☀ Morning digest March 24 hinh anh 1
- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc held phone talks with President-elect of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Yoon Suk-yeol on March 23, during which the two leaders discussed measures to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in many fields. Read full story

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

- Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and US Ambassador Marc Knapper reviewed and noted with pleasure the positive development of the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership during their meeting in Hanoi on March 23. Read full story

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

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

- Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Sivak on March 23 co-chaired the 15th meeting of the Vietnam – Belarus Inter-Governmental Committee on Economic, Trade and Scientific-Technological Cooperation in the form of teleconference. Read full story

☀ Morning digest March 24 hinh anh 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)’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Yeo Han-koo has suggested Vietnam support the RoK in joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

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

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

Why is Vietnam so favoured by global investors, that it accounts 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 Frontier index?./. Read full story
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