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☀️ Morning digest July 10

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

☀️ Morning digest July 10

Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.

-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has proposed the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) provide Vietnam’s logistics sector with workforce training through expanded training and capacity building programmes.

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PM Pham Minh Chinh (R) and FIATA President Turgut Erkeskin (Photo: VNA)

During a reception in Hanoi on July 9 for FIATA President Turgut Erkeskin, PM Chinh lauded FIATA's ongoing support for the Vietnam Logistics Business Association (VLA) in hosting the FIATA World Congress 2025 in Hanoi.Read full story

-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 9 affirmed that Vietnam is always ready to coordinate with Japan and other members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in implementing the CPTPP to improve its efficiency and bring more benefits to businesses and people, and increase the CPTPP’s role in regional and global trade.

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) receives Yoshitaka Shindo, Japanese Minister in charge of the CPTPP. (Photo: VNA)

Chinh made the statement when receiving Shindo Yoshitaka, Japan’s Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy and Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization, New Capitalism, Startups, Infectious Disease Crisis Management, and Social Security Reform, and the CPTPP, in Hanoi.Read full story

-Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Japanese Minister in charge of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Shindo Yoshitaka have pledged to work closely together to improve the effectiveness of the CPTPP implementation, aiming to bring greater benefits to businesses and citizens while also elevating the deal's role in global and regional trade.

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Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien (R) and Japanese Minister in charge of CPTPP Shindo Yoshitaka (Photo: VNA)

During a working session in Hanoi on July 9, Dien highlighted the growing economic and trade ties between Vietnam and Japan, especially since their accession to the CPTPP.Read full story

-Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Chernyshenko on July 9 co-chaired an online meeting to discuss measures to promote the two countries’ practical and effective cooperation in all fields within the framework of the Vietnam-Russia intergovernmental committee on economic-trade and science-technology cooperation.

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Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on July 9 co-chairs an online meeting with and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Chernyshenko. (Photo: VNA)

Representatives from ministries and agencies that are members of the intergovernmental committee, businesses and localities of the two countries also attended the meeting.Read full story

-The Vietnamese Government welcomes investment from the Republic of Korea (RoK) in affordable housing projects for low-income earners in Vietnam, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang affirmed.

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Deputy PM Tran Luu Quang (front row, third from left) and Korean business delegates (Photo: VNA)

During a reception in Hanoi on July 9 for a delegation of Korean businesses operating in the construction and urban development sector led by Jung Won-ju, Chairman of the Daewoo E&C Group and Chairman of the Korea Housing Builders’ Association, Quang highlighted the growing Vietnam-RoK relationship with ample investment opportunities.Read full story

-Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Malaysian Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Zafrul Abdul Aziz on July 9 reaffirmed the commitment to strengthening and promoting bilateral trade relations between Vietnam and Malaysia during their working session in Hanoi.

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Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Malaysian Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Zafrul Abdul Aziz co-chair the 4th meeting of the Vietnam - Malaysia Joint Trade Committee. (Photo: VNA)

The same day, the two ministers co-chaired the 4th meeting of the Vietnam - Malaysia Joint Trade Committee.Read full story

-A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy is attending the 65th of Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), taking place in Geneva, Switzerland from July 9-17.

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Vietnamese delegates at the 65th of Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). (Photo: VNA)

Addressing the event, Duy congratulated WIPO on its outstanding achievements related to institution building work, specifically the adoption of the WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge in May and the upcoming convening of a diplomatic conference to ratify the Design Law Treaty (DLT) next November.Read full story/.

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