☀️ Morning digest March 31

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

- Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on March 30 chaired a meeting of the Party Central Committee’s Politburo and Secretariat on a project summarising the 10-year implementation of Resolution No. 15-NQ/TW dated June 10, 2012, of the 11th Party Central Committee on social policies for the 2012-2020 period.

The Politburo said that over the past 35 years implementing the Doi moi (Renewal) policy and the 10 years implementing the resolution, innovating and developing social policies is a consistent advocate of the Party and State with the spirit of economic growth coupled with social progress and justice. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the fourth Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, on April 5, according to the Foreign Ministry's communique.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (Photo: VNA)

His attendance is made at the invitation of the Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone. Read full story

- The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunications of San Marino have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on enhancing political consultations.

The MoU is inked by Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and San Marino Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunications Lucca Beccari at the headquarters of the San Marino Embassy in Rome, Italy, on March 29. (Photo: VNA)

The document was inked by Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and San Marino Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunications Lucca Beccari at the headquarters of the San Marino Embassy in Rome, Italy, on March 29. Read full story

- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha had a meeting with the verification council for the draft planning on national petrol, oil, and gas storage and supply infrastructure for 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, in Hanoi on March 30.

Stressing the importance to national energy security, he requested that the planning have high precision and feasibility, match the set tasks and targets, and guarantee active and stable energy supply for the economy. Read full story

- The import-export revenue of agro-forestry-fisheries products in the first quarter of this year was estimated at 20.63 billion USD, down 11.2% year on year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Of the total, export value reached about 11.19 billion USD, down 14.4%. Imports were 9.44 billion USD, a fall of 7.2% year on year, resulting in a trade surplus of 1.76 billion USD, a drop of 39.6% year on year. Read full story

- A delegation from the northern province of Vinh Phuc, headed by Hoang Thi Thuy Lan, Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Council, has visited the US in a bid to attract investors to the province.

Meeting with representatives from the New York Chamber of Commerce, Lan introduced Vinh Phuc’s socio-economic conditions and orientation in foreign investment attraction. Read full story

- Solutions to promote trade cooperation between Vietnam and Australia and the implementation of the Australia-Vietnam Enhanced Economic Engagement Strategy (EEES) were tabled at an online meeting on March 30 in Hanoi.

During the 4th session of a trade working group within the framework of the Ministerial-level Vietnam-Australia Economic Partnership Meeting, the two sides focused on reviewing the implementation of cooperation contents agreed at the 3rd session and discussed issues related to regional and multilateral cooperation, as well as supply chain cooperation./. Read full story