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☀️ Morning digest December 4

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest December 4 ảnh 1

Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.

-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse and the Vietnamese delegation arrived inHanoi late December 3, concluding their working trip to attend the WorldClimate Action Summit within the framework of the 28th Conference of theParties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), bilateralactivities in the UAE and pay an official visit to Turkey from November 29 toDecember 3.

☀️ Morning digest December 4 ảnh 2At the see-off ceremony for PM Pham Minh Chinh in the UAE (Photo: VNA) 

Duringthe five-day trip to the UAE and Turkey, the PM attended around 60 activitiesboth bilateral and multilateral. Besides participating in and speaking atconferences and events within COP28, he held bilateral meetings and workingsessions with more than 30 leaders of countries, international organistions andworld leading enterprises. He also met with leaders of the UAE and Turkey, andattended bilateral conferences and forums with the two countries.Read full text

-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 1 announced aResource Mobilisation Plan to implement the political declaration onestablishing a Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) between Vietnam andthe International Partnership Group (IPG), on the occasion of his attending theCOP28 in Dubai, the UAE.

☀️ Morning digest December 4 ảnh 3PM Pham Minh Chinh (centre) presents the Resource Mobilisation Plan to EC President Ursula von der Leyen and the UK Government representative. (Photo: VNA)

The announcement ceremony took place in thepresence of President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen,ministers and high-level representatives of many IPG member states includingthe UK, Japan, Germany, Italy, Canada, Denmark, the Vice Chair of the GlasgowFinancial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), along with leaders of some internationalorganisations, financial institutions and funds.Read full text

-The PM attended the Group of 77 (G77) summit on climatechange in Dubai on December 2 (local time), as part of the 28th Conference ofthe Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changethere.
The event was chaired by President MiguelDiaz-Canel Bermudez of Cuba, which holds the 2023 chairmanship of G77 – a groupof developing countries. It saw the presence of UN Secretary-General AntonioGuterres, and leaders and representatives of 134 member states of G77 andinternational organisations.Read full text

-PM Chinh called on the international community tostrengthen solidarity, take drastic and effective actions, and make greaterefforts for the prosperous development of humankind while addressing the WorldClimate Action Summit within the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) inDubai, the UAE, on December 2. 

☀️ Morning digest December 4 ảnh 4 PM Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the World Climate Action Summit (Photo: VNA)

The Vietnamese leader expressed his concern overthe increasingly serious impacts of climate change amid the big gap betweenclimate commitments and actions, and dispersed resources for climate changeresponse due to competition, separation, war and conflict.Read full text

-Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on December 1held talks with Politburo member, Director of the Office of the Communist Partyof China (CPC) Central Committee’s Commission for Foreign Affairs and Ministerof Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, who is in Vietnam for co-chairing the 15th Meetingof the Vietnam-China Steering Committee for  Bilateral Cooperation.

☀️ Morning digest December 4 ảnh 5Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Politburo member, Minister of Foreign Affairs of 
China Wang Yi at their talks in Hanoi on December 1. (Photo: VNA)

The two sides compared notes on the Vietnam-Chinarelations and measures to further promote the coordination role of the twoforeign ministries in implementing high-level common perceptions andresults reached at the 15th Meeting of the Vietnam-China SteeringCommittee for Bilateral Cooperation; and continue deepening thebilateral relations, thus contributing to peace, cooperation and development inthe region and the world.Read full text

-The 15th Meeting of the Vietnam-China SteeringCommittee for Bilateral Cooperation was held in Hanoi on December 1under the co-chair of Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang andPolitburo member, Director of the Communist Party of China (CPC) CentralCommittee’s Foreign Affairs Commission Office and Minister of Foreign AffairsWang Yi.
At the meeting, the two sides reviewed newdevelopment steps in the bilateral relations since the 14th meeting in July2022, agreeing that the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperativepartnership has maintained a positive development momentum and achieved manyimportant results.Read full text

-The 13th National Congress of the Vietnam GeneralConfederation of Labour (VGCL) for the 2023-2028 tenure opened in Hanoi onDecember 2, bringing together 1,100 delegates representing more than 11 milliontrade union members nationwide.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong,President Vo Van Thuong and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, alongwith many senior Party, State and Government officials joined representativesof big corporations and economic groups, and international delegates at theevent.Read full text 

-Adelegation from the Foreign Ministry led by Deputy Minister Le Thi Thu Hangpaid a visit to Cambodia from November 30 to December 3 to strengthencooperation and friendship between Vietnam and Cambodia.
Withinthe framework of the visit, the delegation made a courtesy call to PermanentSecretary of State of Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and InternationalCooperation Sea Kosal and Permanent Secretary of State of Cambodia’s Ministryof Interior Mao Chandara; and had meetings with Secretary of State ofCambodia’s Ministry of Interior Keat Chantharith and Deputy Governor of PhnomPenh Nuon Pharat.Read full text

-Vietnam haswon the World’s Leading Heritage Destination 2023 title of the World TravelAwards for the fourth time so far, reported the Vietnam National Authority ofTourism (VNAT).
The award presentation ceremony recently tookplace in Dubai.
Together with the title obtained in 2019, 2020,and 2022, this time’s award shows the globally outstanding values andattractiveness of the country’s cultural heritage to the internationalcommunity, the authority said.Read full text

-Vietjet Airhas inaugurated a new route connecting Ho Chi Minh City and China’s Shanghai,facilitating convenient and easy travel for both residents and tourists.
Vietjet’s Ho Chi Minh City - Shanghai routeoperates with seven round trips per week, with a flight time of just over 4hours per leg.Read full text/.

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