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☀️ Morning digest September 11

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest September 11 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list ofselected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.

- Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and US PresidentJoseph Biden announced that the two sides had adopted a joint statement onelevating the Vietnam-US relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership forpeace, cooperation and sustainable development at a press conference followingtheir talks in Hanoi on September 10 evening.

☀️ Morning digest September 11 ảnh 2Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and US President Joseph Biden at the press conference in Hanoi on September 10. (Photo: VNA)
General Secretary Trong said the two sides haveagreed that the Vietnam-US relationship has seen strong, in-depth, substantialand effective progresses since the two countries normalised their relations andset up their Comprehensive Partnership. Read full story

- National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on September 10attended the first "Children's National Assembly" hypotheticalsession, which brought together 263 children from 63 cities and provincesnationwide, at the NA Hall in Hanoi.

☀️ Morning digest September 11 ảnh 3National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attends the first "Children's National Assembly" hypothetical session. (Photo: VNA)
The session, jointly held by the Ho Chi MinhCommunist Youth Union Central Committee and the Central Council of the Ho ChiMinh Vanguard Children's Union in coordination with the NA Committee forCulture and Education and NA Office, is part of actions to enforce the ChildrenLaw 2016. Read full story

– The Laos-Vietnam ties have been expanding across the boardand are now at the best time in history, said Lao Minister of Planning andInvestment Khamjane Vongphosy.

The minister, who is head of the Lao-VietnamCooperation Committee, made the assessment in an interview granted to theVietnam News Agency on economic cooperation between the two countries in therecent past.  Read full story

- Secretary of the Party Committee of the Mekong Delta cityof Can Tho Nguyen Van Hieu recently hosted a reception for Singaporean ConsulGeneral in Ho Chi Minh City Roy Kho, during which the two sides pledged tojointly conduct promotion activities in trade, culture, education, health careand tourism.

Hieu said that the city hopes that theVietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) Can Tho project, launched on September9, will help the locality realise its target to become a food processing anddistribution hub of the Mekong Delta, as well as an infrastructure developmentcentre of the region. Read full story

- As many as 150 economic experts, andrepresentatives from ministries, sectors, and localities, financialinvestment funds and businesses of Switzerland and Vietnam gathered together ata seminar on Vietnam - Switzerland cooperation in trade, investment andtechnology in Zurich on September 8.

☀️ Morning digest September 11 ảnh 4Delegates at the seminar (Photo: VNA)
The event was jointly organised by the Embassy ofVietnam in Switzerland, the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT),the Swiss-Asian Chamber of Commerce, Bellecapital financial investment fund,Keep It Beautiful Vietnam (KIBV) and the Association of VietnameseIntellectuals and Experts in Switzerland (AVIES). Read full story

- Ties between Vietnam and Malaysia have grown strongly overthe past 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations withsubstantial outcomes in all fields, stated Chairman of the National AssemblyCommittee for External Relations Vu Hai Ha.

Along with regular exchanges and meetings,cooperation mechanisms between the two countries have been maintained in aflexible and effective manner, while mutual political trust has been fostered,Ha said at a recent ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomaticrelations between Vietnam and Malaysia in Hanoi. Read full story

- A Vietnamese Festival was held in Yokohama, the capitalcity of Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan on September 9, drawing a large number ofvisitors.

☀️ Morning digest September 11 ảnh 5An art performance at the Vietnamese Festival in Kanagawa. (Photo: VNA)
Addressing the event, Kanagawa Governor KuroiwaYuji highlighted the meaning of the event, marking the complete recovery ofexchange and cooperation activities between the people of Vietnam and Japan ingeneral and Kanagawa in particular after the COVID-19 pandemic. Read full story

– The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has set a targetto increase the cashless payment ratio in e-commerce, especially e-paymentsthrough payment intermediaries or applications, to 50% by 2025.

As part of efforts to implement the nationalplan on e-commerce development, the ministry has set ambitioustargets for non-cash payment in e-commerce activities./. Read full story
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