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☀️ Morning digest September 12

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

- US President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. on September 11 concluded his two-dayState visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Party General Secretary Nguyen PhuTrong.

Before heading to the airport, Biden laid flowers at the monument to late USSenator John McCain next to Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi. The location of themonument is where McCain's aircraft was shot down in 1967 while he was servingin the US Navy. McCain had visited this memorial site multiple times from 1985to 2017. He passed away on August 25, 2018. Read full story

- Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan has stressed that Vietnam alwaystreasures the traditional friendly cooperative relationship with Mozambique andsee it as one of Vietnam's key cooperation partners in Africa.

Speaking during talks with Mozambican Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane onSeptember 11 morning (local time) in the capital Maputo, Vice President Xuanexpressed her joy at her first official visit to Mozambique and thanked theMozambican leader for the respectful welcome given to the delegation. Read full story

- First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist YouthUnion (HCYU) Bui Quang Huy, who is also Chairman of the National Committee onYouth, hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 11 for UNFPA Representative inVietnam Matt Jackson.

At the meeting, Huy briefed Jackson on the operations of the HCYU, and thankedUNFPA Vietnam for its support for the development of Vietnamese children andyouths over the past time. Read full story

- Vietnam exported a record volume of nearly 6 million tonnes of rice in thefirst eight months of this year, up 20% year on year, according to the GeneralDepartment of Vietnam Customs. Read full story

- Farmers and businesses must improve product quality, and strictly follow therules of origin and ensure food safety to boost fruit exports, experts said.

They made the affirmation at a conference jointly held by the United NationsIndustrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), and the Vietnam Institute ofAgricultural Engineering and Post-harvest Technology and the National Authorityfor Agro-Forestry-Fishery Quality, Processing and Market Development under theMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in Ho Chi Minh City onSeptember 11. Read full story

- Vietnam and Saudi Arabia boast substantial potential to improve theefficiency of their trade and investment cooperation, heard a business forum inHanoi on September 11.

The forum, jointly held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and theEmbassy and the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Saudi Arabia,brought together more than 750 representatives from ministries, agencies,investments funds and businesses. Read full story

- Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai on September 11 held aworking session with the US Grains Council (USGC) on promoting biofueldevelopment in Vietnam.

Hai stressed that biofuel development is a long-term process, especially forVietnam as the country is facing various difficulties, and suggested the UScouncil continue its support for the country and tighten its coordination withthe Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in this regard. Read full story

- Vietjet and the US-based leading aviation finance and asset managementcompany - Carlyle Group - on September 11 signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) for aircraft funding worth 550 million USD on the occasion of the Statevisit to Vietnam by US President Joe Biden.

Under the MoU, Carlyle Aviation Partners, a wholly own member of the CarlyleGroup, will finance the 737 Max aircraft from the order of 200 aircraft betweenVietjet and Boeing. Read full story

- The authorities of Bac Ninh are committed to creating favourable conditionsfor long-term and effective investments by businesses from the Republic ofKorea (RoK) in the northern province, said Secretary of the provincialParty Committee Nguyen Anh Tuan at a working session with visiting RoKAmbassador to Vietnam Choi Youngsam on September 11.

Tuan noted that out of 39 countries and territories investing in Bac Ninh, theRoK is the largest FDI contributor with a total investment capital exceeding 14billion USD, significantly contributing to the province's development. Read full story./.
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