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☀️ Morning digest September 18

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest September 18 ảnh 1

Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.

-Prime Minister PhamMinh Chinh heldtalks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Nanning city, Guangxi province of China,on September 16 during his trip to attend the 20th China-ASEANExpo (CAEXPO) and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (CABIS).
Bothsides expressed their delight at and spoke highly of the progress inVietnam-China relationship in recent years, especially since the historicalChina visit by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong from October 30 toNovember 1 last year.Read full text

-ThePrime Minister, together with leaders andofficials of China and ASEAN countries, attended the opening ceremony of the20th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit(CABIS) in Nanning city, China's Guangxi province, on September 17 morning.
Speaking at the ceremony, PM Chinh emphasised thatCAEXPO and CABIS are important and prestigious events on economic, trade, andinvestment cooperation of the ASEAN-China business community. After 20editions, they have become a symbol and guiding flags of economic, trade, andinvestment cooperation between China and ASEAN.Read full text

-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh met with leaders of Chinese major conglomerates in thefields of technology, energy, and infrastructure development in Nanning city,Guangxi province of China, on September 16, assuring them that the VietnameseGovernment will offer all possible support to them to do business effectively,successfully and sustainably in Vietnam.
Themeetings took place on the occasion of his attendance at the 20th China-ASEANExpo (CAEXPO) and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit(CABIS) there.Read full text

-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi onSeptember 17 afternoon for the US to attend the high-level week of the78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, and conduct bilateralactivities in the country.
Joiningthe General Debate, Vietnam continues to pursue its foreign policy ofindependence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation, and development,diversification and multilateralisation of relations, and further deepeningthese relations.Read full text

-Theninth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians wrapped up in Hanoi onSeptember 16 under the chair of  Dyah Roro Esti, member of Parliament atthe House of Representatives of Indonesia and member of the Board of theInter-parliamentary Union (IPU)'s Forum of Young Parliamentarians.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, IPUPresident Duarte Pacheco, IPU Secretary-General Martin Chungong, over 500 youngparliamentarians and delegates from IPU member parliaments attended the event.Read full text

-Aftertwo days of work in the spirit of friendship and solidarity, and with a veryhigh sense of responsibility, the 9th Global Conference of YoungParliamentarians on September 16 completed all the official agenda and was asuccess, said the statement issued at the end of the conference.
The Conference adopted the Conference Statement on“The role of youth in accelerating the achievement of the SDGs through digitaltransformation and innovation”. This is the first Statement of the GlobalConference of Young Parliamentarians after nine editions, demonstrating thehigh determination and consensus and strong commitment of the youngparliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to promote theimplementation of the SDGs on a global scale.Read full text

-IPUPresident Duarte Pacheco has called the 9th Global Conference of YoungParliamentarians a success, and lauded Vietnam’s thorough preparations for theevent.
Pacheco told the press following the conclusion ofthe conference that the event brought together 500 young parliamentarians,including more than 300 foreigners, the biggest-ever number.Read full text

-ViceState President Vo Thi Anh Xuan held talks with South African Deputy PresidentPaul Mashatile on September 15, within the framework of her official visit tothe country.
Xuan spoke highly of South Africa’s leading rolein the continent as well as its important contributions to internationalforums, and congratulated the country on successfully organising the recentBRICS Summit.
For his part, Paul Mashatile welcomed theVietnamese Vice President’s visit and described it as an important event takingplace on the occasion of the two countries celebrating the 30th anniversary oftheir diplomatic relations (1993 - 2023).Read full text

-DeputyPrime Minister Tran Hong Ha on September 16 met with Cuban Prime MinisterManuel Marrero Cruz as part of the Vietnamese official’s visit to the Caribbeannation for the Group of 77 plus China (G77 China) Summit.
Ha affirmed that the Vietnamese Party, State,Government, National Assembly and people always remember the whole-heartedsupport of Cuba, and treasure and stay resolved to deepen the traditionalsolidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.Read full text

-Vietnamis China’s biggest trade partner in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) and the sixth largest in the world, affirmed Vietnamese Minister ofIndustry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien.
Talking to the press on the occasion of PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh’s attendance at the 20th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) andChina-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (CABIS) in Nanning city, China'sGuangxi province, from September 16-17, Dien said the bilateraleconomic-trade-investment ties have been growing positively and continuouslymade new records.Read full text

-HaLong Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago in the northern province of Quang Ninhprovince and neighbouring Hai Phong city has been officially recognised as aworld natural heritage.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, andCultural Organization (UNESCO) announced the new inscription of the Vietnamesesite to the list at the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee in Riyadh,Saudi Arabia, on September 16.
Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba archipelago is Vietnam’sfirst inter-provincial UNESCO-listed world heritage site.Read full text

-TheUS Institute of Peace (USIP) has recently organised its annual dialogue on warlegacies and peace in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
Efforts in handling war consequences and impactson the development of the Vietnam-US relations were among the issues tabled fordiscussion at the September 14-15 event.Read full text/.

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