☀️ Morning digest March 17

Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries lastnight by Vietnam News Agency.

- National Assembly Chairman Vuong DinhHue suggested the Government set out clear scenarios to ensure energy safetyand security, as well as fuel supply and demand in any circumstances, at ahearing session of the NA Standing Committee’s 9th sitting on March 16. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said it is a must to ensure energyself-sufficiency and balance in any circumstances, meeting energy demand inproduction, business, national defence and security, and other activities, chairinga working session with the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) in Hanoi onMarch 16. Read full story

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue (R) meets with President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio(Photo: VNA)

- Chairman of the National Assembly(NA) Vuong Dinh Hue met with President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio inHanoi on March 16, during which the host underlined that the Sierra LeoneanPresident’s visit holds a significant meaning as the countries celebrate the40th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties (June 24), and demonstrates theAfrican nation’s wish to bolster its ties with Vietnam. Read full story

Ambassador Le Thi Hong Van, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to UNESCO, speaks at the session. (Photo: UNESCO/VNA)

 - Ambassador Le Thi Hong Van, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to UNESCO,stressed that cultural heritage sites need to be protected in any forms whileaddressing an extraordinary session of the UNESCO Executive Board, held inParis on March 15 and 16 to "examine all the consequences of the currentsituation in Ukraine, in the different aspects of UNESCO's mandate." Read full story

Quang Ngai hospitals receive the medical equipment from the RoK (Photo: VNA)

- The General Hospital and the Hospital for Children and Women in the centralprovince of Quang Ngai have received two medical equipment packages worthnearly 1.7 billion VND (74,300 USD) from benefactors of the Republic of Korea(RoK). Read full story

- A flight of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines carrying first foreignvisitors to Vietnam landed at Tan Son Nhat airport on March 16, a day after thecountry officially reopened international tourism. Read full story./.

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