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☀️ Morning digest January 19

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency. ​
☀️ Morning digest January 19 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected newssummaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

- The Vietnamese Government always values thedevelopment of traditional friendship with Portugal, Prime Minister Pham MinhChinh told Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Joao Gomes Cravinho during areception in Hanoi on January 18.

PM Chinh suggested both sides facilitate visits,especially those at high level to raise mutual understanding and politicaltrust, as well as fully and effectively tap existing cooperation mechanisms andbuild new ones to step up collaboration in promising areas that match theirinterests.Read full story

- The 15th National Assembly's thirdextraordinary meeting took place in Hanoi on January 18 under the chair of NAChairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

At the meeting, the legislature listened to aproposal by the NA Standing Committee on relieving Nguyen Xuan Phuc from theposition as President of Vietnam for the 2021-2026 tenure and allowing him tocease performing duties as deputy to the 15th legislature. Read full story

- Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan will undertake the roleof acting President of Vietnam until the National Assembly elects anew President, the NA Standing Committee made the announcement to agencies,organisations at home and abroad, voters and people nationwide.

On behalf of the NA Standing Committee on January 18, NA ChairmanVuong Dinh Hue signed the Notice No. 404/TB-UBTVQH15 on the exercise of theright of the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.Read full story
☀️ Morning digest January 19 ảnh 2Vo Thi Anh Xuan (Photo: VNA)
- Speaker of the National Assembly (NA) of the Republic ofKorea (RoK) Kim Jin-pyo and his wife left Hanoi on January 18, concluding theirseven-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of NA Chairman Vuong DinhHue.

While in Vietnam, the RoK leader paid tribute tolate President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum; paid a courtesy call to PartyGeneral Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong; met with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh;and held talks with NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 18 paid tributeto late Prime Minister Pham Van Dong and General Vo Nguyen Giap at their homesin Hanoi, on the occasion of the Lunar New Year – Vietnam’s largest nationalfestival.

Pham Van Dong served as a Politburo member in 35years, a member of the Party Central Committee in 41 years, and as PrimeMinister in 32 years from 1955 to 1987.Read full story

- Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong andParty General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping exchanged greetingson the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of diplomatic ties between the twocountries (January 18, 1950 - 2023).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and NationalAssembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang andChairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) ofChina Li Zhanshu, have also exchanged congratulatory messages, respectively.Read full story 

- Ambassadors and Chargé d'affaires to Vietnam of the G4countries, namely New Zealand, Canada, Norway and Switzerland, recentlyvisited Village Chance - a complex of schools and apartments for thedisabled, poor and orphaned children, in Ho Chi Minh City ahead of the LunarNew Year (Tet) festival.

They played sports with disabled children andconveyed New Year wishes which were recorded in a video clip lasting over threeminutes. Read full story

- The Vietnamese Embassy in Tanzania has held the 2023 XuanQue Huong (Homeland Spring) programme to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year(Tet) festival.

Speaking at the event last weekend, VietnameseAmbassador to Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, Comoros, Somalia and BurundiNguyen Nam Tien affirmed that the Vietnamese community in Tanzania and EastAfrican countries are an inseparable part of the nation.Read full story
☀️ Morning digest January 19 ảnh 3VinFast Canada to join Montreal International Auto Show 2023. - Illustrative image (Photo:

- Domestic auto-maker VinFast, a subsidiary ofVietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, has announced that it will join theMontreal International Auto Show (MIAS) 2023 in Quebec, Canada fromJanuary 20-29 with a diversity of models, including VF6, VF7, VF8 and VF9./.Read full story
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