Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani held talks in Doha on October 31, in which they agreed that the bilateral relations will be elevated to a new height in the near future.
At the talks following the official welcome ceremony for the Vietnamese leader, the Qatari PM said the guest’s official visit is an important milestone, creating momentum for the two countries’ friendship and multifaceted cooperation to enter a new period of more intensive and extensive development. Read full story
- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha on October 31 morning (local time) as part of his official visit to Qatar.
At the meeting, PM Chinh expressed his delight to meet the Emir again after a year which witnessed many achievements in bilateral relations between Vietnam and Qatar. Read full story
- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Speaker of the Shura Council (Consultative Assembly) of Qatar Hassan bin Abdulla Al-Ghanim in Doha on October 31 as part of his official visit to the Middle Eastern country.
Welcoming PM Chinh, the Speaker believed the visit will harvest significant results, creating new impetus to help further expand and intensify the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the two countries. Read full story
- Vietnam views the US as a strategically important partner and aims to join the US in deepening their comprehensive strategic partnership based on mutual respect for each other's independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political systems, said Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha.
While receiving US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper in Hanoi on October 31, Ha praised the diplomat's contributions to advancing the bilateral relations, especially the achievements made after one year of their comprehensive strategic partnership. Read full story
- General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence, on October 31 received heads of ASEAN delegations who attended the first ASEAN Military Intelligence Community Leaders' Conference (AMICLC-1) in Hanoi.
At the reception, Cuong emphasised that the world and regional security environment is undergoing rapid, strong, and unpredictable changes. While non-traditional security challenges such as pandemics, climate change, natural disasters, and water security are increasingly fierce, traditional security issues are also becoming more complicated.Read full story
- Vietnam strongly opposes all activities that violate its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel), Deputy Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Doan Khac Viet affirmed at the ministry’s regular press conference on October 31.
In response to reporters' questions regarding information that China has deployed military equipment on Hoang Sa's Tri Ton Island, Viet stated that Vietnam is extremely concerned about this information. Read full story
- Vietnam hopes to cooperate closely with the US administration in the time ahead to continue developing the Comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries in a strong, comprehensive, stable, and long-term manner, said Vice Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Doan Khac Viet on October 31.
He made the statement at the ministry’s regular press conference while replying to a question about the impact of the US presidential election on the bilateral relations. Read full story
- The US Department of Commerce (DOC) will not impose anti-dumping duties on aluminum extrusions imported from 14 countries and territories, including Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
This came after the US International Trade Commission (ITC) on October 30 released its final decision on an anti-dumping investigation concerning aluminum extrusions imported from China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam./. Read full story
