Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
– Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on September 13 received Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto, who is paying a working visit to Vietnam.
Expressing his respect for the Vietnam - Indonesia strategic partnership, the host leader congratulated Indonesia on its 79th National Day (August 17, 1945 - 2024) and highly valued the country's recent achievements in socio-economic development as well as active contributions to peace and cooperation in the region and the world. Read full story
– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered prompt actions be taken to effectively settle the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, stabilise people’s life, and restore production and business activities to reach the unchanged economic growth target of 7%.
He made the request at a conference between permanent Government members and the localities hit by Typhoon Yagi on September 15. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto in Hanoi on September 14, during which he proposed Indonesia soon sign a rice trade cooperation agreement with Vietnam.
Chinh congratulated Subianto on his election as President of Indonesia for the 2024-2029 term, and welcomed his working visit to Vietnam in the context of the two countries recently celebrating 10 years of the establishment of their strategic partnership, and looking forward to the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations next year. Read full story
- National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on September 14 hosted a reception for Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto, who is on a working visit to Vietnam from September 13-14.
The top legislator congratulated Subianto on his election and said he believes that the Indonesian guest will lead the nation to carve out further achievements, develop prosperously, rise in international stature, and realise its set target of becoming a developed country by 2045, its 100th independence anniversary. Read full story
– The state visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith is a milestone, helping enhance the comprehensive cooperation between the two Parties and States, elevate the bilateral relations to a new high, and contributing to peace, stability, development, cooperation and development in the region and the world, according to a Party official.
Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung told the press that the visit was a vivid demonstration for the importance that the two Parties and States attach to the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries. Read full story
- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla has reasserted the solidarity, special friendship, and fraternal bond between the peoples of Cuba and Vietnam while receiving Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Quang Long.
At their meeting on September 13, Bruno Rodríguez highlighted the strong bilateral political exchange at the highest leadership level. Read full story
– International cooperation is the key to handle damage caused by climate change, ensuring that no one is left behind, Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), World Trade Organisation, and other international organisations in Geneva said on September 13.
Delivering a speech at the dialogue on the UN General Secretary’s report on human rights and climate change as part of the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Vietnamese diplomat affirmed that climate change has left severe impacts on the enjoyment of basic human rights./. Read full story
