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☀️ Morning digest May 4

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

- President Vo Van Thuong’s attendance at the coronation ofKing Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelandfrom May 4-6 will affirm the importance that Vietnam attaches to its StrategicPartnership with the UK as well as its wish to build up a fine relationshipwith the King.

The two countries established their diplomaticties on September 11, 1973. Over the past years, the two sides have exchangedhigh-level delegations to promote the bilateral relationship in a practical andeffective manner. In September 2010, they signed a Joint Statement on theestablishment of the Vietnam - UK Strategic Partnership. Read full story
☀️ Morning digest May 4 ảnh 2Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien (front, left) welcomes Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel (front, right) at the Noi Bai International Airport on May 3 morning. (Photo: VNA)
- Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and a high-ranking delegationof Luxembourg arrived at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on May 3morning, starting an official visit to Vietnam from May 3-5 at the invitationof PM Pham Minh Chinh.

After landing at the Noi Bai Airport, theLuxembourg delegation left for a trip to Ha Long Bay in northeastern Quang Ninhprovince. Read full story

- Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)Nguyen Manh Tuan has expressed his belief that cooperation between the twocountries will enter a new stage of development and become more effective andpractical in all spheres.

He made the remark in a recent interview grantedto the Vietnam News Agency ahead of Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan’s attendanceat the 2023 Global Summit of Women and some bilateral activities in the UAE,along with an official visit to Qatar from May 3-8. Read full story

- A total of 129 traffic accidents occurred across Vietnamduring the national holidays from April 29 to May 3, killing 67 people andinjuring 90 others, according to the Traffic Police Department.

The figures represented decreases of 6.5%, 6.9% and15.1%, respectively. Read full story

- Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi has recorded sharprises in the numbers of international flights and passengers during theholidays of Hung Kings Commemoration Day, National Reunification andInternational Labour Day from April 29 to May 3.

In total, the airport served nearly 2,700 flightswith over 422,000 passengers in the five-day holidays.

- Localities across Vietnam saw a boom in the number oftourists during the five-day holidays of Hung Kings Commemoration Day,Reunification Day and International Workers’ Day from April 29 to May 3 – thesecond longest national holidays only after the lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

The Tourism Department of Hanoi said on May 3 thatduring the five-day break, the capital city served 719,000 tourists, including69,500 foreigners, and earned around 2.4 trillion VND (102.2 million USD) fromthe visitors.Read full story
☀️ Morning digest May 4 ảnh 3The flag-raising ceremony of the 32nd SEA Games. (Photo: VNA)
- The national flag of Vietnam has been raised alongside 10 other countries at a flag-raising ceremony of the 32nd SEA Games on May 3 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The event marked the official presentation of all sports teams at the regional sports meet. Read full story

- Sport Center 1 made history on May 2 to become the firstteam ever from Vietnam to capture their unprecedented title in the 2023 AsianWomen’s Club Volleyball Championship following their epic comeback 3-2 winagainst Thailand’s Diamond Food Fine Chef-Air Force in the highly-anticipatedfinal showdown at Vinh Phuc Gymnasium in the northern province of the same name.

The dramatic victory, coupled with a remarkableunbeaten record in the continent’s topflight club championship, ended Vietnam’s22-year gold-medal drought since making their debut in the 2001 championship ashosts./. Read full story
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