☀️ Morning digest November 29

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

☀️ Morning digest November 29

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

- The Vietnamese Party and State always treasure and give the top priority to building and fostering the growing and strong relationship with Cambodia, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam affirmed while meeting with King Norodom Sihamoni who is on a state visit to Vietnam.

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Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam (R) meets with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni in Hanoi on November 28. (Photo: VNA)

Congratulating the Cambodian people on their great and significant achievements in the cause of national construction and development, General Secretary Lam expressed his confidence that under the reign of the King, and the leadership of the Senate, National Assembly, and Government, they will gain new, even greater accomplishments in building a peaceful, independent, democratic, and socially progressive Cambodia. He reaffirmed Vietnam's support for Cambodia's vision and development direction in the new phase. Read full story

– Vietnam always treasures and places a top priority on strengthening its relations with Cambodia, State President Luong Cuong remarked while meeting with visiting Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni in Hanoi on November 28.

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State President Luong Cuong (R) and visiting Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni in Hanoi on November 28. (Photo: VNA)

At the meeting, following his welcome ceremony for the royal guest, the President expressed his confidence that the Cambodian King’s two-day visit would significantly enhance bilateral cooperation for their people’s development and prosperity as well as for peace, stability, cooperation, and progress in the region and the world. Read full story

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 28 met with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, who is on a two-day state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Luong Cuong.

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) meets with visiting Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)

The PM said that the history of the Vietnam-Cambodia relationship is marked by each country’s arduous struggles for independence and freedom and that their mutual sharing and sacrifice constitute an invaluable asset that the two nations' people need to preserve and nurture together. Read full story

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 28 received visiting Minister-President of Germany’s State of Hesse Boris Rhein, who said his ongoing trip aims to step up cooperation with Vietnam in economy, education-training, and labour.

PM Chinh stated that Vietnam treasures the development of its Strategic Partnership with Germany, with a priority on cooperation with Hesse. In return, Rhein affirmed the state's desires to strengthen ties with Vietnam. Read full story

– National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on November 28 met with Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, who is on a state visit to Vietnam.

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National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man (R) meets with Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni. (Photo: VNA)

The NA leader underscored that the King’s two-day visit could help significantly reinforce the "good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation and long-term sustainability" between Vietnam and Cambodia. Read full story

- The National Assembly (NA) on November 28 voted to approve a resolution on the election of Le Quang Tung as member of the Standing Committee and General Secretary of the 15th legislature, within the framework of its ongoing 8th session.

Specifically, 453 out of 454 deputies present in the sitting, or 94.57% of the total number of deputies, voted in favour a resolution on the election, while one deputy, or 0.21%, abstained from voting. Read full story

- The 11th theoretical workshop between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) was held in the Lao province of Luang Prabang on November 28, under the theme "Developing an Independent and Self-Reliant Economy - Experiences of Vietnam and Laos".

It was co-chaired by Nguyen Xuan Thang, member of the CPV Central Committee’s Political Bureau, President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) and Chairman of the Central Theory Council, and Kikeo Khaykhamphithoun, Politburo member of the LPRP and Deputy Prime Minister of Laos./. Read full story

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