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☀️ Morning digest January 4

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest January 4 ảnh 1
Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list ofselected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged the agriculture andrural development sector to focus on innovation, speed up digital and greentransformation and promoting the development of circular economy, knowledgeeconomy, and sharing economy, towards realising the goal of ecologicalagriculture, modern rural areas and civilised farmers.
☀️ Morning digest January 4 ảnh 2Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh examines agricultural products on display at the conference (Photo: VNA)
Addressing a conference of the Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to review the sector’s operation in2023 and launch its tasks in 2024 on January 3, the PM praised the agriculturesector for its success in overcoming challenges, thus reaping outstandingresults such as setting new records in the export ofvegetables and fruits and rice, contributing to affirmingits increasingly important role and position.Read full text 

– National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on January 3visited the Moc Bai International Border Gate in Tay Ninh as part of his tripto the southern locality.
☀️ Morning digest January 4 ảnh 3 NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue presents gifts to units at the Moc Bai International Border Gate (Photo: VNA)
Moc Bai is one of the three international bordergates in Tay Ninh, which borders three provinces of Cambodia, along with Xa Matand Tan Nam.Read full text

– People-to-people diplomacy serves as animportant pillar of Vietnam’s diplomatic sector, said Le Hoai Trung, affirmedSecretary of the Party Central Committee, and head of the committee’sCommission for External Relations while addressing a conference in Hanoi onJanuary 3.
The conference, held by the commission,reviewed people-to-people diplomacy in 2023, and put forth tasks for thisyear. Read full text 

– Nutri Soil JSC held a ceremony in Buon Ma Thuot city in DakLak province on January 3 to send the first container of macadamia to theRepublic of Korea (RoK) in 2024, which is also the first batch of the productexported to the RoK from the Central Highlands via official channels.
☀️ Morning digest January 4 ảnh 4 Nutri Soil JSC holds a ceremony in Buon Ma Thuot city in Dak Lak province on January 3 to send the first container of macadamia to the Republic of Korea (RoK) in 2024.(Photo: VNA)
The 10-tonne macadamia batch has gone through manyexaminations by authorised agencies, meeting all requirements, including infood safety. The importer is an enterprise in Jeollabuk province, which set uppartnership with Dak Lak since 2017.Read full text

– Over 255 tonnes of durian were exported to China via bordergates in the northern province of Lao Cai in the first three days of 2024,earning nearly 1 million USD, according to Lao Cai Border Gate Customs Office.

Deputy head of the office Nguyen Thi Thanh Binhsaid that in the period, total trade turnover via Lao Cai’s border gatesreached nearly 5.4 million USD, of which 2.8 million USD came from exports.Read full text/. 
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