Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
-Chairmanof the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue on August 4 left Hanoi for the44th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-44) andofficial visits to Indonesia and Iran.
Taking place from August 4 to 10, his trip is madeat the invitations of Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives andAIPA President Puan Maharani; and Speaker of the Iranian Consultative AssemblyMohammad Baqer Qalibaf.Read full text
-The visual identity, logo, website, and official trailer ofthe 9th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians were announced at aceremony in Hanoi on August 3.
Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong DinhHue attended the event and pressed the symbolic button for the launch of thevisual identity and the logo.Read full text
-National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on August 3 sent amessage of congratulations to the new Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore,Seah Kian Peng.
Seah Kian Peng was sworn in as the 11th Speaker ofthe Singaporean Parliament on August 2.Read full text
-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh assigned specific tasks to ministries, agencies,localities and businesses to tackle obstacles in real estate market developmentat a teleconference in Hanoi on August 3 that reviewed the implementation ofthe Government’s Resolution No. 33/NQ-CP on a number of solutions to boost thereal estate market's development.
Asdifficulties are forecast ahead for the country, the region and the world, thePM said the priority will continue to be given to stabilising macro-economy,curbing inflation, ensuring major balances of the economy, propelling economicgrowth while managing public and Government debts, budget overspending, whichwill lay a foundation for the development of real estate market.Read full text
-Vietnamstrongly protests to China's inclusion of a part of Hoang Sa in itsmilitary exercise in the East Sea and demands that China respect Vietnam'ssovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel), affirmed Spokesperson of the Ministry ofForeign Affairs Pham Thu Hang at the ministry’s regular press conference onAugust 3.Read full text
-Theact of damaging the national flag of Vietnam is an insult to the feelings ofthe Vietnamese people and must be strongly condemned, said Vietnamese ForeignMinistry’s spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang.
She made the statement during the ministry’sregular press conference in Hanoi on August 3 in reply to reporters’ questionregarding Vietnam’s response to an incident on August 1 when a group ofFilipinos held a protest and tore down the Vietnamese flag in front of theVietnamese Embassy in Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.Read full text
-Chairmanof the National Assembly (NA)’s Committee for External Relations Vu Hai Ha onAugust 3 expressed his hope that the Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam will workclosely with relevant Vietnamese agencies to hold celebrations for the 50thanniversary of Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s visit to Vietnam and the southernVietnam liberated zone in the central province of Quang Tri.
ReceivingAmbassador Nicolás Hernández Guillén in Hanoi, Ha, who is also Chairman of theVietnam-Cuba Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group and Chairman of the Vietnam-CubaFriendship Association, said these activities will contribute to educatingyoung generations about the traditional friendship between the two fraternalcountries.Read full text
-Ministerof Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held a phone talk with his counterpart fromBenin Olushegun Adjadi Bakari on August 3, assuring that Vietnam always valuesand wishes to foster its traditional friendship and cooperation with theAfrican country.
Son stressed that there remains a huge room forbilateral cooperation so that both sides need to step up bilateral economicties.Read full text
-AllVietnamese nationals in Niger are safe, and the Vietnamese Embassy is activelyimplementing measures to protect the citizens, according to Nguyen Viet Son,first secretary in charge of consular and citizen protection affairs at theembassy, given the tense situation in the African country following the July 26military coup.
The diplomat said the embassy has been closelymonitoring the situation and maintaining regular contact with two Vietnameseindividuals and one Vietnamese-Niger family residing in Niger. No cases ofVietnamese citizens facing danger have been reported so far.Read full text
-AVietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of National Defence Lieut. Sen.Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien attended the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials' Meeting Plus(ADSOM ) in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 3, with 10 ASEAN member states and 8dialogue partner countries taking part.
Inhis keynote speech, Deputy Minister Chien said the region and the world arefacing a series of security challenges, both traditional and non-traditional,notably those concerning maritime security. These challenges are occurring inmany places and cause severe consequences that go beyond the capacity of asingle nation to handle, thus requiring the international community to joinhands to address them.Read full text
-Vietnameseairlines’ on-time performance (OTP) reached 88.3% in the first five months ofthis year, down 2 percentage points year-on-year, reported the Civil AviationAuthority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Therewere 13,762 delayed flights, accounting for 11.7% of the total and increasing 2percentage points compared to the same period last year. On the other hand, 380flights were cancelled, making up 0.32% and down 0.554 percentage pointsannually.Read full text/.
