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☀️ Morning digest November 20

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest November 20 ảnh 1

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

- President Vo Van Thuong highlighted three lessons fromAPEC’s success for the future while addressing the APEC Economic Leaders’Meeting that opened in San Francisco, the US, on November 17.

☀️ Morning digest November 20 ảnh 2President Vo Van Thuong attends a retreat meeting of APEC Economic Leaders. (Photo: VNA)

President Thuong said APEC is a leading regionalcooperation and connection forum that brings substantive benefits to people.Three lessons can be drawn from APEC’s success for the future. They are theopenness and goodwill of all parties to understand and overcome differences,find common voice and promote common interests, the vision and strategicthinking of generations of leaders that have correctly positioned the role ofAsia and the Pacific and APEC, and the support and companionship of thebusiness community and people. Read full story

- President Vo Van Thuong had separate meetings withAustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Peruvian President Dina ErciliaBoluarte Zegarra in San Francisco, the US, on November 17, on the sidelines ofthe APEC Economic Leaders’ Week.

☀️ Morning digest November 20 ảnh 3President Vo Van Thuong (L) meets Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in San Francisco on November 17. (Photo: VNA)

At their meeting, President Thuong and PM Albanesereviewed the sound development of Vietnam-Australia relations in recent times,especially since the two countries established the strategic partnership in2018. They agreed that the trust and friendship between the two peoples alongwith encouraging attainments in cooperation areas are an important foundationto elevate the bilateral to a new height. Read full story

- President Vo Van Thuong, his spouse and the high-rankingVietnamese delegation arrived in Hanoi on November 19 morning, concluding theirUS trip for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week andbilateral activities at the invitation of US President Joe Biden.

The success of the trip has a significant meaningin Vietnam's external relations both bilaterally and multilaterally,contributing to maintaining and reinforcing the external relations situation ofpeace and stability for national development. Read full story

- All members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)have highly valued Vietnam’s practical and constructive contributions to theforum over the last more than two decades while attending the APEC EconomicLeaders’ Week 2023, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.

☀️ Morning digest November 20 ảnh 4President Vo Van Thuong (second row, fourth from right) and other leaders at the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week 2023 in San Francisco (Photo: VNA)

Talking to the press following President Vo VanThuong’s trip to the US to attend the week from November 14 to 17 in SanFrancisco, Son said the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week 2023 held special significanceas it marked 25 years since Vietnam became a member of APEC. President Thuongand the high-ranking delegation of Vietnam attended activities of the week andmade important contributions to its success.Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session with theParty Committee of Lai Chau on the socio-economic development of the northernmountainous province on November 19.

☀️ Morning digest November 20 ảnh 5Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh works with leaders of Lai Chau on November 19 (Photo: VNA)

PM Chinh hailed the achievements Lai Chau has gained so far,highlighting the locality's great potential, especially in hydropowerdevelopment and tourism, and strategic position in national defence andsecurity. Read full story

- Permanent Vice Chairman of the VietnameseNational Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man had a working session with President ofthe Parliament of Walloon Region of Belgium André Frédéric in Namur city onNovember 17 (local time).

☀️ Morning digest November 20 ảnh 6An overview of the working session (Photo: VNA)

Man affirmed that Vietnam attaches greatimportance to developing relations with Belgium, an important member of the EU,and wants to strengthen collaboration with Belgium in all fields at all levelsand through all channels of Party, Government, parliament, and people-to-peopleexchange. Read full story

- Since Vietnam and Denmark established theirdiplomatic ties in 1971 and their comprehensive partnership in 2013, the twocountries’ relations have been developing more and more practically andeffectively, Vietnamese Ambassador to Denmark Luong Thanh Nghi has affirmed.

Speaking ahead the Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan’s officialvisit to Denmark next week, the diplomat emphasised that in addition tostrengthening traditional cooperative mechanisms in politics, diplomacy, economic-commerce,and environment, the two countries also promote cooperation in potentialstrategic fields such as energy, green transition, and sustainable development. Read full story

- A delegation from the Ministry of PublicSecurity led by Deputy Minister Major General Nguyen Van Long paid a workingvisit to Cuba from November 15-18.

At the talks between Long and Cuban Minister ofthe Interior Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, the two sides evaluated the outcomesof the implementation of a cooperation agreement signed between the twoministries in 2018, and reviewed the partnership between the two sides inrecent years. Read full story

- In Vietnam, the semiconductor industryis believed to hold huge potential for making breakthroughs to help with fastand sustainable economic development, but the shortage of manpower is posing ahuge challenge.

SEMI SEA, a Southeast Asian association servingthe manufacturing supply chains for the microelectronic, display andphotovoltaic industries, estimated the global semiconductor industry’srevenue in 2022 at almost 600 billion USD. The global semiconductor market willsee double-digit growth rate in the coming years to reach 1 trillion USD by2030. Read full story

- Vietnamese coconut growers and businesses are excited toexpand production to meet the domestic and foreign demand which is expected toincrease in the coming time as the US officially opened its market forVietnam's fresh coconut in August this year, and China is considering toallowing official coconut import.

Bui Duong Thuat, Director of the Mekong FruitExport Ltd.Co in Chau Thanh district, the southern province of Ben Tre, saidthat the US market is the second-biggest coconut importer in the world, justafter China as it imports approximately 2,000 containers of fresh coconutyearly./. Read full story

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