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☀️Morning digest October 8

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

☀️Morning digest October 8

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

– Party General Secretary and President To Lam and French President Emmanuel Macron announced the upgrade of relations between the two countries to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during their talks in Paris on October 7 (local time), making France the first country in the European Union (EU) to establish this partnership with Vietnam.

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At the talks between Party General Secretary and President To Lam and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on October 7. (Photo: VNA)

Both sides also aligned on major directions and measures to ensure this partnership deepens and becomes more practical, fitting the new context of Vietnam-France cooperation. Read full story

– Vietnam and France have issued a joint statement on the upgrade of bilateral relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership on the occasion of Party General Secretary and State President To Lam’s official visit to France from October 6-7.

Both sides committed to bolstering bilateral ties on the back of mutual respect for international law, equality, sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and political system of each other. They pledged to maintain high-level exchanges and interactions through all channels between the French administration and the Communist Party, Government, National Assembly, and local authorities of Vietnam. Read full story

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi on October 8 morning for the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and Related Summits that will take place in Laos from the day to October 11.

The trip is made at the invitation of Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone - ASEAN Chair 2024. Read full story

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Professor Klaus Schwab on October 7 had an exchange with nearly 500 students from universities in Hanoi.

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Professor Klaus Schwab on October 7 have an exchange with nearly 500 students from universities in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)

Speaking at the event, held at Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Schwab emphasised Vietnam’s advanced position and role in the evolving world, reminding that young people are the country’s future. Read full story

– Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Minh Tam has emphasised Vietnam’s tangible and wholehearted contributions to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) over the past time.

In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency ahead of the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and related meetings in Vientiane, Laos, from October 8-11, Tam said with the theme “ASEAN: Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience”, the meetings will focus on strategic issues relating to the bloc and the region. Read full story

– The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on October 7 to present decisions of the State President and the Defence Minister to three officers who will assume duties at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

They include Lieutenant Colonel Vu Thi Kim Oanh and Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Thu, who will respectively serve as a quartermaster and a senior staff officer for training at UNISFA. Meanwhile, Captain Chu Tuan Linh will act as a military observer at UNMISS. Read full story

– A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet attended a preparatory meeting for the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and related meetings in Vientiane, Laos, on October 7.

Viet, who is also head of the ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) delegation of Vietnam, and other delegates praised the host country’s all-round preparations for the events and pledged to closely coordinate with Laos and contribute to the success of the meetings./. Read full story

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