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☀️ Morning digest on May 26

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest on May 26 ảnh 1
Hanoi(VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by theVietnam News Agency.

☀️ Morning digest on May 26 ảnh 2Party and State leaders meet with NA ethnic minority deputies (Photo: VNA)
- Party and State leaders had a meeting with members of the 15th NationalAssembly (NA) from ethnic minority groups, on May 25. Read full story

- Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh had meetings with the governors ofKanagawa Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture, Yuji Kuroiwa and Ichita Yamamoto,respectively, on May 25 as part of his ongoing trip to Japan. Read full story

- Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, Permanent Representatives of Vietnam to ASEAN, hasco-chaired the 9th meeting of ASEAN-Korea Joint Cooperation Committee(AKJCC) with the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ambassador to ASEAN KwonHee-seog. Read full story

- Vietnam’sinternet economy was valued at about 21 billion USD in 2021, contributing to 5percent of GDP and rising seven-fold from 2015, heard the Vietnam - AsiaDigital Transformation Summit (Vietnam - Asia DX Summit) 2022 that opened inHanoi on May 25. Read full story

- The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Accounting andAuditing Supervisory Department (AASD) under the Ministry of Finance jointly organiseda forum discussing the application of international financial reportingstandards (IFRS) in Vietnam in Hanoi on May 25. Read full story

☀️ Morning digest on May 26 ảnh 3Delegates visit booths displaying agricultural products at the conference (Photo: VNA)
- Thenorthern province of Bac Giang, in collaboration with the ministries ofIndustry and Trade, and Agriculture and Rural Development, held an onlineconference on litchi sales for nearly 80 target markets at home and abroad. Read full story./. 
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☀️ Morning digest on May 14

☀️ Morning digest on May 14

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