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☀️ Morning digest September 15

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest September 15 ảnh 1

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

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead a high-rankingVietnamese delegation to attend the General Debate of the 78th session of theUnited Nations General Assembly, conduct bilateral activities in the US and payan official visit to Brazil from September 17-26, according to the Ministry ofForeign Affairs.

The PM's visit to Brazil will be made at the invitation ofPresident Lula da Silva. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has told LaoMinister of Planning and Investment Khamchen Vongphosy that Vietnam alwaysattaches great importance to and give the highest priority to maintaining anddeveloping its special relationship with Laos, considering it as a valuableasset with an important role in the revolutionary cause in each country.

☀️ Morning digest September 15 ảnh 2Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) shakes hands with Lao Minister of Planning and Investment Khamchen Vongphosy. (Photo: VNA) 

Receiving Khamchen, who is also head of theCommittee for Laos-Vietnam Cooperation in Hanoi on September 14, PM Chinhasked the two Ministries of Planning and Investment and the two cooperationcommittees to work more closely together and urge other ministries, sectors andlocalities to actively promote their collaboration mechanisms, whilestrengthening the efficiency of the cooperation committee mechanism. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted areception in Hanoi on September 14 for outgoing Lao Ambassador to VietnamSengphet Houngboungnuang.

☀️ Morning digest September 15 ảnh 3Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) and Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuang. (Photo: VNA)

PM Chinh congratulated Houngboungnuang on hisexcellent performance during the tenure and the honour of being awardedVietnam’s first-class Labour Order in recognition of his importantcontributions to fostering Vietnam-Laos great friendship, special solidarityand comprehensive cooperation. Read full story

- National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hosted areception in Hanoi on September 14 for President of the Inter-ParliamentaryUnion (IPU) Duarte Pacheco, IPU Secretary-General Martin Chungong,President of the IPU Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians DanCarden, and President of the Bureau of Women Parliamentarians CynthiaLopez Castro.

☀️ Morning digest September 15 ảnh 4National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (fifth from left) and delegates at the reception. (Photo: VNA) 

Hue affirmed that the Vietnamese NA highly values the roleplayed by the IPU - a prestigious multilateral organisation in the world thatoperates with the goals of peace, cooperation, development, democracy, humanrights, gender equality, progress and social justice. Read full story

- Politburo member and Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lammet with Chen Wenqing, Politburo member and Secretary of the Political andLegal Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) CentralCommittee, in Beijing on September 14. 

☀️ Morning digest September 15 ảnh 5Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam (L) and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission Chen Wenqing. (Photo: VNA)

Chen hailed the outcomes of cooperation between law enforcementagencies of China with Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security and wished that inthe near future, both sides would continue stepping up cooperation in areas ofstrength, particularly in the fight against crimes, to implement commonperceptions reached by leaders of the two Parties and further reinforcing theircooperative ties. Read full story   

- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will partnerclosely with ministries, agencies and localities to work with the US’s agenciesand localities to specify cooperation areas mentioned in the Joint Leaders'Statement on elevating the Vietnam-US ties to a comprehensive strategicpartnership for peace, cooperation and sustainable development, said theministry’s spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang. 

She made the statement during a regular pressconference in Hanoi on September 14, in response to reporters’ queries aboutthe ministry’s activities to help Vietnamese firms navigate the US market inorder to implement the joint statement. Read full story

- Vietnam welcomes initiatives to promoteregional economic connection and cooperation on the basis of ensuring theprinciples of equality, cooperation, mutual benefit and mutualrespect, in accordance with international law and the UN Chapter, towardscontributing to the common development and prosperity of all countries, ForeignMinistry spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang said on September 14. 

Responding to reporters’queries regarding cooperation between Vietnam and China within theframework of the Belt and Road Initiative in recent years at theministry’s regular press conference, Hang informed that Minister of Planningand Investment Nguyen Chi Dung attended the 8th Belt and Road Summit held inHong Kong, China on September 13 - 14. Read full story

- Vietnam always rolls out red carpet forforeign investors, including those from Hong Kong (China) to invest in thecountry in the spirit of “harmonising interests and sharing risks”, Minister ofPlanning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said while attending the 8th Belt andRoad Summit held in Hong Kong on September 13.

Describing the Vietnam – China cooperation withinthe Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) significant to bolstering regionalconnectivity, Dung said that his ministry and China’s National Development andReform Commission are accelerating negotiations for the plan to connect the“Two Corridors, One Belt” initiative with the BRI. Read full story

- The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on September 14 held theawarding ceremony for the sixth annual press photo contest titled “Khoanh KhacVang” (Golden Moment), as part of the celebrations for its 78th foundinganniversary (September 15, 1945 - 2023).

☀️ Morning digest September 15 ảnh 6VNA General Director and Chairwoman of the Award Council Vu Viet Trang (R) presents the special prize to a representative of author Nguyen Tien Anh Tuan. (Photo: VNA)

Speaking at the event, VNA General Director andChairwoman of the Award Council Vu Viet Trang said, with the values of photoinformation in press activities, VNA in its capacity as the national key pressagency launched the contest named “Khoanh Khac Vang” (Golden Moment)./. Read full story

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