☀️ Morning digest on June 23

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest on June 23 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a listof selected news summaries last night by Vietnam News Agency.

- The Party Central Committee’s InspectionCommission issued a disciplinary warning against the Standing Board of the PartyCommittee of the Vietnam National Coal – Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin)for the 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 tenures, during its 16th meeting that tookplace from June 20-22.

The commission concluded that the board violated the principle ofdemocratic centralism and working regulations, and showed a lack ofresponsibility along with lax leadership and supervision, letting the Councilof Members and some individuals violate Party regulations and the State’s lawson production, business and investment. Read full story
☀️ Morning digest on June 23 ảnh 2Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son talks over phone with his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Al Busaidi on June 22. (Photo: VNA)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Sontalked over phone with his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin HamoodAl Busaidi on June 22 after Vietnam and Oman celebrated the 30th anniversary oftheir diplomatic ties (June 9).

Son highly valued remarkable developments in cooperation between the twocountries over the past three decades in politics, diplomacy, economy andtrade, saying they have maintained delegation exchanges and mutual support atinternational forums, and in natural disaster response and the COVID-19 fight. Read full story

- The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee and theCommunist Youth League of China (CYLC) Central Committee on June 22 jointlyorganised the Vietnam-China Youth Friendship Exchange Programme 2022.

Opening the programme, member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)Central Committee and First Secretary of the HCYU Central Committee Nguyen AnhTuan held talks with alternate member of the Communist Party of China (CPC)Central Committee and First Secretary of CYLC Central Committee He Junke. Read full story

- The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony on June 22to mark the 55th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties between Vietnamand Cambodia.

Addressing the event, Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the municipal People’sCommittee, reviewed the arduous struggles for independence, freedom andnational reunification of the Vietnamese and Cambodian armies and people. Read full story

- The Vietnamese Government is willing to create favourable conditionsfor foreign enterprises, including those from the Republic of Korea (RoK), toexpand investment and business in Vietnam, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minhtold Chairman of Daewoo E&C Group Jung Won-ju.

During a reception for Jung on June 22, theVietnamese leader expressed his belief that the two countries' relations willcontinue to develop more intensively and substantively in various fields,especially trade and investment.
☀️ Morning digest on June 23 ảnh 3Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
- The Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) has maintained itsforecast for Vietnam’s GDP growth at 6.5 percent and core inflation rate at 3.7percent of core inflation rate in 2022, but predicted that inflation may reach5 percent in 2023 due to multiple risks and challenges.

In a recent report, the UOB noted that Vietnam continued itsdevelopment trend in the second quarter of 2022. In the first six months ofthis year, the production sector recorded a 9.24 percent rise year-on-year. Read full story

- The People’s Court of Hanoi on June 22 lowered the prison sentence forformer Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung in a caserelated to the purchase of Redoxy-3C to treat polluted lakes in the city.

Accordingly, Chung received a jail term of only five years instead ofeight years declared at the first-instance trial after the court considered hiswork and fulfilment of all compensations. Read full story

- A workshop was held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 22 todiscuss ways to promote links and share experience to raise the value ofVietnamese rice in the international market.

The event gathered representatives from the Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development, the Mekong DeltaRice Research Institute, enterprises operating in processing and riceexports, and market experts and researchers./. Read full story
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (right) and Thai Ambassador Urawadee Sriphiromya. (Photo: VNA)

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Delegates attend banquet to celebrate the 75th founding anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and DPRK (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

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Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien (R) receives Colonel S. Muthukrishnan, Indian Defence Attaché in Vietnam, at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Hanoi on February 6. (Photo: qdnd.vn)

Vietnam, India enhance defence cooperation

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