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☀️ Morning digest March 15

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest March 15 ảnh 1

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

– National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has suggested thenorthern province of Hung Yen invest more in infrastructure to draw investorsas room for industrial development remains ample in the region.
During a working session with the provincial authorities onMarch 14, Chairman Hue asked Hung Yen to focus on provincial planning thatlinks with regional and land planning to ensure stability and long-termsustainability.Read full text

– Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted areception in Hanoi on March 14 for the new Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam,Chea Kimtha.
Son congratulated Cambodia on its greatachievements over the past years, including the successful organisation of thefifth Commune/Sangkat Council elections in June 2022, and the successfulassumption of ASEAN and AIPA Chair in 2022.Read full text

– President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) CentralCommittee Do Van Chien has extended congratulations to Wang Huning overhis election as Chairman of the National Committee of the ChinesePeople's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
Wang Huning was elected to the position at thefirst session of the 14th CPPCC.Read full text

– Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang hosted a receptionin Hanoi on March 14 for Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski,during which he suggested the two sides coordinate together closely to wellorganise celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Australia diplomaticties this year, including thorough preparations for the exchange of delegationsin the coming time.
Quang expressed his delight at the strong and practicaldevelopment of the bilateral strategic partnership in various areas. Inparticular, two-way trade hit 16.1 billion USD in 2022, more than 30 timeshigher than in 2021, making Australia the 10th largest trade partner of Vietnamand Vietnam the seventh biggest trade partner of Australia.Read full text

– Vietnam together with other nine countries representing member‎states and observers of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF)have promoted their cuisines and cultures at the Francophonie month inMalaysia.‎
The annual event, held at a shopping complex in Kuala Lumpurfrom March 10, saw the participation of Belgium, France, ‎Guinea, Laos,Mauritius, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, ‎and Vietnam.Read full text

– The Vietnamese Association in Thailand’s Udon Thani provinceon March 14 held a ceremony to commemorate 64 naval officers and soldiers wholaid down their lives while defending Gac Ma Reef in Vietnam's Truong Sa in1988 as well as heroic martyrs who sacrificed for the Fatherland and those whodied of natural disasters and pandemics.
The event, held at Khanh An Pagoda, a Vietnamese pagoda in thenortheastern province of Thailand, saw the participation of former Vice StatePresident Truong My Hoa who is also head of the “For Beloved Hoang Sa andTruong Sa” Club.Read full text

– The Vietnam-Venezuela Friendship Association on March 14presented copies of the Vietnamese version of a book entitled “Xin chao”(Hello) , written by Angel Miguel Bastidas Gonzalez, former second Secretary atthe Venezuelan Embassy to Vietnam, to the Dinh Huu Du Bookcase Initiative setup by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union chapter at the Vietnam News Agency(VNA).
Addressing the book handover ceremony, Le Duy Truyen, Vice Chairmanof the Vietnam-Venezuela Friendship Association and former Deputy GeneralDirector of VNA, said Angel Miguel Bastidas Gonzalez is a diplomat and also ajournalist, who was one of the founders of the Venezuela-Vietnam Friendship andSolidarity House. Read full text

– The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on March 14 issued twodecisions to reduce regulatory interest rates by 0.5% to 1%, which will comeinto force on March 15.
Under Decision No. 313/QD-NHNN, the rediscount interest ratewill be revised down from 4.5% per year to 3.5% per year; overnight lendingrates in interbank electronic payments and loans to cover capital shortfalls inclearing payments of the SBV for credit institutions will be decreased from 7%per year to 6% per year.Read full text/.

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