Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malaysia Tan Sri Dato' Johari Bin Abdul and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on October 22 afternoon, beginning their four-day official visit to Vietnam.
The visit is made at the invitation of Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi on October 23 morning for the expanded BRICS Summit in Kazan city of Russia, at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, Chair of BRICS 2024.
Accompanying the PM are Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien, and other senior officials from key ministries and agencies, along with Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi. Read full story
- Leaders of China, Cambodia, Cuba and Russia have sent their congratulations to Luong Cuong on his fresh election as President of Vietnam.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping affirmed that China attaches importance to developing relations with Vietnam, supports the country's path towards socialism in line with its conditions, and its preparations for the 14th National Party Congress. Read full story
- Vietnam aims to turn its Halal industry into a strong economic sector, positioning the country as an indispensable destination on the global Halal map and an important link in the supply chain of Halal products and services worldwide, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated at a conference held in Hanoi on October 22.
The conference, co-hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, aimed to create substantive changes and effectively implement the plan on strengthening international cooperation to build and develop Vietnam's Halal industry by 2030. Read full story
- The 15th National Assembly continued the ongoing 8th session in Hanoi on October 22, the second working day, under the chair of NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man.
The morning sitting, presided over by NA Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thanh, saw Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc present a report on the implementation of the 2024 state budget plan, the draft state budget plan and the proposed allocation of the central budget for 2025, and the 2025-2027 financial and state budget plan, on which a verification report was later delivered by Le Quang Manh, member of the NA Standing Committee and Chairman of the NA Committee for Financial and Budgetary Affairs. Read full story
- The Party and Government of Vietnam always attaches importance to strengthening and developing the friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son told Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam He Wei at their meeting in Hanoi on October 22.
Son, who also serves as Chairman of the Vietnam - China Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation, stated that this is an objective requirement, a strategic choice, and a top priority in Vietnam's foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, and multilateralisation and diversification and external relations. Read full story
- Vietnam considers Japan a top important and long-term partner, and supports Japan in playing an increasingly active role to contribute to peace, stability, cooperation, and development in the region and the world, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son told Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi during their phone talks on October 22.
The two sides expressed their pleasure at the comprehensive development of relations between the two countries in various fields, and affirmed the commitment to continue strengthening close cooperation between the foreign ministries, contributing to enhancing the Vietnam-Japan comprehensive strategic partnership. Read full story
- General Phan Van Giang, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defence, held talks with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence General Chansamone Chanyalath on the occasion of the second Vietnam-Laos border defence friendship exchange in the northwestern province of Son La on October 22.
The talks provided an opportunity for the two sides to review their five-year cooperation in implementing the protocol on defence cooperation in 2020-2024 , share their vision for defence relations in the 2025-2029 period and beyond. Read full story
- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and Director General for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service (EEAS) Niclas Kvarnström co-chaired the fifth meeting of the Vietnam-EU Joint Committee within the framework of the EU-Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) in Hanoi on October 22.
Hang described the EU as one of Vietnam's most important economic and development partners, highlighting that Vietnam always attaches importance to developing the comprehensive partnership and cooperation with the EU as well as relations with the bloc's member states./. Read full story
