Hanoi (VNA) - The followingis a list of selected news summaries last night by Vietnam News Agency.
- The 10th session of the StandingCommittee of the 15th National Assembly (NA) is scheduled to begin on April 14and conclude on April 26.
According to the NA’s Office, NA Chairman VuongDinh Hue will attend and deliver the opening speech, with NA Vice Chairmentaking turns in chairing the session. Read full story
- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressedhis hope that Vietnam’s partnerships with Belarus and Egypt will grow whilereceiving the countries’ new ambassadors who came to present their credentialson April 13.
Welcoming Belarusian Ambassador VladimirBaravikov, the State leader affirmed Vietnam always attaches importance totraditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Belarus. He said hebelieves the diplomat will make considerable contributions to bilateral ties. Read full story
Highly valuing Joly’s selection of Vietnam asone of the first two Asian countries to pay an official visit to as ForeignMinister of Canada, the host noted with satisfaction that the two countries’relations have been growing effectively and substantively as seen in bilateraltrade topping 6 billion USD in 2021, up 18.5 percent from 2020, and in thepartnership in the COVID-19 combat and climate change response.Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh talkedover the phone with Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman ofthe World Economic Forum (WEF), on April 13.
The two sides shared the evaluations of globaltrends and challenges, measures for economic recovery, green growth, andsustainable development, along with orientations for the Vietnam - WEFrelations in the time to come. Read full story
- The second meeting of the politicalaffairs sub-committee of the Joint Committee under the EU-Vietnam ComprehensivePartnership and Cooperation Framework Agreement (PCA) took place virtually onApril 13.
Assistant to the Vietnamese Minister ofForeign Affairs Do Hung Viet and Deputy Managing Director for Asia and Pacificof the European External Action Service (EEAS) Paola Pampaloni co-chaired theevent, which was held on the occasion of Vietnam and the EU celebrating adecade of signing the PCA (June, 2012 – 2022). Read full story
- Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son andhis Canadian counterpart Mélanie Joly discussed measures to further deepen theVietnam-Canada partnership during talks in Hanoi on April 13.
Son welcomed the first Vietnamese visitby Joly as Vietnam and Canada celebrate the 5th anniversary of theircomprehensive partnership, affirming that the visit will contribute toreinforcing ties between the two countries and the two ministries. Read full story
- A census of enterprises is to beconducted nationwide by the General Statistics Office (GSO) from April 15 toMay 30, according to the GSO’s Department of Statistical Data Collection and ITApplication.
GSO Deputy General Director Nguyen Trung Tiensaid the census aims to collect information about enterprises, cooperatives,and cooperative alliances to serve socio-economic management, governance,assessment, and forecasting, along with the forming of development policies andplans for the economy as a whole and each locality. Read full story
- A Korean culture road festivalorganised by the Embassy of Republic of Korea (RoK) in Vietnam will be held inHanoi from April 16 and April 17, reported the Voice of Vietnam (VOV).
This year’s festival will feature boothsintroducing a range of Korean products such as fruits, ginseng, nutritiousdrinks, mixed noodles, tokbokki, and other traditional Korean dishes./. Read full story