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☀️ Morning digest March 28

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

- Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue held online talks withChairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) ofChina Zhao Leji on March 27. The talks took place right after the first sessionof the 14th NPC, and it is also the first contact between key leaders of thetwo countries so far this year. Read full story

- President Vo Van Thuong appreciated former Chilean President MichelleBachelet’s special sentiments on consolidating and promoting the traditionalfriendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Chile, at their meeting in Hanoion March 27. Read full story

- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received outgoing Chief Representative ofthe Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Vietnam Office Shimizu Akirain Hanoi on March 27, during which the host said JICA’s programmes and projectsin Vietnam have realised cooperation agreements between the two countries in atimely manner. Read full story

- Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception in Hanoi onMarch 27 for Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre Lazare EloundouAssomo, who is paying a visit to Vietnam. Son stressed UNESCO’s important rolein maintaining and consolidating peace, sustainable development and prosperityof countries worldwide, and in preserving and promoting heritage and culturalvalues of humankind in particular. Read full story

- The British Embassy in Hanoi on March 27 announced nine low carbonprojects from across Vietnam as the first cohort to join Climate FinanceAccelerator (CFA) Vietnam. The selected projects represent diverse sectors suchas renewable energy, resource/energy efficiency, e-mobility, AFOLU(agriculture, forestry and other land uses), decarbonising construction,circular economy, and waste management; and have the potential to benefitcommunities across Vietnam. Read full story

- The Ministry of Health and the World Bank in Vietnam held a workshop in Hanoion March 27 to discuss the orientations for developing grassroots healthcare inthe new context. Read full story

- Vietnamese lender VPBank on March 27 signed an agreement to sell its 15%stake to Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) through a privateplacement. The investment from SMBC will help VPBank raise 35.9 trillion VND(approximately 1.5 billion USD) of Tier 1 capital (equal to 30,160 VND pershare), increasing its equity to approximately 140 trillion VND from 103.5trillion VND. Read full story

- K'Duong set up three world records at the World Youth WeightliftingChampionships, which is ongoing in Durres, Albania. The Vietnamesebroke all three of his own youth world records when he finished 24kg clearof his nearest rival in the men’s 55kg category on March 26. Read full story./.
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