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☀️ Morning digest March 14

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

- Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang XuanChien and Japanese Vice Minister of Defence Masami Oka co-chaired the ninthVietnam-Japan Defence Policy Dialogue in Tokyo on March 13.

At the annual dialouge, both sides discussed the global and regional issues ofshared concern, especially traditional security issues and emerging non-traditionalchallenges. Read full story

- Secretary General of the Vietnamese National Assembly Bui Van Cuong delivereda speech on gender equality in parliaments at the plenary session of theAssociation of Secretaries General of Parliaments (ASGP) in Manama, the capitalcity of Bahrain on March 13 (local time). Read full story

- Vietnam attaches importance to developing relations with the Republic ofKorea (RoK) and wishes to further deepen the comprehensive strategicpartnership with the Northeast Asian country, National Assembly (NA) ViceChairman Nguyen Duc Hai told RoK Ambassador to Vietnam Oh Young-ju. Read full story

- The Can Tho University in collaboration with the Global Crop Diversity Trustheld a seminar in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on March 13 to discussbiodiversity for opportunities, livelihoods and development in Vietnam.

The theme of the event was also part of a project that will be launched inVietnam during 2023-2024, with a budget of 477,460 USD funded by the NorwegianGovernment and 310,000 USD from institutes and universities. Read full story

- Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien hosted a reception in Hanoion March 13 for UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy for Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmarand Brunei Mark Garnier and UK Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Emily Hamblinto discuss two-way trade toward celebrating the 50th anniversary of bilateraldiplomatic ties this year.

Dien congratulated the UK on completing the fifth talks on joining theComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)in Vietnam’s southern province of Kien Giang in early March. Read full story

- Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh hosted a reception forhis Lao counterpart Bunthong Duonsavan on March 13 in Hanoi, during which heaffirmed that Vietnam welcomes delegations from Lao ministries and sectorsto  learn experience in developing tradeand industry. Read full story

- The southern province of Binh Duong wishes to strengthen cooperation with andattract more investment from Laval city in Canada’s Quebec region, as wellas Canadian businesses, said Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s CommitteeMai Hung Dung.

During an investment promotion conference with representatives from Laval cityon March 13 in Binh Duong, Dung said the province is calling on investment inhi-tech, less labour-intensive and environmentally friendly industries andthose that create high economic value such as financial services, logistics,supporting industry, and high-tech agriculture. Read full story

- Vietnam’s economic growth is projected to ease to 6.3% in 2023 from arobust 8% last year, as services growth moderates and higher prices andinterest rates weigh on households and investors, according to the World Bank'sreport released on March 13. Read full story

- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has signed a decision approving the planto realise the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on labour recruitment,employment and repatriation signed by the Vietnamese and Malaysian Governmentson March 21, 2022. Read full story

- The Health Ministry’s Department of Health Examination and TreatmentManagement held a conference in Hanoi on March 13 to review a project on healthcare and rehabilitation for Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin victims for 2018-2022.

The event aimed to continue spreading the health care and rehabilitation modelfor AO/dioxin victims nationwide in the near future. Read full story

- As many as 71 photographs winning the 12th Vietnam Art PhotoContest and Exhibition 2023 were hounoured at an award ceremony at the VanMieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature Complex)in Hanoi on March 13.

Hosted by the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA) andsponsored by the International Federation of Photographic Art (Fédérationinternationale de l'art photographique, FIAP) and the Image WithoutFrontier (Image sans Frontière - ISF), this was a practical activityto celebrate the 70th anniversary of the traditional dayof Vietnam's photography (March 15, 1953 – 2023). Read full story

- The Vietnamese national track-and-field team will participate in thePhilippines Open Athletics Championships which is scheduled to take place fromMarch 21 to March 26 in the Philippines. Read full story

- The Thai Hai reserve area, home to an ecological house-on-stilts village inthe northern province of Thai Nguyen, was named as one of the 32 Best TourismVillages 2022 by the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), during a ceremonyheld on March 12 in Saudi Arabia. Read full story./.
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