Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
-President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met Speaker of the House ofRepresentatives of Indonesia Puan Maharani on December 22, as part of theVietnamese leader’s ongoing State visit to Indonesia.
The President congratulated Indonesia on its successful organisation of the G20Parliamentary Speakers' Summit (P20), helping it outstandingly perform the G2Presidency in 2022.Read full story
-PresidentPhuc expressed his hope that the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce andIndustry (KADIN) will encourage Indonesian businesses to pour more investmentsinto Vietnam, in his meeting with KADIN Chairman Arsjad Rasjid in Jakarta onDecember 23.
Lauding cooperation activities of the KADINChairman and Indonesian businesses in the fields of trade and investment, thevisiting leader said they have significantly contributed to collaborationbetween Vietnam and Indonesia, especially in 2023 when the two countries markthe 10th anniversary of the bilateral strategic partnership.Read full story
-Vietnamattaches special importance to its relations with ASEAN in its foreign policy,and exerts efforts to actively contribute to building a strong and united ASEANand to uphold its central role in the regional security structure, PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed on December 23.
Talking to ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoiand Ambassadors and Chargé d’Affaires of member states at the ASEAN Secretariatheadquarters in Jakarta, President Phuc, now on a State visit to Indonesia,said that over the past years, despite the complicated and unpredictabledevelopments of the international and regional situations, a united ASEAN hasstood firm, matured, and grown stronger and stronger, with its reputationincreasing, and its central role in the international arena confirmed.Read full story
-PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc received Budiarsa Sastrawinata, President of the Indonesia -Vietnam Friendship Association, on December 23, within the framework of hisState visit to Indonesia.
President Phuc appreciated contributions by theassociation, including Sastrawinata personally who is also Managing Director ofCiputra Group, to promoting the two countries’ friendship.Read full story
-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh has asked Samsung to consider Vietnam its importantand global strategic base in terms of production, research and development.
He made the request when attending an inaugurationceremony for Samsung R&D Centre in Hanoi on December 23.
Built from March 2020 at a total cost of 200million USD, the 16-storey facility sits on a site of over 11,603 sq.m,becoming the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia and one of the 18 SamsungR&D Centres across the world.Read full story
-TheMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea (RoK) hosted a banquet inSeoul on December 22 evening to mark the 30th founding anniversary ofVietnam-RoK diplomatic relations.
Foreign Minister Park Jin said that over the past30 years, the two countries have achieved encouraging cooperation results invarious fields thanks to joint efforts of the two governments and peoples,calling this a firm foundation for bilateral relations in the future.Read full story
-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh on December 23 chaired a teleconference of the NationalSteering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control with leaders of 63provinces and centrally-run cities.
He said the meeting aimed to review the COVID-19prevention and control performance and set out tasks to control the pandemicand other infectious diseases in the New Year holidays to “not leave anyonebehind”.Read full story
-Vietnamis expected to surpass Japan to become the third largest trade partner of theRepublic of Korea (RoK), just behind China and the US, according to thenewswire world.kbs.co.kr.
It quoted the Federation of Korean Industries(FKI)’s analysis of investment and trade changes between the two nations duringthe 1992-2021 period as saying that the RoK’s trade surplus with Vietnam grewsteadily from 300 million USD in 1992 to an estimated 31.3 billion USD in 2022,making Vietnam almost certainly exceed the US to become the top surplus partner.Read full story
-Politburomember, Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Manwished Catholic dignitaries and followers in the central province of ThuaThien-Hue a merry Christmas, while visiting the Archdiocese of Hue on December23.
Man hailed the solidarity and consensus of ThuaThien – Hue’s people which has been significantly contributed by religiousorganisations.Read full story
-Hanoi'sDepartment of Tourism has estimated that 18.7 million tourists visited thecapital city in 2022, 4.7 times higher than the figure of 2021 and equal to64.7% of the number in 2019 – the year before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.
Thetotal number included 1.5 million foreign holidaymakers and 17.2 milliondomestic visitors, the department said.Read full story
-The Vietnam CulinaryCulture Association (VCCA) announced 121 typical Vietnamese dishes for 2022 ata ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on December 22.
The dishes including 47 from the north, 37 fromthe central region and 37 from southern localities.
The dishes were selected basing on their culturalvalues, history, quality, as well as production, processing, preservation andcirculation technology, and economic values.Read full story/.
