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☀️ Morning digest March 24

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest March 24 ảnh 1
- President NguyenXuan Phuc held phone talks with President-elect of the Republic of Korea(RoK) Yoon Suk-yeol on March 23, during which the two leaders discussedmeasures to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in many fields. Read full story

☀️ Morning digest March 24 ảnh 2President Nguyen Xuan Phuc holds phone talks with the RoK’s President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol. (Photo: VNA)
- Vietnam is willingto work together with Canada to boost their comprehensive partnership in aneffective and practical manner, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Sonaffirmed during a phone talk with his Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly onMarch 22 night. Read full story

- Minister of ForeignAffairs Bui Thanh Son and US Ambassador Marc Knapper reviewed and noted withpleasure the positive development of the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnershipduring their meeting in Hanoi on March 23. Read full story

☀️ Morning digest March 24 ảnh 3Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son receives US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper. (Photo: VNA)
- The NationalAssembly (NA) Standing Committee on March 23 passed a resolution onenvironmental protection tax rates on petroleum, oil and lubricants, which willtake effect from April 1 till December 31, 2022.

Under the resolution, the tax rate for gasoline will be cutby 2,000 VND (0.087 USD) per litre; and the rates for diesel, fuel oil, andlubricant will drop by 1,000 VND per litre, grease by 1,000 VND per kg, andkerosene by 700 VND per litre. Read full story

- Vietnamese Ministerof Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Belarusian Deputy Prime MinisterAnatoly Sivak on March 23 co-chaired the 15th meeting of the Vietnam – BelarusInter-Governmental Committee on Economic, Trade and Scientific-TechnologicalCooperation in the form of teleconference. Read full story

☀️ Morning digest March 24 ảnh 4The 15th meeting of the Vietnam – Belarus Inter-Governmental Committee on Economic, Trade and Scientific-Technological Cooperation was held in the form of teleconference. (Photo: VNA)
- Minister for Trade of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’sMinistry of Trade, Industry and Energy Yeo Han-koo has suggested Vietnamsupport the RoK in joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement forTrans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

During his online meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Minister ofIndustry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh on March 23, Yeo said since late 2021, theRoK has conducted internal discussions and prepared procedures to join theCPTPP. Read full story

- In theone-page preview of his forthcoming book, the Time Travelling Economist,Charlie Robertson explains why Vietnam ticks every box required to escapepoverty, reach middle income status and converge towards developed marketwealth levels.

Why is Vietnam so favoured by global investors, that itaccounts for 25 percent of all the global money invested in Frontier equities,when Vietnam is just one (5 percent) out of 22 countries in the MSCI Frontierindex?./. Read full story
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