☀️ Morning digest on July 27

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest on July 27 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is alist of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

-  Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaireda monthly Cabinet meeting on legislation in Hanoi on July 26, with four draftlaws (amended) tabled for discussion.Read full story

- Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai received Lao Finance Minister BounchomUbonpaseuth in Hanoi on July 26, during which the host affirmed that Vietnamshares its happiness and difficulties with Laos.

☀️ Morning digest on July 27 ảnh 2Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai (right) and Lao Finance Minister Bounchom Ubonpaseuth (Photo: VNA)
Highlighting their bilateral cooperation and traditional friendship, Khai saidBounchom Ubonpaseuth’s official visit is contributing to the success ofVietnam-Laos and Laos-Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022. Read full story

- The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee will share itsexperience in people-to-people diplomacy with the Lao Front for National Construction(LFNC) Central Committee and help the Lao side with the establishment offarmers’ association, President of the VFF Central Committee Do Van Chienpledged on July 26. Read full story

- A search team from Military Zone 2 of Vietnam has repatriated more than 1,800volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives while on duty in Laos,since its inception in late 1994. In the 2021-2022 dry season alone, the teambrought home 20 sets of remains of martyrs, of whom eight have been identified. Read full story

- With the Government of Vietnam committed to achieving net zero emissions by2050, there is a shift in the country’s priority in foreign investmentattraction, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai on July 26. Read full story

- The Ministry of Planning and Investment and the World Bank (WB) in Vietnamjointly held a conference in Hanoi on July 26 to gather opinions frominternational organisations and consultants on the draft national masterplanning for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050.Read full story

- The Enterprise Development Agency (EDA) under the Ministry of Planning andInvestment (MPI) is coordinating with the US Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID) to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) inaccelerating digital transformation and building capacity for broader access tofinance, heard a workshop on July 26.

☀️ Morning digest on July 27 ảnh 3The workshop on “Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises Through Digital Transformation and Access to Finance” is co-held by the MPI and USAID in Hanoi on July 26. (Photo: MPI)
The workshop on “Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises Through DigitalTransformation and Access to Finance” was co-held by the MPI and USAID, throughthe USAID Linkages for Small and Medium Enterprises (LinkSME) project, inHanoi. Read full story

- A total of 29 social impact businesses (SIBs) will receive six-month coachingservices and 100 million VND (4,278 USD) as seed funding to test and refinetheir creative models and realise their impact potential.

☀️ Morning digest on July 27 ảnh 4The Social Impact Businesses of the COVID-19 Adaptation Programme 2022 are announced on July 26. (Photo: MPI)
The announcement was made at an event on July 26 co-hosted by the Agency ofEnterprise Development (AED) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment(MPI), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) toannounce “The Social Impact Businesses of the COVID-19 Adaptation Programme2022”. Read full story

- The Vietnam News Agency has joined hands with the Ho Chi Minh Cadre Academy(HCA) and VPBank Finance Company Limited to build a cultural space named afterlate President Ho Chi Minh and a playground for children in Nhuan Duc commune,Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City.Read full story./.
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The children of Lao nationals who have settled in Kon Tum province. (Photo: VNA)

Amendments proposed to ease nationality procedures for foreigners, OVs

The draft law on amendments to the Law on Vietnamese Nationality features the revision of some regulations related to nationality acquisition, making it easier for individuals with Vietnamese parents or grandparents, as well as foreign investors, scientists and experts, to gain Vietnamese citizenship.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives Cambodian Minister of Commerce Cham Nimul (Photo: VNA)

PM welcomes Cambodian Minister of Commerce

PM Pham Minh Chinh praised the signing of the agreement to promote bilateral trade between the Governments of Vietnam and Cambodia for the 2025–2026 period, noting that it will provide legal grounds for reaching the trade target of 20 billion USD.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh discusses bilateral cooperation and regional and international developments with his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim on April 28. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese, Malaysian PMs hold phone talks

PM Pham Minh Chinh reaffirmed Vietnam’s commitment to being an active and responsible ASEAN member, pledging continued support for Malaysia during its ASEAN chairmanship and for the successful organisation of upcoming ASEAN conferences.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) receives Chinese Minister of Veterans Affairs Pei Jinjia on April 28. (Photo: VNA)

PM receives Chinese Minister of Veterans Affairs

PM Pham Minh Chinh said he hopes that the Chinese Ministry of Veterans Affairs will bolster cooperation with Vietnamese agencies to raise public awareness of the traditional friendship between the two countries.

The meeting between Politburo member and permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu and Secretary General of the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) Party Chakil Aboobabcar on April 28 (Photo: VNA)

Officials of Vietnamese, Mozambican parties hold talks

The officials underscored the importance of preserving and fostering the relationship between the two ruling parties to guide and promote the countries’ multi-faceted cooperation, ensuring it grows deeper and delivers substantive results.

NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)

NA Standing Committee’s 44th session wraps up

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man stressed the need for continued urgency and diligence in preparing the remaining items, particularly contentious draft laws, to ensure complete documentation.

A view of Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)

Japanese expert lauds Vietnam’s art of bamboo diplomacy

Senior research fellow at Meiji University Prof. Go Ito delved into Vietnam's remarkable journey over the past five decades since the liberation of the South and national reunification in an analysis published by the Japan Forum on International Relations on April 28, crediting its adaptability and a distinctive diplomatic approach dubbed “bamboo diplomacy.”

Lieutenant General Vongsone Inpanphim, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Lao People's Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence. (Photo: VNA)

April 30 victory is a great triumph of both Laos and Vietnam: military officer

Under the brilliant leadership and guidance of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), the Vietnamese army and people, especially those in the South, succeeded in their struggle against the imperialist forces. This historic victory helped Vietnam gain national reunification, enabling the country to safeguard its sovereignty and advance steadily on the path of socialism for the great goal of building a prosperous Vietnam as today.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) and his Japanese counterpart Ishiba Shigeru announce the outcomes of their talks in Hanoi on April 28. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam, Japan issue joint communiqué

Vietnamese and Japanese Prime Ministers expressed their delight at the strong, comprehensive and substantive development of the Vietnam - Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World after more than one year of upgrading, affirming that they will closely coordinate and further strengthen the Vietnam - Japan cooperation towards a new era of Vietnam.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam (right) and Secretary General of the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) Party Chakil Aboobabcar. (Photo: VNA)

Top Vietnamese leader receives Secretary General of FRELIMO Party

The General Secretary emphasised that the participation of the FRELIMO Party, along with friendly and fraternal parties from Africa as well as from many regions around the world, is a great joy, support and encouragement for the Party, State and people of Vietnam in these meaningful days.

State President Luong Cuong offers incense at House 67. (Photo: VNA)

State leader pays tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh

In a solemn, emotional atmosphere, President Cuong pledged to continue striving, together with the entire Party and people, to uphold the strength of great national unity and the aspiration for development, advancing the nation into a new era of prosperity and growth.