saddened by the passing of Japan's former Prime Minister Fukuda Yasuo, a great and close friend of Vietnam. On behalf of the Government and people of Vietnam, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Tien Chau extended the deepest condolences to the Government and people of Japan, as well as his family.