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☕ Afternoon briefing on June 26

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on June 26 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s eventsas reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

- Chinese Premier Li Qiang chaired an official welcome ceremony for VietnamesePrime Minister Pham Minh Chinh who is on an official visit to the country. Afterthe welcome ceremony, the two government leaders held talks. Read full story

- Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang discussedmeasures to further promote the relations between the Parties and States ofVietnam and China during their meeting in Beijing on June 25.

Son, who is accompanying Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on an official visit toChina, underlined that Vietnam attaches great importance to developing thecomprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China, which is a toppriority in Vietnam’s external policy of independence, self-reliance,multilateralisation and diversification of foreign relations. Read full story

- President of the Swiss National Council Martin Candinas’s official visit toVietnam from June 27-30 is to strengthen the good cooperation between the twocountries, and consolidate the good relationship between their two legislativebodies, Swiss Ambassador Thomas Gass told the Vietnam News Agency on the thresholdof the visit. Read full story

- Since Vietnam and Indonesia set up their strategic partnership on June 27,2013, the bilateral relations have been growing in a strong, comprehensive andsteady manner, Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong in an interviewgranted to Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of theVietnam-Indonesia strategic partnership, the diplomat. Read full story
 
- Officials of Vietnam and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)have voiced support for stronger cooperation in ASEAN to improve the access ofmigrants, especially transboundary ones, to healthcare services.

An international conference was held in Hanoi on June 26 by the VietnameseMinistry of Health and the ASEAN Secretariat with support from the IOM and theWorld Health Organisation (WHO). It attracted over 160 officials, experts, andscholars from ASEAN member countries who attended both in person and viavideoconference. Read full story

- The sabotage arguments by hostile forces, the “bullets” intended to drive awedge into the great national solidarity, failed to pierce through the firmshield of the truth and people’s solidarity.

The armed attacks on the headquarters of the People’s Committees of Ea Tieu andEa Ktur communes of Cu Kuin district, the Central Highlands province Dak Lak,early on June 11 caused heavy human losses and negatively affected localsecurity and order. As soon as the incidents happened, much wrongful anddistorted information has also emerged on social networks andVietnamese-language versions of foreign newswires. Read full story

- The Vietnam Logistics Business Association (VLA) will host the 2023Asia-Pacific Regional Annual Meeting of the International Federation of FreightForwarders Associations (FIATA) and the mid-year meeting of the ASEAN FreightForwarders Association (AFFA) in the central city of Da Nang from July 13 to15.

The event provides opportunities for Vietnamese logistics and export companiesto meet and exchange experiences with world partners in the development oflogistics services in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Read full story

- The period of strong volatility of the US dollar has ended, and the USD/VNDexchange rate in the last six months of 2023 will remain stable, experts haveforecast. Read full story

- The Republic of Korea’s Doosan Group said it is eyeing to expand eco-friendlyenergy investment in Vietnam as one of the future strategies that it is aimingat the potential clean energy market in the Southeast Asian country.

Doosan Enerbility company has signed agreements with three companies operatingthermal power plants in Vietnam to promote an environmentally friendly fuelconversion project. The signing ceremony was held within the frame work of thejust-concluded state visit to Vietnam by the RoK’s President Suk Yeol. Read full story

- A series of events were held in the French city of Saint Herblain over theweekend, aiming to promote the Vietnamese culture to the French. The eventsincluded an international exhibit and workshops presenting paintings byVietnamese children as well as those by their friends from 20 other countries.They also featured a collection by young artist Thao Nguyen of Hoi An ancienttown. Read full story

- Black Pink, the Republic of Korea’s girl group phenomenon, is storming Hanoiat My Dinh stadium for two nights on July 29 and 30. The announcement wasunveiled on their fanpage and official website. Tickets will be up for sale onJuly 7 at ticketbox.vn. Read full story./.
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