Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Vietnamese President To Lam will pay state visits to Laos and Cambodia from July 11-13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced.
The visits will be made at the invitations of General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, and Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni. Read full story
– The Central Military Commission convened its 10th conference in Hanoi on July 8 to discuss and evaluate military and defence affairs in the first half of 2024 and deploy key tasks for the second half.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, could not attend the event in person due to personal reasons. He sent a directive speech, highlighting several important points as references for participants during their discussions. Read full story
– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hailed Malaysia as Vietnam’s major trade and investment partner at a reception in Hanoi on July 8 for Malaysian Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Zafrul Abdul Aziz.
Zafrul is on a working visit to Vietnam to co-chair the 4th session of the Vietnam-Malaysia Joint Trade Committee in Hanoi. Read full story
- National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and a delegation from the NA Standing Committee paid homage to President Ho Chi Minh at the Kim Lien special national relic site in Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district, the central province of Nghe An on July 8.
In the memorial book, Chairman Man expressed his profound emotions as he visited the late President's home town. He expressed his hope that President Ho Chi Minh's sacred spirit would bless the nation with prosperity and its people with warmth and happiness. Read full story
– The US Navy’s 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge and US Coast Guard Cutter Waesche arrived at Cam Ranh International Port on July 8, starting a five-day visit to the south-central province of Khanh Hoa.
Leaders of the Naval Region 4 of the Vietnam People's Navy and Coast Guard Region 3, along with representatives of Khanh Hoa province and other Vietnamese agencies held a welcome ceremony for the visiting US crews. Read full story
- The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam co-chaired a policy dialogue conference in Hanoi on July 8 to discuss enhancing international cooperation and multi-sectoral coordination in circular economy in agriculture.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien highlighted Vietnam's commitment to a circular economy, pointing to existing policies and directives, including Article 142 of the 2020 Law on Environmental Protection. Read full story
- Vietnamese player Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen features on the list of the Top 5 fastest spikes in women’s volleyball, according to the official website of the Olympics games olympics.com.
The 24-year-old volleyball player recorded a spike speed of 107km per hour in a game played on July 7 as Vietnam overcame Belgium to win a bronze medal at the 2024 FIVB Women’s Volleyball Challenger Cup held in the Philippines./. Read full story
