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☀️ Morning digest July 12

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

-PresidentVo Van Thuong had a working session with the Department of Internal PoliticalSecurity under the Ministry of Public Security in Hanoi on July 11.
The event took place on the occasion of the 77thanniversary of the traditional day of the people’s security force (July 12,1946 - 2023).Read full text

-DeputyPrime Minister Tran Hong Ha received Professor of energy and climate changeFrank Jotzo from the Australian National University in Hanoi on July 11.
Ha spoke highly of Australia’s outstandingachievements in realising the international commitments on climate changeadaptation and energy transition which are partly attributed to Australianscholars, including Jotzo.Read full text

-VietnameseMinister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son called peace, security, and stabilitythe prerequisite for prosperity while addressing the plenary session of the56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-56) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on July11.
The plenum centred on the ASEAN Community buildingprocess, the implementation of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific, thebloc’s external relations, and the regional architecture.Read full text

-VietnameseMinister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with ASEAN Secretary-General KaoKim Hourn on July 11 on the sidelines of the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’Meeting (AMM-56) and related meetings in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Kao appreciated Vietnam’s contributions to theASEAN Community and the ASEAN Secretariat.Read full text

-VietnameseForeign Minister Bui Thanh Son had a meeting with Lao Deputy Prime Minister andForeign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 11 on thesidesline of the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-56) and relatedmeetings.
The two sides expressed their delight at the finedevelopment of the two countries’ relations, reflected through regularhigh-level meetings and contacts, and the joint implementation of keycooperation projects.Read full text

-Thepercentage of Vietnamese using online public services only reached 18% in thefirst seven months of 2022, according to a report from the National Committeeon Digital Transformation.
The information was revealed at a thematicdiscussion held in Hanoi on July 11 to review the accessibility anduser-friendliness of 63 provincial e-service portals in 2023.Read full text

-TheAuthority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information under the Ministry ofInformation and Communications (MIC) has worked with representativesof Google to clarify whether it deleted or blurred the national flag ofVietnam in Truong Sa (Spratly) on its Google Maps and Google Earth apps, LeQuang Tu Do, head of the authority said on July 11.
Do said that Google confirmed that it did not blur or change the satelliteimages supplied by a third party, explaining that the issue is due to low imagequality.Read full text

-The14th meeting of the AIPA Caucus, themed “Promoting innovation, transfer,application, and development of science and technology for sustainable growthand development”, concluded in Phu Quoc city of the Mekong Delta province ofKien Giang on July 11.
At the closing session, a publication produced bythe Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the ASEAN Inter-ParliamentaryAssembly (AIPA)’s Secretariat was released. Participating AIPA memberparliaments reviewed, approved, and signed the meeting’s report.Read full text 

- ThePrincess Anio opera project, which began in 2020 to mark the 50th anniversaryof the Vietnam-Japan diplomatic relations, is scheduled to hit the stage at theShowa Women's University in Tokyo on November 4, heard a press conference onJuly 11.
The opera is based on a real love story betweenJapanese merchant Araki Sotaro and Princess Ngoc Hoa (called Princess Anio byJapanese) in Hoi An, Vietnam, during the trading era of the Shuinsen in theearly 17th century. Vietnamese singers Dao To Loan and Bui Thi Trang (femalesoprano) play the princess, while two Japanese male tenors, Kobori Yusuke andYamamito Kohei, take the role of her lover.Read full text/.

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