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☀️ Morning digest March 15

The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekend by Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest March 15 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selectednews summaries last weekend by Vietnam News Agency.

- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged experts and scientiststo propose specific and feasible solutions to develop the project titled“Strategy to build and perfect the rule-of-law socialist State of Vietnam until2030, with a vision to 2045”.

Speaking at a working session on March 14, Phuc, who is alsohead of the steering committee for the project building, said more efforts areneeded to complete the draft project. Read full story
☀️ Morning digest March 15 ảnh 2Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the ceremony. (Photo: VNA)
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 14 thanked foreigncountries and organisations for their practical, timely support to Vietnamduring the COVID-19 combat over the past more than two years.

The PM, who is also head of the National SteeringCommittee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, made the remarks at the COVID-19vaccine appreciation ceremony that saw the attendance of representatives fromUnited Nations organisations, the World Health Organisation (WHO), 40 foreignembassies and vaccine producers in Vietnam. Read full story

- The National Assembly’s Standing Committee urgedsupervision teams to urgently carry out work to ensure the progress and achievethe highest results as it looked into a report on the implementation of legalregulations on the settlement of complaints and denunciations on March 14. Read full story

-Vietnamese in Laos paid tribute to 64 soldiers whosacrificed their lives to defend Gac Ma (Johnson South) Reef in Vietnam’sTruong Sa (Spratly) archipelago 34 years ago, at a requiem at Phat Tich Pagodain Vientiane capital on March 14.

Venerable Thich Minh Quang, head of thecoordinating board of Buddhism in Laos and head monk of the pagoda, recalledthe Gac Ma battle that took place on March 14, 1988, and stressed thesignificance of the requiem. Read full story
☀️ Morning digest March 15 ảnh 3A corner of Da Nang city (Photo: VNA)

-The tourism sector is eager and confident to serve touristsagain, building the image of Vietnam as a safe, friendly, hospitabledestination for local residents and visitors.

According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports andTourism, March 15 is a proper time to reopen tourism for foreign visitors, asVietnam has so far nearly completed the injection of booster doses of COVID-19vaccines for adults to reach herd immunity. Read full story

- A photo contest, aiming to honour the beauty of the southcentral province of Ninh Thuan and inspire the creation of photographers, hasopened for entries.

The contest with the theme “Ninh Thuan – heritageregion” was organised by the Mekong One Corporation and Vietnam Airlines’sHeritage Magazine. Read full story
- Ho Chi Minh City administration will work closely with Japanese partners to successfully organise the eighth Japan-Vietnam Festival in 2023, with an aim of putting young people at the centre of festival activities, Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee said. Read full story
 

- PONY Japan Baseball Association (PJBA) wishes to strengthencooperation with and support the development of baseball in Vietnam, JinMatsubara, member of the House of Representatives of Japan and President of theassociation has said.

The association is ready to assist Vietnam's U-14 baseballteam including 15 players and three members of the coaching staff to attend theAsia-Pacific PONY Baseball Tournament in 2023, Matsubara said./. Read full story
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