Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse hosted a banquet for diplomatic corps in Vietnam on January 24 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse host a banquet for diplomatic corps in Vietnam on January 24 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival. (Photo: VNA) The event saw the presence of foreign ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, and chief representatives of international organisations in Vietnam and their spouses. Read full story
- Vietnam attaches great importance to strengthening its strategic partnership with the UK, Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue told British Ambassador to Vietnam Ian Frew at their meeting in Hanoi on January 24.
Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue (R) receives British Ambassador to Vietnam Ian Frew in Hanoi on January 24. (Photo: VNA) The top legislator highlighted the recent progress in the bilateral relationship, especially the joint declaration on the occasion of the 10th founding anniversary of the strategic partnership (2010 - 2020) with a vision towards elevating the relationship in the next decade. Read full story
- Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue received New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam Tredene Dobson in Hanoi on January 24, lauding the outgoing diplomat’s contributions to relations between the two countries and their parliaments.
Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue (third, from right), New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam Tredene Dobson (third from left) and other Vietnamese and New Zealand officials. (Photo: VNA) On this occasion, Hue thanked the New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam and the ambassador for supporting a high-ranking NA delegation led by him on a visit to New Zealand in June 2022. Read full story
- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on January 24 visited the Vietnamese-German University in the southern province of Binh Duong as part of his two-day state visit to Vietnam.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits the Vietnamese-German University - a "lighthouse project" for the close relations between the two countries. (Photo: VNA) Delivering a speech to hundreds of students, the President said he was impressed by Vietnam where tradition and modernity are combined together and highlighted close ties between Vietnam and Germany despite their geographical distance. Read full story
- Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Phan Van Mai on January 24 met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier who is paying a two-day state visit to Vietnam from January 23.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (third, left), Chairman of the HCM City People's Committee Phan Van Mai (third, right) and other officials. (Source: VNA) Mai expressed his hope that the President will continue encouraging German enterprises to expand cooperation and investment in the city in the fields where Germany has strengths such as manufacturing technology, infrastructure and renewable energy, thus contributing to HCM City’s sustainable development. Read full story
- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his spouse left Ho Chi Minh City on January 24 evening, concluding their state visit to Vietnam on January 23-24 at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse.
During their stay in Vietnam, the German President and his spouse laid a wreath at the Monument to Heroic Martyrs on Bac Son street, Hanoi. Read full story
- Minister of Public Security General To Lam led a delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security to pay an official visit to Cambodia from January 22-24 at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Sokha.
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet (right) receives Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General To Lam. (Photo: AKP/VNA) After a welcome ceremony for the Vietnamese delegation on January 23, the two officials held talks, co-chaired a conference reviewing cooperation outcomes and signed a cooperation agreement between the two ministries for 2024. Read full story
- Former Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan was conferred with the Order of the Rising Sun, first-class Grand Cross, of the Japanese Government at a ceremony held in Hanoi on January 24.
The event saw the presence of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, Standing Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man, and vice chairmen Nguyen Khac Dinh and Nguyen Duc Hai. Read full story
- SARS-CoV-2’s sub-variant JN.1, a variant of concern, has been found in COVID-19 patients hospitalised in Ho Chi Minh City in December 2023, according to Deputy Director of the city Centre for Disease Control (HCDC) Le Hong Nga.
An infectious disease surveillance group from the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases and Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) found the sub-variant in December after analysing specimens of 16 patients positive to SARS-CoV-2 treated at the city Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Nga said at a conference on January 24. Read full story
- Vietnam bid farewell to the AFC Asian Cup 2023 with a 2-3 defeat to Iraq after conceding in the last minute of the game.
Vietnamese players celebrate after Quang Hai scored the second goal for Vietnam. (Photo: VNA) Vietnam and Iraq created a dramatic and emotional game for the fans. After the first 15 minutes without a chance, Vietnam got the ball into the net after Zaid Tahseen scored an own goal, but VAR intervened and the referee canceled the goal. But it didn’t take too long for Vietnam to open the score./. Read full story
