Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selectednews summaries last night by Vietnam News Agency.
- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi onAugust 22 for Lao Prosecutor General Xayxana Khotphouthone, who is in Vietnamfor the 7th Conference of People's Procuracies of provinces sharing the Vietnam– Laos border.
The President lauded the good cooperation between the SupremePeople’s Procuracies of the two countries, and affirmed that the VietnameseParty, State and the Supreme People’s Procuracy stand ready to support the Laoagency in all aspects. Read full story
- The Cambodian leaders pledged to work together with Vietnamto preserve and promote the fine neighbourliness between the two countrieswhile receiving a Vietnamese senior Party official in Phnom Penh on August 22.
Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) President and Prime MinisterHun Sen, CPP Honorary President and National Assembly President Heng Samrin,and CPP Vice President and President of the Senate of Cambodia Say Chhum metwith Le Hoai Trung, head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) CentralCommittee’s Commission for External Relations. Read full story
The President made the request at a working session withrepresentatives from the council and other agencies on August 22, which tookplace before he approves the amnesty dossiers. Read full story
- Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long held talks with his Laocounterpart Phayvy Siboualypha in Hanoi on August 22, during which they agreedto raise the efficiency of cooperation between the two ministries and diversifycooperation formats.
The collaboration will focus on information-technology applicationand the exchange of experience online. Read full story
- Vietnamese students won one silver, five bronze medals andone consolation prize at the 15th International Olympiad on Astronomy andAstrophysics (IOAA), said the Hanoi Department of Education and Training onAugust 22.
Vietnam’s delegation to the competition comprised ninestudents from physics-specialised classes of the Hanoi – Amsterdam High Schoolfor the Gifted in Hanoi. Read full story
- Vietnam consistently supports the strengthening ofthe ASEAN-Russia strategic partnership, affirmed Politburo member and Ministerof Public Security Gen. To Lam on August 22 at the 2nd ASEAN-RussiaConsultations of the High Representatives for Security Issues.
Lam stated that Vietnam pledges to do its best to acttogether with ASEAN member countries and Russia in response to challenges for aregion of peace, stability and
sustainability and a drug-free ASEAN. Read full story
- Thai retail conglomerate Central Group is planning toexpand aggressively at home and in neighboring Vietnam, hoping to tap anexpected jump in demand when the COVID-19 pandemic ends, according to NikkeiAsia.
Central Retail, the group's core retail arm, has set aside 30billion THB (848 million USD) to invest in Vietnam, where it intends toincrease sales to 100 billion THB over the next five years, up from the current38.6 billion THB, according to its business strategy published in its annualreport. Read full story
- The Ministry of Health on August 22 issued temporaryguidelines for monitoring and preventing monkeypox amid complicateddevelopments of the disease.
Accordingly, people have their temperatures checked at bordergates to detect cases of monkeypox. Monitoring measures at border gatesalso include supervising medical quarantine officers. Read full story
Competitors from 34 clubs in 14 cities and provinces tookpart in four categories of speed skating, slalom, slide and skateboard indifferent age groups from four years to unlimited age./. Read full story