☀️ Morning digest October 6

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

- The Vietnamese Party, State and NationalAssembly (NA) will provide the best conditions for people’s organisations ofVietnam to boost friendship and cooperation with their Lao counterparts, saidNA Standing Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man on October 5.

National Assembly Standing Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man hosts a reception for his visiting Lao counterpart Sommad Pholsena, who also serves as Chairman of the Lao Committee for Peace and Solidarity, in Hanoi on October 5. (Photo: VNA)

Man made the statement while meeting hisvisiting Lao counterpart Sommad Pholsena, who also serves as Chairman of theLao Committee for Peace and Solidarity, in Hanoi.Read full story

- Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Unionof Friendship Organisations (VUFO), on October 5 met with visiting Lao NationalAssembly Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Lao Committee for Peace andSolidarity Sommad Pholsena.

She said the VUFO will provide all possible conditions for the Vietnam – LaosFriendship Association, the Vietnam Peace Committee and other VUFO members tostep up bilateral friendship exchanges and closely coordinate with their Laopeers in people-to-people diplomacy mechanisms in order to better exercisetheir role as a bridge to promote the two countries’ relations in all areas. Read full story

- The Vietnamese central bank’s move tolift short-term deposit rate caps is likely to raise the average cost of funds– both deposit and interbank rates – for Vietnamese commercial banks. 

Customers at a BIDV office in Hanoi. Banks are expected to raise yields, even if lending rates for some priority sectors are held down through informal guidance from regulators and social pressure. (Photo: VNA)

However, the banks should be able to pass someof the additional cost on to borrowers, limiting the impact on net interestmargins (NIM), according to Fitch Ratings. Read full story

- The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho expects toexport the first batch of durians to China next year.

To prepare for the shipment, the municipalSub-department for Plant Production and Protection on October 5 guidedcooperatives and cooperative groups in Phong Dien district to register forplanting area codes, meeting requirements for exports to China through theofficial channel.Read full story

- Marine scientific research plays an importantrole in biodiversity conservation and restoration, and sustainable development,heard an ocean dialogue held in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa onOctober 5.

The 9th Ocean Dialogue, themed “Marine scientific research:Confidence building and environment sustainability”, was jointly held by theDiplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV), the British Embassy in Vietnam and theKonrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) – a German political foundation. Read full story

- Experts will share experience in cyber security in the bankingand financial sector during an exercise slated for October 11.

DF Cyber Defense2022 aims to equip officials in charge of ensuring information safety inbanking and financial organisations with new tactics, the National CyberSecurity Centre (NCSC) under the Ministry of Information and Communicationssaid on October 5. Read full story

- The National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology has for thefirst time successfully bred twins who were born at 25 weeks, each weighingjust 500g.

The twins, oneboy and one girl, were born on May 16 to a mother infected with COVID-19 inHanoi’s district of Ung Hoa./. Read full story

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