Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
-Under the chair of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, the NA Standing Committee wrapped up its 22nd meeting after two days of sitting in Hanoi on April 11.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, NA Chairman Hue said the committee has completed all agenda, including three contents to submit to the fifth meeting of the 15th legislature.Read full text
-President Vo Van Thuong and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived in Hanoi in the afternoon of April 11, wrapping up their two-day official visit to Laos at the invitation of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President Thongloun Sisoulith.
During the trip, President Thuong engaged in 18 activities in Vientiane with specific results, creating a new impetus for Vietnam-Laos cooperation across the board, contributing to realising high-level agreements reached by the two Parties and countries, especially the Vietnam-Laos cooperation strategy agreement for the 2021-2030 period and the Vietnam-Laos Bilateral Cooperation Agreement for 2021-2025.Read full text
-President Vo Van Thuong’s official visit to Laos on April 10 and 11 has contributed to creating a new impetus for cooperation between the two countries in 2023 across all key fields, from politics and diplomacy to security, economy, education and training, science and technology, culture, sports and tourism on the basis of the effective implementation of their high-level agreements, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has said.
Son made the statement while talking to the press on the outcomes of the trip, the first to a foreign country by the President since he took office. He considered the visit ‘special and meaningful in many aspects’, demonstrating Vietnam’s consistent policy of attaching importance and giving the highest priority to the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Laos.Read full text
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 11 suggested the Ministry of Health (MoH) assign capable medical facilities to build medicine centres in six socio-economic regions nationwide, which will serve others when needed.
The leader made the suggestion during his unexpected trip to inspect the implementation of Resolution No. 30/NQ-CP on medical procurement, and Decree No. 07/2003/ND-CP on medical equipment management at health facilities in Hanoi.Read full text
-Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet, on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 11 for Regional Representative for Asia - Pacific of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) Edgar Doerig who came to present his credentials.
Viet expressed his belief that in the new position, Doerig will make further contributions to fine cooperation between Vietnam as well as French-speaking countries in the region and the OIF.Read full text
-Secretary of the Party Committee of Hanoi Dinh Tien Dung received Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo on April 11, during which the host proposed multi-faceted cooperation between the capital city and Chinese localities.
The Hanoi official appreciated the active support of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam, as well as the ambassador in promoting friendly relations and cooperation between Hanoi and Beijing.Read full text
-The Korean Medical Devices Industry Association (KMDIA) and the Korea International Exhibition Centre (KINTEX) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) plan to hold the K-Med Expo Vietnam 2023, a medical equipment exhibition, in Ho Chi Minh City from June 15-17.
Up to now, a total of 150 companies, including Korean medical equipment and foreign companies, have registered for the event.Read full text
-The Ha Long Carnival 2023 festival, themed “Ha Long Dance – Harmony of Five Continents”, will open with a low-altitude fireworks display at 8pm on Vo Nguyen Giap street, the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 1.
It will be the 15th year the festival has been held, kicking off the summer tourism season of Ha Long city and other localities in the province with cultural, art, sport and tourism activities, said Vice Chairman of the Ha Long municipal People’s Committee and deputy head of the organising board Nguyen Ngoc Son on April 11.Read full text/.
