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☀️ Morning digest on May 4

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest on May 4 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list ofselected news summaries last night by Vietnam News Agency.

- Police of Da Lat city in Lam Dong province on May 3announced the information saying that a Russian singer was arrested in Da Latfor protesting the war in Ukraine was false. Previously, from May 1,many social network sites have reported that the Da Lat City Police arrested aRussian street singer at Lam Vien Square because he held a banner againstRussia's invasion of Ukraine. Read full story

– Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang made atwo-day working trip to Nice city to seek stronger cooperation betweenVietnamese localities and the French coastal city. Welcoming theVietnamese diplomat, Nice Deputy Mayor Philippe Pradal introduced the Ecovalleemodel that it has applied to remake the sustainable planning for the Var Riverdelta region. Read full story
☀️ Morning digest on May 4 ảnh 2An aircraft maintenance workshop - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
– The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has recentlysubmitted to the Ministry of Transport for appraisal and approval fourinvestment projects on building and operating aircraft maintenance workshops atLong Thanh International Airport with a total investment of more than 2.75trillion VND (119.7 million USD). The facilities all meet the standardsof the CAAV, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the EuropeanUnion Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Read full story

– Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, who is head of theNational Steering Committee for Organising the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEAGames 31), on May 3 inspected the preparation work for the upcoming regionalsports games in the northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang. In BacNinh province, Dam visited and checked the facilities of the Multi-PurposeGymnasium and Volleyball Training Centre in Bac Ninh city, where Boxing andKickboxing sports will take place; the Bac Ninh University of PhysicalEducation and Sports in Tu Son city – a venue for indoor handball competitions;and Hanaka Paris Ocean Park Tennis Courts in Tu Son where tennis matches willbe held. Read full story

– Vietnamese Ambassador to Chile Pham Truong Giang on May 2paid a courtesy call to newly-appointed Chilean Foreign Minister AntoniaUrrejola Noguera who affirmed that Vietnam is an important partner of Chile inSoutheast Asia. Both sides shared delight at the progress in therelationship between the two countries over the years. Despite impactsof COVID-19, two-way trade hit 1.59 billion USD in 2021, maintaining Vietnam'spostion as Chile’s top partner among ASEAN countries, they noted. Read full story

– Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a decisionapproving the National Strategy for Environmental Protection to 2030 with avision until 2050, in which the Government sets targets to prevent theincreasing trend of environmental pollution, solve urgent environmentalproblems, and step by step improve and restore the quality of the environment. Objectives of the scheme also include enhancing the country’s capacity to copewith climate change, ensuring environmental security, and building anddeveloping circular, green, low carbon economic models, contributing toachieving the country’s sustainable development goals. Read full story
☀️ Morning digest on May 4 ảnh 3Vietnamese athletes pose for photos after winning the Asian Women’s Beach Handball Championship title on April 30 in Bangkok. (Photos of Asian Handball Federation)
- Vietnam has won the Asian Women’s Beach HandballChampionship title after a 2-0 win over Thailand in Bangkok last weekend. Thanks to their victory, the team secured a spot in the World Women’s BeachHandball Championship, which will be held in Greece in June. It was thesecond meeting between the two teams. In the previous matches, Vietnam lost 2-1./. Read full story
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