Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 7 asked ministries, agencies and localities to implement priority tasks and solutions in order to spur growth this year and 2025, making up for the sluggishness in the previous years due to COVID-19 impacts.
Chairing a regular Cabinet meeting in Hanoi, the PM said the socio-economic situation in the first eight months of this year was better than that in the corresponding time last year across spheres, creating development momentum for the time ahead.Read full story
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on people, businesses, organisations and localities to provide aid and support for those affected by typhoon Yagi, the third storm to hit Vietnam this year.
Chairing a hybrid conference in Hanoi on September 8 to direct recovery efforts, PM Chinh described Yagi as the most powerful typhoon to enter the East Sea in the past three decades, with an unpredictable escalation, prolonged duration and widespread impact. Despite proactive and drastic response by various sectors and localities, its complicated progression still resulted in significant damage in human and property.Read full story
- Super typhoon Yagi killed four people and injured 78 others after slamming into northern localities on September 7 afternoon, according to the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority (DDMA) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Specifically, three fatalities and 58 injured people were recorded in Quang Ninh province while one death was reported in Hai Duong province.Read full story
-After the conference in Hanoi on September 8 morning to direct efforts to overcome the aftermath of typhoon Yagi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the northeastern province of Quang Ninh in the afternoon to inspect the damage and oversee relief operations.
During his visit to affected households and businesses, PM Chinh urged local Party committees, administrations, Vietnam Fatherland Front committees, and socio-political organisations at all levels to work together to rebuild homes, stabilise lives and restore business activities.Read full story
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a working delegation on September 8 afternoon visited the port city of Hai Phong to assess the situation and recovery efforts after typhoon Yagi devastated the city on September 7.
During a visit to A7 residential complex, built in the 1960s in Van My ward, Ngo Quyen district, the Government leader commended the city's authorities and local residents for successfully evacuating all inhabitants to safe places. He urged the local authorities to find suitable permanent housing for the displaced residents, ensuring that their legal rights and benefits are protected, and that no one is left without a place to live.Read full story
-National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow on September 8 afternoon (local time), beginning a three-day official visit to Russia where he will co-chair the third session of the Vietnam-Russia Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.
The NA Chairman and delegation were welcomed at the airport by First Vice Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Ivan Ivanovich Melnikov, Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi, the Vietnamese Embassy's staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Russia.Read full story
-Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on September 8 afternoon, beginning their three-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Party General Secretary and President To Lam and his spouse.
This trip marks President Nyusi's first visit to Vietnam since taking office and also the first visit by a Mozambican president to the Southeast Asian nation in over 17 years.Read full story
-Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his spouse left Hanoi on September 8 afternoon, successfully concluding their four-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Party General Secretary and State President To Lam and his spouse.
While in Vietnam, President Embaló attended an official welcome ceremony and held talks with Party General Secretary and State President To Lam. The two leaders witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on establishing a political and diplomatic consultation mechanism between the two countries’ foreign ministries, and an MoU on agricultural cooperation between the two ministries of agriculture and rural development. The top Vietnamese leader and his spouse also hosted a banquet in honour of their Guinea-Bissau guests.Read full story
-National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thanh held working sessions with top officials of Australia’s New South Wales state on September 6-7, helping to strengthen and deepen comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Australia.
Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Greg Piper highlighted the immense potential for collaboration between New South Wales and Vietnamese localities, expressing his confidence that the visit would foster cultural and economic exchanges between Vietnam and Australia, and specifically between Vietnamese cities and New South Wales in the near future.Read full story
-A working delegation led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Van Linh, Vice Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council and Vice Chairman of the Scientific Council of Central Party Agencies, paid a working trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from September 1-7.
The visit aimed to foster experience exchanges in scientific research in service of policymaking, digital transformation, and innovation, ultimately improving the quality of scientific research and consultation at central party agencies.Read full story
-The 8th Vietnam Festival opened in Yokohama city in Kanagawa prefecture of Japan on September 7, marking another milestone in cultural exchanges between the two countries.
The festival is part of an agreement on culture, sport, and tourism cooperation signed by the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) and Kanagawa city last year, which includes the annual organisation of the Vietnam Festival in Kanagawa and the Kanagawa Festival in Vietnam.Read full story/.
