Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Prime MinisterPham Minh Chinh has hailed President of the 26th United Nations ClimateChange Conference (COP26) Alok Kumar Sharma, who is also British Ministerfor the Cabinet Office, for his contributions to stepping up the delivery ofCOP26 commitments.
During a reception in Hanoi on August 29, Chinh saidfollowing COP26, Vietnam has actively worked to fulfil its commitments. Read full story
- National AssemblyChairman Vuong Dinh Hue has welcomed COP26 President Alok Kumar Sharma, who isalso British Minister for the Cabinet Office, for visiting again to discusscooperation in climate change responses and pushing for the establishment of aJust Energy Transition Partnership between Vietnam and its development partners.
Thanking Hue for his reception in Hanoi on August 29, Sharmasaid this is his third visit to Vietnam in 18 months and that he talked withMinister of Environment and Natural Resources Tran Hong Ha about varioustopics, particularly a national strategy against climate change, reduction ingreenhouse gas emissions, Vietnam’s Power Development Plan VIII (PDP VIII), andthe country’s commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Read full story
- Vietnam always considers the US one of its top importantpartners, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told visiting Senior Aid to USSenator Tim Rieser at a reception in Hanoi on August 29.
Dam thanked theUS official for his contributions to ties between the two US parties andVietnam as well as post-war recovery programmes between the two Governments. Read full story
- Cuba’s First DeputyMinister of Foreign Affairs Gerardo Peñalver Portal is on an officialvisit to Vietnam for the seventh political consultation between the two foreignministries from August 28 – September 1 at the invitation of the VietnameseMinistry of Foreign Affairs.
At the seventh political consultation on August 29,Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc once again expressedthe sympathy and solidarity with the Party, State and people of Cuba over hugelosses caused by the oil storage facility explosion in Matanzas on August5.Read full story
- The Ministry ofTransport has recommended to the ministries of Planning and Investment, andFinance five projects to upgrade the national highways connecting with Laos.
The projects will be financed by loan from the World Bank(WB) of more than 8.5 trillion VND (369 million USD). Read full story
- The nation claimedsix culinary world records as recognised by the World Records Union(WorldKings), according to the Vietnam Records Organisation (VietKings).
The six world records broken include the country with thelargest number of “xoi”, sticky rice, and “che”, a Vietnamese dessert, dishes.This is along with the country with the most natural spices, the country withthe largest number of diverse and delicious street foods, the country with themost delicious home-cooked dishes, and the country with the most dishes madeusing banana trees, Radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) cited the source as saying. Read full story
- The global hoteland resort sector is recovering well from the COVID-19 pandemic withimprovements on occupancy and room rates, and Vietnam is no exception, saidMauro Gasparotti, director of Savills Hotels Asia Pacific.
The performance during the summer vacation period suggests apositive outlook./. Read full story