☀️ Morning digest February 9

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

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

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse met with theVietnamese Embassy's staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community inSingapore on February 8 evening (local time) right after arriving in the islandstate for a three-day official visit.

PM Pham Minh Chinh meets with representatives of the Vietnamese community. (Photo: VNA)

At present, the Vietnamese community in Singapore now has over15,000 people, including around 9,000 students, 2,000 intellectuals and 2,000workers. Read full story

- Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Huehas sent letters expressing his deepest sympathy to Speaker of the GrandNational Assembly of Turkey Mustafa Sentop, Speaker of the People's Council ofSyria Hammouda Youssef Sabbagh, legislatures and people of the two countriesover serious damage caused by the recent devastating earthquake there.

In his letters sent on February 8, Chairman Hueexpressed his belief that the Turkish and Syrian States and people willovercome this difficult and challenging period soon, and stabilise theirsocio-economic lives. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Bruneifrom February 10-11 is expected to open up more cooperation opportunitiesbetween the two countries.

Trade between Vietnam and Brunei has yet to match their potential. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam and Brunei established their diplomaticties in 1992 and upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive partnershipduring a State visit to Vietnam by Sultan Darussalam in March 2019. However,the two-way trade has yet to match potential of the two countries. Read full story

- The German Government has stated that it highly valuesdevelopment cooperation with Vietnam, highlighting the efficiency and qualityof bilateral coordination.

In reply to German lawmakers’ questions aboutbilateral development cooperation, the German Government said it has chosenVietnam as one of the eight global partners, along with Brazil, China, India,Indonesia, Mexico, Peru and South Africa, which altogether account for 45% ofthe global population. Read full story

- The State Treasury raised 32.8 trillion VND (1.39 billion USD)worth of Government bonds, or 96.56% of the total G-bonds on offer, via eightauctions on the Hanoi Stock Exchange during January.

The figure was equivalent to 30.4% of the first-quarter issuanceplan and 8.21% of the annual target.Read full story

- Domestic internet service providers said onFebruary 7 that the Network Operation Center (NOC) Services announced therepairs scheduled for three broken undersea cables that have resulted inslowed connections in Vietnam in the last few weeks.

Four out of five submarine internetcables connecting Vietnam and the world are simultaneously seeing issues,an unprecedented occurrence./.Read full story


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