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☀️ Morning digest March 16

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest March 16 ảnh 1
- Vietnamese PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc and his Sierra Leonean counterpart, Julius Maada Bio, held talks inHanoi on March 15, during which they agreed on orientations to fostercooperative relations between the two countries in the time to come. Read full story

☀️ Morning digest March 16 ảnh 2President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (left) welcomes Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)
- Prime Minister PhamMinh Chinh proposed that New Zealand create more conditions for Vietnamesegoods to access its market toward bringing the two countries' two-way tradeturnover to 2 billion USD by 2024, during a reception for the new New ZealandAmbassador to Vietnam, Tredene Dobson, in Hanoi on March 15. Read full story

- Minister of ForeignAffairs Bui Thanh Son and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov discussed theconflict in Ukraine in a candid and constructive manner during a phone talk onMarch 15. Read full story

- Members of theVietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) will roll out various newmodels meeting the Euro 5 emissions standard. The new models, to belaunched in the coming months, are all equipped with on-board diagnostics(OBD), which is vehicle's standard protocol to retrieve vehicle diagnosticinformation, and air filters reducing particulate matter (PM) and toxic airpollutants. Read full story

☀️ Morning digest March 16 ảnh 3Passengers pick up their luggage at Noi Bai aiport's international terminal. (Photo: VNA)
- The VietnameseGovernment has agreed to reinstate pre-pandemic entry and exitprocedures for foreigners and Vietnamese living overseas from March 15. Read full story

- The People's Court ofcentral Khanh Hoa province on March 15 held a first-instance trial against twodefendants for their “activities aiming to overthrow the people’sadministration,” under Article 109 of the Penal Code. At the trial, TonNu The Trang, born in 1962, and Nguyen Xuan Tinh, born in 1972, were sentencedto 12 and 9 years in prison, respectively. Read full story

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- The northern provinceof Tuyen Quang will host the first International Balloon Festival with thecompanionship of Vietjet, as part of a series of campaigns during "TuyenQuang Tourism Year 2022,” the International Balloon Association and Tuyen Quangauthorities announced on March 15./. Read full story

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