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☀️ Morning digest December 15

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest December 15 ảnh 1
Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summariesreported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

–President Vo Van Thuong received visiting Deputy President of South Africa PaulMashatile in Hanoi on December 14, affirming that Vietnam attaches importanceto the partnership for cooperation and development with South Africa.
☀️ Morning digest December 15 ảnh 2President Vo Van Thuong (R) and Deputy President of South Africa Paul Mashatile at their meeting in Hanoi on December 14 (Photo: VNA)
The host stressed that his guest’s official visitfrom December 12 to 15 takes place at an important point of time, when the twocountries are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their diplomatic relations.

– PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh met with Deputy President of South Africa PaulMashatile, who is paying an official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on December 14.
☀️ Morning digest December 15 ảnh 3Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) and Deputy President of South Africa Paul Mashatile in Hanoi on December 14 (Photo: VNA)
PM Chinh affirmed that Vietnam always attachesimportance to the traditional cooperation and friendship with South Africa,which it considers one of its leading partners in Africa. Read full text 

–Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held talks with his Beninesecounterpart Olushegun Adjadi Bakari in Hanoi on December 14.
☀️ Morning digest December 15 ảnh 4Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (R) and his Beninese counterpart Olushegun Adjadi Bakari exchange the MoU on cooperation between the two foreign ministries after their talks in Hanoi on December 14. (Photo: VNA)Nhập mô tả cho ảnh
Son hailed the official visit of the BenineseForeign Minister as an important milestone in bilateral relations, contributingto creating new momentum for the Vietnam-Benin ties in the time ahead.Read full text

– Thefirst Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia border defence friendship exchange was held onDecember 14 in the tri-border area that comprises Ngoc Hoi district inVietnam’s Central Highland province of Kon Tum, Laos’ Attapeu province, andCambodia’s Ratanakiri province, as well as in Kon Tum city.
☀️ Morning digest December 15 ảnh 5Front, from right: Minister of National Defence of Vietnam General Phan Van Giang, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Laos General Chansamone Chanyalath, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Cambodia General Tea Seiha stand in front of the border marker at the border T-junction of the three countries on December 14 (Photo: VNA)
Minister of National Defence of Vietnam GeneralPhan Van Giang, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of LaosGeneral Chansamone Chanyalath, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ofNational Defence of Cambodia General Tea Seiha co-chaired the event. Read full text

- PhanDinh Trac, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for InternalAffairs, hosted a reception on December 14 for VenezuelanAgriculture and Land Minister Wilmar Castro Soteldo, who is inVietnam for the first International Rice Festival 2023.
During the meeting, Trac affirmed the consistentpolicy of the Party and State of Vietnam of attaching importance to thetraditional solidarity with the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV)and comprehensive partnership with the Latin American nation. He said Vietnamis willing to share experiences and create favourable conditions for expandingagricultural cooperation between the two countries.Read full text

–Vietnam and China have agreed to build a community with a shared future thatcarries strategic significance, striving for their peoples’ happiness and forthe peace and progress of humankind, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of ForeignAffairs Pham Thu Hang said at the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoion December 14.
According to the spokeswoman, after 15 years sincethe establishment of the two countries' comprehensive strategic cooperativepartnership, the relations between Vietnam and China as well as between theirparties have been continuously expanded and deepened. Bilateral cooperationacross fields has made significant and comprehensive progress.Read full text

–Customs clearance for import-export activities through the Na Nua – Nahuaborder gate pair in Vietnam’s northern Lang Son province and China’s Guangxiprovince was resumed from December 14 after a nearly-four-year halt due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangxi’sLongzhou county Fengbo said that the operation resumption of the border gatepair came after talks between senior leaders of China and Vietnam, aiming todeepen and elevate the China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperativepartnership, and promote the strong development of the border economies of thetwo countries and two localities.Read full text/.
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