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☀️ Morning digest June 29

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

- President Vo Van Thuong and a delegationof National Assembly deputies of central Da Nang city met with local voters onJune 28 to inform them about the outcomes of the 15th NA’s fifth session,listen to and clear up their petitions.

☀️ Morning digest June 29 ảnh 2President Vo Van Thuong meets with voters in Da Nang city. (Photo: VNA)

Many constituents at the meeting spoke highlyof the results of the fifth session and put forth petitions regarding variousissues of public concern to the NA, Government and relevant agencies. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 28afternoon visited Xiong'an New Area in Hebei province - 100 km southwest ofBeijing, on the occasion of his official visit to China.

☀️ Morning digest June 29 ảnh 3Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (C) visits Xiong'an New Area in Hebei province of China. (Photo: VNA) 

Xiong'an New Area is a national pilot neweconomic zone based on innovation, digital economic development, and green andsmart city, which focuses on promoting harmonious interaction between peopleand the environment. The area will take on a part of the function of thecapital Beijing. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's officialvisit to China has contributed to concretising the common perceptions of thetwo Party General Secretaries, especially the joint statement on continuing topromote and deepen the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperativepartnership issued in December 2022, said Minister of Foreign Affairs BuiThanh Son.

In an interview granted to the press after thePM concluded his trip on June 28 evening, Son affirmed the visit was a greatsuccess, and recorded many important results. Read full story

- National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong DinhHue held talks with President of the National Council of Switzerland MartinCandinas after chairing a welcome ceremony for the Swiss leader in Hanoi June28.

☀️ Morning digest June 29 ảnh 4National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (R) and President of the National Council of Switzerland Martin Candinas. (Photo: VNA)

At the talks, Hue affirmed that Vietnam alwaysattaches importance to its traditional friendship and cooperation withSwitzerland and expressed his gratitude for the European nation's provision ofover 600 million USD in official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam from1991 to 2021 as well as for supporting the Southeast Asian country in the fightagainst COVID-19. Read full story

- Vietnamese Minister of Industry and TradeNguyen Hong Dien held talks with Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao onJune 28, as part of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Chinaand attendance at the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the WorldEconomic Forum (WEF) from June 25-28.

Minister Dien appreciated the Chinese Ministry ofCommerce's close coordination with Vietnam to promptly tackle arising issues ineconomic and trade ties. Read full story

- Vietnam’s GDP growth is likely to expand by5% in the second quarter, and 4% in 2023 before reaching 6% in 2024, Singapore-basedMaybank Research Pte Ltd said in a report released on June 27.

Accordingly, Vietnam's growth is led by theservice sector, which accounts for 43.1% of the GDP. This sector is forecast topost 7% growth in the second quarter of 2023, as the fields of retail,accommodation, catering service, entertainment and passenger transport aresupported by the tourism recovery. Read full story

- Five Vietnamese universities keep theirplaces in the QS World University Rankings 2024 recently released by theUK-based education organisation Quacquarelli Symonds.

Specifically, the Duy Tan University is positionedat 514; the Ton Duc Thang University is in the group 721-730, the VietnamNational University (VNU) - Hanoi and VNU - Ho Chi Minh City both are inthe 951-1000 group; and the Hanoi University of Science and Technology isplaced in the 1201-1400 category. Read full story

- The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on June28 announced that the country welcomed over 5.57 million foreign tourists inthe first six months of 2023.

☀️ Morning digest June 29 ảnh 5International travelers take cyclo tour around Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)

The number of domestic tourists during the period was estimatedat 64 million. Total revenue from tourists was estimated at 343.1 trillion VND(14.6 billion USD)./. Read full story

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