☀️ Morning digest November 7

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

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has affirmed to the National Assembly that the Government and local administrations will continue to drastically implement set measures and tasks while fixing shortcomings so as to realise the year's targets to the highest possible level and create a driving force for next year.

In his speech to the NA following the final Q&A session in Hanoi on November 5, the PM gave a brief review on the socio-economic performance in the past 10 months and called attention to new developments in the world situation, particularly risk factors.Read full story

– Cambodia's media have described the upcoming visit to Cambodia by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, from November 8-9, as a highlight of the friendship between the two countries. 
Swiftnews and the website of the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) on November 4 and 5 published an in-depth article by Uch Leang, deputy head of the Department of Asian, African and Middle Eastern Studies under the RAC’s Institute of International Relations, featuring the Vietnamese leader’s visit.Read full story

- The Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) successfully conducted their second joint patrol in 2022 in the waters adjacent to the demarcation line in the Gulf of Tonkin from November 3-5.

This was also the fifth of its kind after the Vietnam-China agreement on fishery cooperation in the Gulf of Tonkin expired on June 30, 2020.Read full story

– Vietnam and Singapore reaffirmed their warm and friendly defence relations as well as their commitment to enhance bilateral defence cooperation at the 13th Singapore-Vietnam Defence Policy Dialogue (DPD) held in Singapore on November 4. 

The event was co-chaired by Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien and Permanent Secretary Chan Heng Kee at Singapore’s Ministry of Defence.Read full story

– Given current regional and international situation, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member economies should continue to strengthen trust and cooperation, and fully and effectively implement agreements and commitments, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh said in a pre-recorded speech at the High-level Forum entitled “RCEP Spurs Higher-level Opening up” on November 5.

The forum was held in the framework of the China International Import Expo (CIIE) which kicked off in Shanghai, China on November 5.Read full story

– Vietnam targets exporting fruit worth over 5 billion USD by 2025 and roughly 6.5 billion USD by 2030, according to a project recently approved by the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Accordingly, 14 types of key fruit trees have been chosen for intense cultivation. These include dragon fruit, mango, banana, lychee, longan fruit, orange, pomelo, pineapple, rambutan, durian, jackfruit, passion fruit, avocado and custard apple.Read full story

– The traditional Ngo (Khmer boat) race in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh opened on November 6 as part of the Ok Om Bok Festival.

The tournament, to last until November 7, brings together eight teams with more than 800 athletes from seven districts and Tra Vinh city, and guest athletes from Rong Giang district in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.Read full story/.

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