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☀️ Morning digest on March 28

The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekend by Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest on March 28 ảnh 1
Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekend by VietnamNews Agency.

-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh stressed the need to improve the start-up movement inboth quantity and quality so as to soon make Vietnam become a strong country inthis field at the fourth National Start-up Festival for Students, which openedin the northern province of Vinh Phuc on March 26. Read full story

-The same day, giving a keynote speech at theopening of the Visit Vietnam Year Quang Nam 2022 themed “Quang Nam- AGreen Destination”, held in Hoi An, the PM highlighted the need tofurther step up international tourism re-opening in association with safe andflexible adaptation to the pandemic in the new situation. Read full story

-President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 26 met withoutstanding young people in 2021 on the occasion of the 91st foundinganniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU).

☀️ Morning digest on March 28 ảnh 2 President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) meets delegates at the event (Photo: VNA)

He affirmed that the Party and the State alwayspay special attention to encouraging young talents, and have issued manypolicies and guidelines in this regard. Read full story

-Chairman ofthe Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue held online talks withPresident the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Esteban LazoHernández on March 25 night. The two leaders expressed their wish to bring economic-trade-investment tiesto be on par with the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Cuba. Read full story

☀️ Morning digest on March 28 ảnh 3Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Duong Quoc Thanh (right) presents the Friendship Order to Juan Carlos Valle Raleigh, former Ambassador of Argentina to Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
- VietnameseAmbassador to Argentina Duong Quoc Thanh, entrusted by the President ofVietnam, on March 26 presented a Friendship Order to former Ambassador ofArgentina to Vietnam Juan Carlos Valle Raleigh. Read full story

- Vietnam hashanded over the project of constructing the TV and Radio Broadcasting Stationof Bokeo province to the Lao side.

The station, which has a total investment of116.67 billion VND (about 5 million USD), with 113 billion VND asnon-refundable aid from the Vietnamese Government, is one of the four projectsimplemented by the Vietnam Television in Laos. Read full story

- More than 100 Vietnamese young people andstudents studying and working in the US attended a career forum organised bythe Vietnamese Youths and Students’ Association in New York on March 26.

The event was held at the headquarters of thePermanent Delegation of Vietnam to the United Nations. Read full story

-The ExpandedProgramme on Immunisation announced on March 27 that the Australian Governmenthas officially committed to providing Vietnam with about 13.7 million doses ofPfizer and Moderna vaccines to inoculate children aged between 5-11. Read full story

-Vietnam’sseaports have handled an estimated 180 million tonnes of goods in the firstquarter of 2022, the Vietnam Maritime Administrative (VMA) reported.

Notably, the volume of container cargo throughseaports is estimated at 6.2 million TEUs, up 6 percent year-on-year. Read full story

-The centralcity of Da Nang resumed inbound and outbound international commercial flights fromMarch 27 after two years of interruption due to COVID-19.

The first international flight of SingaporeAirlines took off from Da Nang to Singapore the same day, carrying 50passengers. Read full story

-Budgetcarrier Vietjet on March 27 resumed the first international service to thecentral city Da Nang from Bangkok, Thailand, reaffirming its leading role asthe largest flight capacity provider between the two countries while pioneeringin boosting the post-pandemic recovery of tourism and trade connectivity acrossthe region.

☀️ Morning digest on March 28 ảnh 4Passengers welcomed at Da Nang airport (Photo: Vietjet)
The flight departed from Bangkok to Da Nang,carrying over a hundred passengers, including representatives from numerousThai travel agencies to visit Da Nang and Vietnam’s central region on a trip toreactivate the tourism exchange between the two markets, following therelaxation of travel restrictions. Read full story

-Hoi An cityin the central province of Quang Nam and the Japan International CooperationAgency (JICA) on March 26 signed an agreement on supporting the restoration ofCau (Bridge) Pagoda.

Under the agreement, JICA will support Hoi An bysending experts to the city to help restore the pagoda. The activity may beadjusted depending on COVID-19 situation in Vietnam and Hoi An. Read full story

- On March 26,from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm local time, all Vietnamese people in 63 cities andprovinces nationwide were encouraged to switch off lights in response to EarthHour 2022, themed “Creating the future - Now or never”. Read full story

Earlier on theday, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) of Ho Chi Minh City and theHCM City Power Cooperation (EVNHCMC) hosted a run to mark the 91st anniversaryof the HCYU and respond to Earth Hour and Olympic Day Run 2022. Read full story/.
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