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☀️ Morning digest March 26

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest March 26 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list ofselected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

- National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue affirmedthat Vietnam attaches importance to developing its traditional friendship andmulti-faceted cooperation with Finland while holding talks with Speaker of theParliament of Finland Jussi Halla-aho in Hanoi on March 25.

At the talks, which took place following a welcomeceremony for the top Finnish legislator earlier the same day, Hue expressed hishope that Halla-aho’s official visit from March 24-26 will be a milestone inthe relationship between the two countries. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Speaker of theParliament of Finland Jussi Halla-aho in Hanoi on March 25, believing that hisvisit will generate an impetus to foster traditional friendship and all-aroundcooperation between the two countries.

PM Chinh proposed that the Finnish Parliament support theEuropean Commission's early removal of the "yellow card" warningagainst Vietnamese aquatic products, and hasten the parliaments of EU memberstates' ratification of the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA). Read full story

- Politburo member, permanentmember of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and head of the PartyCentral Committee’s Organisation Commission Truong Thi Mai hosted a receptionfor visiting Speaker of the Parliament of Finland Jussi Halla-aho in Hanoi onMarch 25.

The Party official welcomed her guest's selectionof Vietnam for his first official visit outside Europe since taking office andexpressed her gratitude for the support and sharing that Finland has given toVietnam so far. Read full story
☀️ Morning digest March 26 ảnh 2Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan meets delegates from the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs’ Association in Hanoi on March 25. (Photo: VNA)
- Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan receiveddelegates from the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs’ Association in Hanoi on March25 in celebration of the 93rd founding anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh CommunistYouth Union (March 26, 1931 - March 26, 2024).

So far, the association has established itschapters across 63 provinces and cities nationwide. Its nearly 19,000 memberenterprises now generate total annual revenue of over 40 billion USD,accounting for more than 10% of the country's GDP, and provide employment forover 5 million workers. Read full story

- Vietnamese Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra and herLao counterpart Thongchanh Manixay vowed to continue their agencies'cooperation for the 2024-2026 period during their talks in Vientiane on March25.

Both ministers exchanged updates on their respective ministries'achievements in home affairs during the past year, with an emphasis on progressin areas like institutional development, organisational restructuring, personnelreduction and civil service reform. Read full story

- Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam(CPV) Central Committee and Chairman of its Commission for External RelationsLe Hoai Trung held talks with visiting Director of the International Departmentof the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Kim Song Nam inHanoi on March 25.

At the event, Trung stated that the VietnameseParty, State, and people always treasure the traditional friendship andcooperation with the WPK, Government, and people of the Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea (DPRK). Read full story

- The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee held anational conference in Hanoi on March 25 to review the performance of thePeople’s Councils of provinces and centrally-run cities nationwide in 2023 andlaunch tasks for this year.

The event also saw the presence of Politburomembers: NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue; Permanent member of the Party CentralCommittee’s Secretariat and Chairwoman of the Party Central Committee’sOrganisation Commission Truong Thi Mai; and Permanent NA Vice Chairman TranThanh Man, among others. Read full story

- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha led a Government delegationto the Russian Embassy in Hanoi on March 25 to offer condolences following thedeadly terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, Moscow on March 22 evening.

Signing the condolence book, Ha extended the most profoundsympathies of the Vietnamese Government, people, and himself to the RussianGovernment, people and families of the victims, adding that Vietnam stronglycondemns terrorism in any form and believes that perpetrators will be strictlypunished. Read full story
☀️ Morning digest March 26 ảnh 3The Vietnamese delegation joins the 2024 Macau International Parade (Photo: VNA)
- The Vietnamese Association in Macau has for the first timejoined the 2024 Macau International Parade held by the local Cultural AffairsBureau on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Macau's return to China.

Taking place on March 24, the parade highlightedthe theme of love, peace, and cultural integration. Read full story

- The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and the VietnamPosts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) have signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) on cooperation in providing In-Flight Connectivity (IFC)service, marking a new step forward during the digital transformation process.

Accordingly, Vietnam Airlines plans to offerInternet access to passengers on some of its aircraft in 2025 on internationalflights to the US and Europe, and some domestic flights./. Read full story
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