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☀️ Morning digest November 17

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest November 17 ảnh 1

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

– President Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception for Governor of CaliforniaGavin Newsom on November 15 (local time) as part of the Vietnamese leader'strip to attend the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week and bilateral activities in theUS.
☀️ Morning digest November 17 ảnh 2President Vo Van Thuong (R) and Governor of California Gavin Newsom. (Photo: VNA)
During the meeting, Newsom said California iscommitted to building long-term and sustainable relationships with Asia,including Vietnam.Read full text

–President Vo Van Thuong met with Vietnamese expats on November 15 (local time)as part of his trip to attend the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week in San Francisco.
He briefed the overseas Vietnamese about thecountry’s socio-economic development as well as its strong diplomatic ties with193 countries and territories all over the world, with the highlight being theupgrade of the Vietnam – US relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnershipwhich, he said, helps improve the position of the Vietnamese people who areliving and working in the US.Read full text

– Prime Minister PhamMinh Chinh on November 16 attended a ceremony to launch the new academic yearat the Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), which isVietnam’s leading centre of higher education and scientific research.
☀️ Morning digest November 17 ảnh 3Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends a ceremony to launch the new academic year at the Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) on November 16. (Photo: VNA)
Speaking atthe event, PM Chinh emphasised the role of higher education and innovation indriving growth, saying that human resources, especially high-qualitypersonnel, play a decisive role in the development of each country.Read full text

– Vietnamese Minister ofDefence Gen. Phan Van Giang held bilateral meetings with defence leaders fromIndia, Japan and the Philippines on the sidelines of the 17th ASEAN DefenceMinisters' Meeting (ADMM) and the 10th ADMM-Plus in Jakarta, Indonesia on November16.
☀️ Morning digest November 17 ảnh 4Minister Phan Van Giang (L) at the meeting with Indian Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh (Photo: VNA)
In theirmeeting, Giang and Indian Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh shared the viewthat the former's official visit to India in June has generated a driving forcefor the effective and practical development of bilateral defence ties.Read full text

–Politburo member and Minister of Public Security To Lam held talks withvisiting Minister for National Security of Singapore Teo Chee Hean in Hanoi onNovember 16.
Cooperation between the Vietnamese Ministry ofPublic Security and Singapore’s law enforcement agencies has been sustained,Lam said, noting that the ties have made progress across such areas asall-level delegation exchange, crime prevention and control, fire prevention,search and rescue, digital transformation, and the building of the nationalpopulation data centre.Read full text

– Aceremony was held in the northern border province of Lang Son to announce theexport of first batch of bird’s nest products to China following aprotocol signed in November of 2022 between the Vietnamese Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Chinese General Administrationof Customs.
The products are manufactured by AVANEST VietnamNutrition Joint Stock Company - the first Vietnamese allowed to provideprocessed bird’s nests and cooked bird’s nest pots to China.Read full text

– Thecentral city of Da Nang attaches importance to cooperation with Chineselocalities, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Tran Chi Cuonghas said.
Hosting a reception for a working delegation fromGuangdong province’s Zhanjang city led by Deputy Mayor He Jiamin, Cuonghighlighted Da Nang's socio-economic development, with key products beingseafood, garment and textiles, leather shoes and building materials.Read full text

– A flight departingfrom Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture landed at Van Don International Airport inVietnam’s northeastern province of Quang Ninh on November 16, marking the firstdirect flight between the destinations.
☀️ Morning digest November 17 ảnh 5The delegation of Hokkaido prefecture led by its Governor Suzuki Naomichi and representatives from Japanese enterprises are welcomed at Van Don International Airport. (Photo: VNA)
The flightcarried 274 passengers including a delegation of Hokkaido prefecture led by itsGovernor Suzuki Naomichi and representatives from Japanese enterprises.Read full text/.

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