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☀️ Morning digest March 21

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest March 21 ảnh 1

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

- Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs BuiThanh Son held talks with Dominican Minister for Foreign Affairs, InternationalBusiness, Trade and Energy Vince Henderson in Hanoi on March 20, discussingorientations and measures to strengthen the friendship and cooperation betweenthe two nations.

☀️ Morning digest March 21 ảnh 2Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (R) and Dominican Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Business, Trade and Energy Vince Henderson at their meeting in Hanoi on March 20. (Photo: VNA)

Henderson is on a five-day visit to Vietnam atSon’s invitation from March 18 as Vietnam and Dominica are celebrating the 10thfounding anniversary of diplomatic relations this year (November 1, 2013 –2023).Read full story

- Deputy Minister of NationalDefence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien hosted separate receptions in Hanoi onMarch 20 for Colonel Vongxay Inthakham, Defence Attaché of Laos to Vietnam, andColonel Rem Kann, Military Attaché of Cambodia to Vietnam.

☀️ Morning digest March 21 ảnh 3 Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien receives Colonel Vongxay Inthakham, Defence Attaché of Laos to Vietnam. (Photo: dangcongsan.vn)

Receiving Vongxay, Chien highly valued the closecoordination between the two Ministries of National Defence in organisingactivities during the “Vietnam-Laos, Laos-Vietnam Friendship and SolidarityYear 2022”. Read full story

- Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted areception in Hanoi on March 20 for British Ambassador to Vietnam Iain Frew,during which he hailed the latter for actively promoting bilateral activitiesover the past years.

Son said the signing and enforcement of the UK-Vietnam FreeTrade Agreement has made the UK the third largest trade partner in Europe andthe ninth largest export market of Vietnam and the most important Europeaninvestor in the country despite impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read full story

- Vietnamese digital payment firm Momo and Americanmultinational financial services company Western Union on March 20announced a strategic collaboration enabling customers to receive Western Unionmoney transfers on the MoMo app.

It is the first time a money transfer operator’s services havebecome available on a leading super app in Vietnam. Read full story

- Vietnamese boxer Nguyen Thi Tam has trouncedtwo-time world champion Kyzaibay Nazym of Kazakhstan 5-0 at the ongoing IBAWomen’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India.

The victory in the flyweight division’s Roundof 32 helped Tam win a ticket to Round of 16 to face Botswana’s LethaboBokamoso. If she defeats Bokamoso, the athlete will secure a slot in thequarterfinals.Read full story

- The Ministry of Health has asked the People's Committees ofcities and provinces nationwide, the Pasteur Institutes and hygiene andepidemiology institutes to strengthen prevention and control of the Marburgvirus disease.

The Marburg virus causes an acute infectious disease, whichnaturally resides in fruit-eating bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus)./.Read full story

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