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☕ Afternoon briefing on December 12

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on December 12 ảnh 1

Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

- General Secretary of the Communist Party of China CentralCommittee and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping and hisspouse arrived in Hanoi at noon on December 12, starting their two-day statevisit to Vietnam.

☕ Afternoon briefing on December 12 ảnh 2Politburo member, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (front, right) welcomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping and his spouse at Noi Bai International Airport. (Photo: VNA)

The visit is made at the invitation of GeneralSecretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen PhuTrong and his spouse, and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vo VanThuong and his spouse. Read full story

- The Nhan dan (People) Newspaper has run an article byGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee andPresident of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping entitled "Buildinga China-Vietnam Community with a Shared Future That Carries StrategicSignificance And Writing Together a New Chapter in Our ModernisationDrive" on the thresholds of the Chinese leader’s state visit to Vietnamfrom December 12-13.

☕ Afternoon briefing on December 12 ảnh 3General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping's article entitled "Building a China-Vietnam Community on Nhan dan Newspaper. (Screenshot of Nhan dan Newspaper)

In the article, CPC General Secretary and ChinesePresident Xi wrote that he will soon pay a state visit to the SocialistRepublic of Vietnam at the invitation of General Secretary of the CommunistParty of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and President Vo VanThuong. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Cambodiancounterpart Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet on December 12 attended theVietnam-Cambodia investment and trade promotion forum within the framework ofthe latter’s official visit to Vietnam.

☕ Afternoon briefing on December 12 ảnh 4Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet speaks at the forum. (Photo: VNA)

Addressing the forum, Chinh stressed that ampleroom remains for Vietnam and Cambodia to boost their economic and trade ties,and called on businesses to continue their investment, contributing toconsolidating and enhancing the traditional friendship between the twocountries. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and visiting Cambodian PrimeMinister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet on December 12 had aconversation with lecturers and students of the Foreign Trade University (FTU),one of the high-quality human resources training centre of Vietnam which hastrained many Cambodian students.

☕ Afternoon briefing on December 12 ảnh 5Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (left) and Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet visit the Foreign Trade University in Hanoi on December 12. (Photo: VNA)

Chinh highlighted the close attachment, solidarityand cooperation between the two Parties, States and peoples, and expressed hishope that the youth of Vietnam and Cambodia will always remember the sacrificeby generations of Vietnamese and Cambodians for independence and freedom ofeach country as well as the friendship and solidarity between the two nations. Read full story

- The upgrade of the Vietnam - US relations to acomprehensive strategic partnership for peace, cooperation, and sustainabledevelopment will create a new impetus and an open corridor for furtherpromoting bilateral ties in the future, said Vietnamese Ambassador to the USNguyen Quoc Dung.

☕ Afternoon briefing on December 12 ảnh 6Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung grants an interview to the Vietnam News Agency. (Photo: VNA)

In an interview granted to the Vietnam NewsAgency, he noted that since the two countries established their comprehensivepartnership in 2013, bilateral relations have enjoyed breakthrough progress,generating many benefits for both peoples and contributing to peace,cooperation, and development in the region and the world. Read full story

- Substantive cooperation between China and Vietnam as wellas the two countries’ relations are standing before more opportunities thanchallenges, according to Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo.

☕ Afternoon briefing on December 12 ảnh 7Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo (Photo: VNA)

Xiong Bo made the assessment at his interviewgranted to the press on the threshold of the state visit to Vietnam by GeneralSecretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) andPresident of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping on December 12-13. Read full story

- Senior Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang, DeputyChief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, received in Hanoi onDecember 11 a delegation from Japan’s Ministry of Defense, Japan Self-DefenseForces (JSDF) and Sasakawa Peace Foundation led by Major General Shirai Ryoji,Director of the Department of Personnel and Training at the General Staff ofthe Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

☕ Afternoon briefing on December 12 ảnh 8Senior Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, receives a delegation from Japan’s Ministry of Defense, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and Sasakawa Peace Foundation in Hanoi. (Photo: qdnd.vn)

At the reception, Thang highly appreciated theeffective support of Japan’s Ministry of Defense and the JSDF throughprogrammes on capacity enhancement, post-war consequence overcoming and marinesecurity./. Read full story

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