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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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Prime Minister receives Head of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan

PM Chinh told his guest that Vietnam treasures its traditional friendship and Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the Russian Federation and lauded the dynamic development of the bilateral relations across various sectors, particularly their frequent high-level exchanges and significant achievements in economic, trade, investment, cultural, tourism, and educational cooperation.

The Vietnamese delegation congratulates the Lao Embassy on the LPRP's 70th anniversary. (Photo: qdnd.vn)

Vietnamese army officer congratulates LPRP on 70th anniversary

Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army Sen. Lieut. Gen Le Quang Minh hailed the LPRP’s founding in 1955 as a historic turning point that ushered in a heroic chapter in Laos’ fight for national liberation and its efforts to build and protect the homeland.

Ambassador Vu Le Thai Hoang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (L) and Head of the Interpol’s Permanent Observer Office to the UN Floriane Bacconnier. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam eyes stronger ties with Interpol to fight transnational crime

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Vietnam and China carry out a joint border patrol. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam, China conduct joint border patrol

During the operation, the two sides met to discuss border security and other related issues. The patrol covered the section of the shared border between Marker No. 424 and Marker No. 426, ensuring the protection and integrity of the boundary markers.

Director of the Da Nang Department of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Xuan Binh speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA)

Da Nang working session strengthens Mekong – Lancang cooperation

Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Xuan Binh stressed that the cooperation mechanism, involving the six river basin nations of China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, has been a crucial framework contributing to the sustainable development of the region.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam seeks stronger French investment in transport infrastructure

At the meeting, both host and guest commended the fruitful results of bilateral transport cooperation, highlighting that Airbus has become the leading aircraft supplier to Vietnamese airlines, and the Nhon – Hanoi Station metro line’s elevated section is now in operation.

National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Le Minh Hoan (R) shakes hands with Mariam J. Sherman, World Bank Country Director for Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam eyes stronger cooperation with WB

NA Vice Chairman Le Minh Hoan desrcibed the project to develop one million hectares of high-quality and low-emission rice cultivation in the Mekong Delta as a symbol of the Vietnam – WB partnership.

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Vietnam sees Mozambique priority partner in Africa: Ambassador

Vietnam values the traditional friendship and cooperation with Mozambique, considering it a priority partner in Africa, and hopes to expand solidarity, friendship and traditional cooperation with the country for mutual benefit as well as for peace, cooperation and development in the world.

NA Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai and Vietnamese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Trinh Thi Tam meet with Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Harini Amarasuriya (R). (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam treasures friendship with Sri Lanka: NA Vice Chairman

Both sides agreed to strengthen cooperation in economy, trade, and investment, with an aim to soon reach 1 billion USD in two-way trade; consider negotiating and signing a free trade agreement soon; and promote the possibility of a direct air route to facilitate exchanges, trade, and tourism, and tap into the potential and strength of each country.

At the celebration of the International Francophonie Day on March 20 (Photo: VNA)

Ceremony honours shared values of Francophonie community

Vietnam is committed to lifelong learning through concrete policies promoting quality, equitable, and sustainable education. As part of this commitment, Vietnam has eliminated public school tuition fees starting in the 2025-2026 academic year and continues to invest in improving education quality to secure human resources for the country's new development phase.

Delegates at the meeting (Photo: VNA)

NA Chairman hopes for deeper, more substantive partnership with US

NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man emphasised the importance of exchanges and contacts at all levels, especially high level, including parliamentary engagements, and called for enhanced collaboration in such areas as economy, trade and investment, science and technology, energy, and war legacy remediation.

Party General Secretary To Lam (right) and US Senator Steven David Daines at their meeting in Hanoi on March 20 (Photo: VNA)

Party chief To Lam receives US Senator

Party General Secretary To Lam stated that economic, trade, and investment relations should remain an important pillar of the Vietnam-US relationship, along with expansion of collaboration in science and technology, innovation, energy, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture - areas where the US has strengths and Vietnam has growing demand.

Deputy PM Nguyen Chi Dung (L) and Guangdong Executive Vice Governor Zhang Hu (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam learns China's economic development models

Vietnam is interested in learning from China’s policies and experiences, particularly Guangdong's, on improving the investment climate, developing the private sector, and advancing new economic models such as free trade zones and high-tech parks, said Deputy PM Nguyen Chi Dung.

Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Minh Tam presents flowers from Party General Secretary To Lam to congratulate the 70th anniversary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam congratulates Laos on 70 years of Party leadership

Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Minh Tam congratulated the Lao People's Revolutionary Party for its great, comprehensive achievements over the past seven decades and reaffirmed Vietnam’s unwavering support for Laos’ renewal efforts.