☀️ Morning digest October 13

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

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

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hailed women-led businesses as majorcontributors to economic recovery and development in Vietnam and the region inhis virtual remarks at the second ASEAN Women Leaders’ Summit 2022 on October12.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends the second ASEAN Women Leaders’ Summit 2022 on October 12 in an online form. (Photo: VNA)

He reiterated Vietnam’s commitments in cooperating with other ASEAN memberstates to further promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, contributingto shaping a sustainable, inclusive and resilient future of the region and theworld at large. Read full story

- Vietnam will work alongside the international community to build a world ofpeace, where all people, states and nations may benefit from the fruits ofdevelopment and social progress, and where no one is left behind, ForeignMinister Bui Thanh Son said in an interview to the press on the occasion ofVietnam’s fresh election to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) forthe 2023-2025 tenure. Read full story

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) meets voters in HCM City on October 12. (Photo: VNA)

- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and National Assembly (NA) deputies of Ho Chi MinhCity met with voters in the districts of Cu Chi and Hoc Mon on October 12 aheadof the 15th parliament’s fourth session. Read full story

- The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee wrapped up its16th session on October 12, during which it stepped up preparations forthe parliament’s coming fourth session. Read full story

- Vietnam wishes to continue receiving close coordination and assistance fromthe Japanese Government and businesses in promoting their strategic partnershipon digital transformation, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Information andCommunication Nguyen Huy Dung said at a forum themed “Digital Transformationfor an Inclusive Digital Society” on October 12. Read full story

- Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien is in Moscow to attend theRussian Energy Week (REW 2022) International Forum, which was opened at ManegeCentral Exhibition Hall on October 12. Read full story

- A seminar will be held by Viet Nam News in Hanoi on October 18 to discuss theRepublic of Korea (RoK)’s investment in Vietnam to mark the30th anniversary of the countries’ diplomatic ties.

The event will be attended by the Vietnam News Agency General Director, theeditorial board of the Viet Nam News daily, representatives of the KoreanChamber of Commerce (KOCHAM), and major Korean companies including Samsung,POSCO and DEEP C, along with officials of several Vietnamese localities andministries. Read full story

- The 2022 Mekong Tourism Forum (MTF), themed “Rebuild Tourism, Rebound withResilience”, opened in the central province of Quang Nam on October 12 with theparticipation of more than 250 delegates from Vietnam and other Greater MekongSub-region (GMS) nations, as well as international tourism organisations. Read full story

- Food Ingredients Vietnam (Fi Vietnam 2022), the largest food and beverage(F&B) ingredients exhibition in the country, opened in Ho Chi Minh City onOctober 12. Read full story

- East Asian Seas countries are current in the process of negotiating a globalagreement to put an end to plastic pollution and marine plastic litter, PhamThu Hang, Deputy Director-General of the Vietnam Institute of Seas and Islands(VISI), said at the 25th Inter-governmental Meeting of the Coordinating Body onthe Seas of East Asia (COBSEA), Part Two, in Hanoi on October 12. Read full story

- Six Vietnamese universities have been listed in the Times Higher Education(THE) World University Rankings 2023, which includes nearly 1,800 universitiesacross 104 countries and regions, the largest and most diverse of its kind todate.

The Vietnamese institutions listed are Duy Tan University, Ton Duc ThangUniversity, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), Hanoi University ofScience and Technology (HUST), Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City(VNU-HCM) and Hue University, which was named on the list for the first time. Read full story./.

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