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☀️ Morning digest November 29

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

- The National Assembly (NA) on November 28 afternoon approved a resolution onpiloting some specific policies on investment in the construction of roadinfrastructure and transport facilities.

The resolution won support from 464 of the 467 deputies casting votes,accounting for 93.93%. Read full story

- President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse attended a ceremony marking the 50thanniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties held in Tokyo on November 28. Read full story

- President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse met with Japanese Emperor Naruhito andEmpress Masako on November 28, as part of his ongoing official visit to Japan.

Sharing profound memories of his previous visits to Japan in variouscapacities, President Thuong told the hosts that the two countries sharecultural similarities. It is the unanimity of their leaders and people that haslaid a solid foundation for the development of Vietnam-Japan friendly andcooperative ties. Read full story

- Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on November 28 hosted a reception forChairman of the State Forensic Examination Committee of Belarus Volkov AlexeiAleksandrovich who is paying a working visit to Vietnam.

Deputy PM Khai highlighted that over the past years, the cooperative tiesacross politics, economy, culture, society, security and defence betweenVietnam and Belarus have been constantly reinforced, contributing to the stableand sustainable development in each country. Read full story

- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a meeting in Hanoi on November 28with ministries, agencies and localities to review the 10-year implementationof a Resolution on basic and comprehensive reform in education and training,meeting the requirements of industrialisation and modernisation in the contextof the socialist-oriented market economy and global integration. Read full story

- Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee Ho Ky Minh hosted a receptionfor Country Director for Vietnam at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) ShantanuChakraborty on November 28.

At the event, Minh highlighted the central coastal city’s key products such asseafood, garment and textiles, building materials, and handicraft products,adding the city has shifted focus to developing hi-tech industries,particularly the IT industry, into an economic spearhead. Read full story

- The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on November 28 held a conference toannounce a programme for selecting 100 outstanding businesses to participate inthe “Vietnam Pavilion" on Alibaba.com – a leading B2B e-commerce platformfor global trade.

The programme aims to introduce the diversity of “Made in Vietnam” products,promote international trade activities, create conditions for businesses toaccess millions of customers worldwide through Alibaba.com's large customernetwork, and help global customers understand more about Vietnam’s products andsmall- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Read full story

- Vietnamese furniture makers are introducing their products at the WorldFurniture Expo (WOFX) which opened in Mumbai, India on November 28. Read full story

- The Lam Dong provincial People Committee has proposed budget carrier VietjetAir open direct flights from the locality’s Lien Khuong airport to Singapore toboost investment and tourism links.

The opening of the Lien Khuong-Singapore air route is expected to createconditions for the Central Highlands province to connect with the city state,lift investment cooperation and economic development while supporting thelocality in promoting tourism in the coming time. Read full story

- A seminar was held in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang onNovember 28 to launch the second phase of the programme titled “Reaching theFurthest Behind - Improving the quality of life of especially disadvantagedcommunity groups in Ha Giang, Quang Tri and Hoa Binh provinces”.

The second phase of the programme, funded by the Embassy of Ireland in Vietnam,runs from September 2023-August 2028. It aims to improve the quality of life fordisadvantaged ethnic minority communities in six communes of Dak Rong and HuongHoa districts in the central province of Quang Tri, four communes of Da Bac andLac Son districts in the northern province of Hoa Binh, and five communes ofXin Man and Vi Xuyen districts in Ha Giang. Read full story

- City International Hospital and Gia An 115 Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City havebecome the first two in Vietnam to receive the accreditation from the AmericanAccreditation Commission International (AACI), one of the world’s mostprestigious healthcare accreditation organisations. Read full story./.
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