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☀️ Morning digest August 8

The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest August 8 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries lastweekend by the Vietnam News Agency.

☀️ Morning digest August 8 ảnh 2Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits Terminal S8 on Cau Giay street of the Nhon-Hanoi Station urban railway. (Photo: VNA)
- Elevated sections of the urban railway from Nhon to Hanoi Station must becompleted before December 31, 2022 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at ameeting with contractors and leaders of concerned ministries and Hanoi onAugust 7. Read full story

- Ngoc Linh ginseng deserves the "National treasure" title, and it isnecessary to strongly promote the role of this treasure in improving people'slivelihoods, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said when attending a workshop seekingways to developing this kind of ginseng into a national brand in the centralprovince of Quang Nam on August 6. Read full story

-  Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thaohas pledged to make more contributions to the progress and development ofinternational law, for peace, friendship, cooperation and sustainabledevelopment in the world.

☀️ Morning digest August 8 ảnh 3Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao (Photo: VNA)
Speaking at the 73rd session of the International Law Commission (ILC) onAugust 5, the ambassador, on behalf of the Asian States regional group, spokehighly of efforts by the commission as well as its contributions and support todeveloping countries. Read full story

- Vietnam and Israel have made progress during the recently eleventh round ofnegotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries. Read full story

- The Vietnamese Embassy in Morocco and Côte d'Ivoire has recently collaboratedwith the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency andthe Côte d'Ivoire Chamber of Commerce and Industry to organise a webinarconnecting businesses of the two countries, and introducing the Vietnamesemarket. Read full story

- Scientists at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)’s NationalInstitute of Virology (NIV) in Pune are training experts from Vietnam, Myanmar,Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand totackle monkeypox amidst escalating concerns over the disease.

As part of India’s response to protecting its population from the new threat,NIV scientists are training their counterparts in these countries on testing,clinical symptoms, case definitions, sample collection, and equipment requiredfor testing. Read full story

- A breast milk bank, the largest of its kind in Vietnam, was inaugurated atHung Vuong Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on August 6.

The facility with a total investment capital of 6 billion VND (256,500 USD) isable to pasteurise 62 litres of milk per day. Read full story

- Vietnam claimed 183 medals, including 65 golds, 62 silvers and 56 bronzes,ranking third on the medal table at the 11th ASEAN Para Games, which concludedin Surakarta, Indonesia, on August 6.

☀️ Morning digest August 8 ảnh 4Vietnamese national flags are raised at a medal ceremony of the 11th ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia. (Photo: VNA)
It was the highest number of medals Vietnam has ever achieved since it hostedthe Games in 2003. The Vietnamese team initially set a target to gain 35 – 40gold medals at the regional games. Read full story./.
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The seminar is held in Hanoi on March 27 with theme "Vietnam - Indonesia Towards 2045: Strengthening Partnership, Expanding Cooperation, and Deepening Friendship". (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam, Indonesia strengthen partnership, friendship

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) welcomes Austrian Ambassador to Vietnam Philipp Agathonos in Hanoi on March 26 evening. (Photo: VNA)

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) and Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (L) witness the exchange of the cooperation agreement between the Vietnam-Singapore Friendship Association and the Singapore International Foundation. (Photo: VNA)

Singaporean PM concludes official visit to Vietnam

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mbassador Tran Duc Binh, Director of the ASEAN Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam strengthens efforts to advance women, peace, and security agenda

The diplomat underscored the significance and importance of the United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 1325 on WPS, adopted in 2000, and its related resolutions. He stressed the need to ensure women’s participation and gender incorporation in every stage of the peace process.

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Militia must develop into well-structured, high-quality force: State President

President Cuong highlighted the Militia and Self-Defence Force's 90-year journey, from a grassroots paramilitary group to an essential component of the Vietnam People’s Armed Forces. It has always excellently completed its tasks, making great contributions to the cause of national liberation and reunification in the past and the process of Fatherland building and safeguarding.