Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
-President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse hosted a banquet in honour of Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and his spouse, who are on a state visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on January 30 evening.
Presidents Vo Van Thuong and Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., along with their spouses, in a joint photo with artists performing at the banquet in Hanoi on January 30 evening (Photo: VNA) In his remarks, President Thuong said the first visit to Vietnam by the Philippine President and his spouse, taking place just ahead of the Vietnamese people’s traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, further inspires the confidence in a bright future and new prospects to continue strengthening the sound friendship and cooperation between the two countries, which will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their strategic partnership in 2025 and the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic relations in 2026.Read full text
-President Vo Van Thuong and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. on January 30 visited the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, a world cultural heritage site in Hanoi, as part of the latter’s state visit to Vietnam.
There, the two leaders attended the “Happy Tet 2024” programme that is taking place ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival at the Central Sector of the citadel.Read full text
-Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue met with President of the Philippines Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. in Hanoi on January 30, describing the latter’s first state visit to Vietnam as a strong impetus to tighten the strategic partnership between the two countries.
The meeting between NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. in Hanoi on January 30. (Photo: VNA) The host leader applauded the outcomes of the earlier talks between Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong and his Philippine counterpart, during which the two sides handed over documents on agricultural, rice trading, maritime, and cultural cooperation.Read full text
-Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien led a delegation from the Ministry of Defence to the 13th ASEAN-Japan Defence Vice-Ministerial Forum that opened in Tokyo on January 30.
Heads of delegations to the 13th ASEAN-Japan Defence Vice-Ministerial Forum that opens in Tokyo on January 30. (Photo: VNA) At the event, Chien delivered a speech with the theme "Unity and cooperation for regional peace and security", affirming that the forum is necessary and important for ASEAN and Japan to jointly assess the situation and propose new directions for defence cooperation.Read full text
-Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang on January 30 presented the Navy High Command with 1.55 billion VND (63,500 USD) donated by overseas Vietnamese (OV) to a programme on greening Truong Sa (Spratly).
The donation was handed over during a visit by a delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to offer greetings to the Navy High Command in the northern city of Hai Phong ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.Read full text
-The KP Aero Industries Co. Ltd from the Republic of Korea on January 30 held a ground-breaking ceremony to start the construction of its KP Vina Aircraft Component factory with an investment of 20 million USD at Da Nang Hi-Tech Park in Hoa Vang district, the central city of Da Nang.
Representatives from authorities and investors at the ground-breaking ceremony. (Photo: VNA) It’s the second project in the aerospace industry in the city after a project by Vietnam UAC Ltd. Co.Read full text
-A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation to improve road traffic safety in Vietnam in the 2024 – 2026 period was signed between the Department of Roads of Vietnam (DRVN) under the Ministry of Transport and 3M Corporation of the US at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 30.
The document aims to promote cooperation in sharing experiences and expertise, and training, research, and consultancy activities in the field of road traffic safety, which are mutual interests of both DRVN and the 3M Corporation.Read full text
-Effective public-private partnership and support from partners are key to the success of the project on developing 1 million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice linked with green growth in the Mekong Delta region by 2030, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan said at a talk on January 30.
Speaking at the on-line talk on the role of public-private partnership and innovation in implementing the major rice production project in the Mekong Delta, Hoan said to implement the project, Vietnam needs to mobilise resources and technical advances.Read full text/.
