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☕ Afternoon briefing on June 2

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on June 2 ảnh 1

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

-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh extended congratulations to Buddhist dignitaries,monks, nuns and followers on the occasion of Lord Buddha's 2567th birthday(Vesak day), while visiting Quan Su Pagoda, the headquarters of the CentralCommittee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), in Hanoi on June 2.
The Government leader highlighted Buddhism’scompanionship with Vietnam over the past nearly 2,000 years, saying thereligion has played an important part in the spiritual and cultural life ofVietnamese people.Read full text

-Asone of the countries most affected by natural disasters and climate change,Vietnam always attaches importance to fulfilling global commitments to disasterrisk reduction, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Vietnam's Permanent Representativeto the United Nations (UN), has said.
Addressing a high-level meeting on the mid-termreview of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, which washeld in New York on May 18 and 31, Giang noted that Vietnam advocates shiftingfrom passive response to proactive prevention.Read full text

-AustralianPrime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit from June 3-4 is expected to furtherpromote the sound relations between the two countries in all fields, includingpeacekeeping, education and training.
This is the first official visit to Vietnam byAnthony Albanese since taking office and only two months after the state visitby Australian Governor-General, showing Australia's great attention to theSoutheast Asian nation.Read full text

-USTexas Tech University’s Vietnam Centre and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive hashanded over a collection of diaries and letters of Vietnamese soldiers, mostlyof those who had died during the wartime in Vietnam, to their families andrelatives at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 2.
According to the organiser - the “Trai tim Nguoilinh Viet Nam” (The Heart of Vietnamese Soldiers) organisation, the collectioncomprises five diaries and 30 letters written during the war. It is part of theVietnam War Legacy project implemented by the Vietnam Centre and Sam JohnsonVietnam Archive.Read full text

-RaffaeleCattaneo, deputy minister in charge of international relations of Italy’sLombardia region, called Vietnam a “diamond” of Asia and an attractivedestination for Lombardia enterprises while speaking at a recent business andinvestment forum in Milan.
Lombardia’s export revenue to the Southeast Asiannation last year reached 2.5 billion USD, accounting for nearly 40% of thetotal trade value between the two countries, Cattaneo told the forum.
He noted that Vietnam’s renewable energydevelopment strategy will offer golden opportunities to Lombardia firms.Read full text

-NineVietnamese universities have been listed in the THE Impact Rankings 2023released by the Times Higher Education (THE) on June 1.
In2022, seven Vietnamese universities were listed in the ranking while only fourand two were named in the list in 2021 and 2020, respectively.Read full text

-The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has selected thenorthern province of Ninh Binh, home to the UNESCO-recognised Trang AnLandscape Complex, to organise a training course on environmental protection inthe field of culture, sports and tourism.
The course responds to World Environment Day 2023(June 5) themed Solutions to Plastic Pollution, with a focus on solutions toplastic pollution under the campaign #BeatPlasticPollution.Read full text/.

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