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☀️ Morning digest February 27

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

-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh on February 26 gave the order to launch theconstruction of a road connecting Hoa Binh northern province and capital Hanoiand an expressway from Hoa Binh to Moc Chau district in neighbouring Son Laprovince.
The road has a length of about 50 kilometres, witha total investment of more than 4.12 trillion VND (173.14 million USD). It isscheduled to open to traffic in 2027.Read full text

-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh has requested basic and comprehensive reform indigital transformation to improve labour productivity and competitiveness ofenterprises and the nation, contributing to building an independent,self-reliant economy that integrates into the world extensively andeffectively.
PMChinh, who is also Chairman of the National Committee for DigitalTransformation, made the statement while chairing its 5th meeting via avideoconference on February 25.Read full text

-DeputyPrime Minister Tran Hong Ha held a working session with leaders of the Ministryof Health, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Planning and Investment,and centrally-run hospitals on February 25 to tackle difficulties regarding thepurchase of medical equipment, medicines, testing chemicals and biologicalproducts.
Ha said despite difficulties and obstacles,leaders of the Government and sectors will support the Ministry of Health, makegreater efforts and uphold the sense of responsibility of scientists, managersand medical establishments.Read full text

-DeputyPrime Minister Tran Luu Quang will lead a Vietnamese delegation to theHigh-Level Meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’s 52ndregular session in Geneva, Switzerland, from February 27 to March 2.
Thiswill be the second time Vietnam has undertaken the role of a UNHRC member afterbeing elected and successfully serving its first tenure from 2014-2016.Read full text

-Vietnamand Australia are building increasingly comprehensive, equal and reliablerelations, Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh has said.
In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency(VNA)'s resident correspondents in Australia on the occasion of the 50thanniversary of Vietnam - Australia diplomatic ties (February 26, 1973 – 2023),the ambassador said it is time for both countries to look back and recogniseefforts to develop their bilateral relations.Read full text

-TheCommunist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Dominican Republic’s United LeftMovement (MIU) signed an agreement of cooperation for the 2023-2028 period inHanoi on February 26.
The deal was inked by Le Hoai Trung, member of theCPV Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations, andMiguel Mejia, General Secretary of the MIU.Read full text

-Vietnamand the Netherlands agreed to promote cooperation in innovation and creativeagriculture during a working visit of Minister of Planning and Investment NguyenChi Dung to the European country from February 21-23.Read full text

- Ministerof Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung led a Vietnamese delegation to visitGermany from February 23 to 25, working with German departments on measures toconcretize cooperation with Europe's largest economy, especially in agricultureand innovation.
At the working session with Alina Grumpert,Director of the German Agribusiness Alliance (GAA), Dung proposed the unionsupport Vietnamese agricultural enterprises to improve their competitiveness,apply science and technology, promote innovation to improve added valueand product quality.Read full text

-Hanoibegan a tree planting project toward net zero emissions at a ceremony held inMe Linh district on February 26.
As part of the ceremony at the national specialrelic Hai Ba Trung temple, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and representativesof the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and Hanoiauthorities planted the first tree of the project. More than 1,000 mature treesworth nearly 1.5 billion VND (63,038.4 USD) was presented to the district atthe event.Read full text

-The8th Vietnam-Japan Festival kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on February 25 underthe theme of “Vietnam-Japan stand side by side towards the future, reaching outto the world”.
Chairmanof the municipal People’s Committee Phan Van Mai said the festival does notonly hold significance in cultural exchanges and bilateral cooperation, butalso plays an important role in the recovery process in the post-COVID-19pandemic period.Read full text

-Presidentof the Vietnam Basketball Federation (VBF) Nguyen Bao Hoang has been elected asPresident of the Southeast Asian Basketball Federation (SEABA) for the2023-2027 term.
Thisis good news for Vietnamese basketball as the country’s sportsare increasingly integrating with international sports in all aspects.Read full text

-Theformation of a Vietnam Town in Udon Thani province, which is hosting thelargest overseas Vietnamese community in Thailand, is an obvious developmenttrend, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh while inspectingthe Vietnam Street project in the locality on February 25.
Udon Thani is currently home to more than 60,000Vietnamese-origin people. President Ho Chi Minh once lived in the locality inthe 1920s.Read full text/.

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