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☀️ Morning digest October 1

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

☀️ Morning digest October 1

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

- Party General Secretary and State President To Lam held talks with Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh during his state visit to Mongolia on September 30.

Both leaders reached a consensus on major directions and specific measures to realise high-level agreements, with national defence-security cooperation identified as a key pillar, thus contributing to elevating bilateral ties to a level that matches the new partnership framework, and reflects the global and regional context. Read full story

- Vietnam and Mongolia issued a joint statement on the establishment of the comprehensive partnership during a state visit by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam on September 30 - October 1.

The joint statement reads that during the trip, the Vietnamese leader had talks with Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, Chairman of the Parliament Dashzegve Amarbayasgalan, and Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene. Read full story

- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPV) and State President To Lam has sent a message of congratulations to General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (October 1).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man extended congratulatory messages to Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Zhao Leji, respectively. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Nick Clegg, President of Global Affairs at Meta, in Hanoi on September 30, speaking highly of the US-based technology multinational’s practical and effective contributions to the Vietnamese economy as well as the two countries' relations.

The meeting coincided with the first anniversary of the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and the US, the host said, reviewing the development of bilateral ties. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 30 asked competent ministries, sectors, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang city to clearly define the scope and operating model of regional and international financial centres to be established in Vietnam.

He made the statement while chairing a meeting between the permanent cabinet members and the steering committee for developing the project on regional and international financial centres. The event was attended by Standing Deputy PM Nguyen Hoa Binh, Secretary of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Van Nen, Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha, and leaders from ministries, sectors and the two cities. Read full story

- National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man met with voters of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on September 30 ahead of the 15th NA’s 8th session.

Man revealed that during its 8th session, scheduled to open on October 21 and last until November 30, the NA will consider several important bills, including the draft law amending and supplementing several articles of the Law on Health Insurance. The amendments aim to guarantee fairness between service-based medical examinations and those covered by health insurance, ensuring equal treatment for patients in terms of service attitude and access to medications. Additionally, the management of both public and private hospitals will be made more transparent and equitable. Read full story

- An economist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has emphasised the need to strengthen the resilience of the Vietnamese economy against natural disasters given the devastating consequences of Typhoon Yagi, the strongest to hit Vietnam in decades, and its aftermath.

In an exclusive interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), Nguyen Ba Hung, Principal Country Economist at ADB Vietnam, said initial estimates put the typhoon damage at 81.5 trillion VND (3.31 billion USD). Read full story./.

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