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☀️ Morning digest December 21

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
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Hanoi (VNA) - Thefollowing is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam NewsAgency.

- The 40th meeting of the Vietnam-Cuba Inter-Governmental Committee washeld via teleconference on December 20.

Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, whois also Co-Chair of the committee, said despite the difficulties caused by theembargo and COVID-19, Cuba and Vietnam have facilitated cooperation inhealthcare, agriculture, trade, investment, construction,information-communications, education-training, science and technology. Read full story

- The 32nd annual meeting between Vietnamese and Lao border delegations washeld in the Lao city of Luang Prabang from December 19-20.

The Vietnamese delegation was led by Standing Deputy Foreign Minister NguyenMinh Vu while the Lao delegation was led by Lao Deputy Foreign Minister PhoxayKhaykhamphithoune. Read full story

- National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on December 20 chaired a conferenceon the implementation of a resolution guiding the implementation of supervisionover legal normative documents by the NA Council for Ethnic Affairs and NAcommittees. Read full story

- The first project to build a trading floor for rice and rice by-products inaccordance with Vietnam's circular economy model was officially launched onDecember 19 in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.

The project under the circular economy model is piloted by Agriculture IndexJoint Stock Company from the beginning of this month. Read full story
 
- The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) held a ceremony in Hanoion December 20 celebrating the 30th anniversary of Vietnam-Republic of Korea(RoK) diplomatic ties.

In her speech, Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan said the friendly tiesbetween Vietnam and the RoK date back to many centuries ago. Through ups anddowns in history, Vietnam and the RoK officially established their diplomaticties on December 22, 1992, opening up a new chapter in their relationship. Read full story

-  The Ho Chi Minh City ChildrenCommittee and the Save the Children organisation on December 20 launched anaction programme for children in the city until 2030.

The programme aims to ensure that children have a safe, friendly and healthyliving environment for their comprehensive development, while effectivelypreventing violence against and abuse of children; preventing and reducingchild labour, accidents and injuries; timely detecting and intervening in casesof violations of children's rights; and protecting confidential information onthe private life and personal secrets of children. Read full story

- The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Ca Mau provincial Union ofFriendship Organisations on December 20 kick-started a project on improvingclimate resilience of mangrove and agro-ecosystems and communities in thecoastal areas of the Mekong Delta.

CEO of WWF in Vietnam Van Ngoc Thinh said the project will enhance theprotection and management of mangrove forests and adopt climate changeadaptation practices in agriculture and aquaculture. Read full story./.
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