Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list ofselected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said he believesthat ample room remains for Vietnam and Malaysia to expand their cooperationwhile receiving Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Hanoi on July 20.
The Party leader welcomed the official visit bythe Malaysian PM, which takes place on the occasion of the 50th anniversary ofthe bilateral diplomatic ties (1973- 2023), and stressed that Vietnam andMalaysia, as close neighbours in Southeast Asia and members of the Associationof Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), share views on many important internationalissues, as well as similarities in culture and history. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse welcomed MalaysianPM Anwar Ibrahim and his spouse, who are paying an official visit to Vietnam,at a ceremony held in Hanoi on July 20.
The trip on July 20 - 21 is the first officialvisit to Vietnam by PM Anwar Ibrahim since he took office in December 2022. Read full story
- Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said he believesthat ample room remains for Vietnam and Malaysia to expand their cooperationwhile receiving Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Hanoi on July 20.
The Party leader welcomed the official visit bythe Malaysian PM, which takes place on the occasion of the 50th anniversary ofthe bilateral diplomatic ties (1973- 2023), and stressed that Vietnam andMalaysia, as close neighbours in Southeast Asia and members of the Associationof Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), share views on many important internationalissues, as well as similarities in culture and history. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse welcomed MalaysianPM Anwar Ibrahim and his spouse, who are paying an official visit to Vietnam,at a ceremony held in Hanoi on July 20.
The trip on July 20 - 21 is the first officialvisit to Vietnam by PM Anwar Ibrahim since he took office in December 2022. Read full story
Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh (R) and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim pose for a photo before their talks in Hanoi on July 20. (Photo: VNA) They highlighted the enhanced ties in politics,diplomacy, trade and investment, as well as the recovery of the fields directlyaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic such as tourism, labour, and education -training. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested Vietnam and the USenhance connectivity between their economies, step up bilateral trade andaccelerate the recovery of their supply chains at a reception for US TreasurySecretary Janet Yellen in Hanoi on July 20.
US firms should be encouraged to expand andincrease investment in Vietnam, especially in high-tech, he said, highlightingthe building of harmonious, sustainable and mutually-beneficial trade tiesbetween the two countries. Read full story
- Malaysia attaches importance to and desires to develop astrategic partnership with Vietnam, Malaysian Minister of Foreign AffairsSenator Zambry Abdul Kadir stated.
Zambry Abdul Kadir and his Vietnamese counterpartBui Thanh Son co-chaired the 7th meeting of the Joint Commission for Economic,Scientific, and Technical Cooperation between the two countries as part of hisofficial visit to Vietnam on July 19-20. Read full story
|- Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hongand US Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen had a working session in Hanoion July 20, pledging to maintain close cooperation between their agencies inthe spirit of mutual respect.
The officials shared the view that their countrieshave multiple opportunities to strengthen cooperation towards the common targetof promoting strong, inclusive, and sustainable growth via effectivemacro-economic policies and financial stability maintenance. Read full story
- Do Van Chien, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)Central Committee, held talks with Wang Huning, Chairman of the NationalCommittee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), inBeijing on July 20, as part of the Vietnamese delegation’s working visitto China.
Chien, who is also Secretary of the CommunistParty of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, expressed his delight at theflourishing relations between the two Parties and the two countries, especiallythe official visits to China by CPV General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong inNovember 2022 and by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in late June 2023. Read full story
- Vietnamese citizens can enter 55 countries and territoriesworldwide without applying for a visa, or with simplified visa procedures likee-visas or visas on arrival, Spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of ForeignAffairs Pham Thu Hang said on July 20.
Hang made the affirmation at the ministry’sregular press conference in Hanoi, responding to a reporter's query on theHenley Passport Index released by London-based global citizenship and residenceadvisory firm Henley & Partners on July 19. Read full story
Great potential of import and export activities between Vietnam and China has resulted in rising demand for enterprises to establish and enforce IP rights in business and commercial activities in China. (Photo: VNA) The event was jointly organised by theIntellectual Property Office of Vietnam (IP Vietnam) under the Ministry ofScience and Technology, the Hanoi Department of Science and Technology and theChina National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)./. Read full story
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