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☀️ Morning digest July 15

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.

☀️ Morning digest July 15

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

- President To Lam on July 13 held talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Bovor Thipadei Hun Manet during his state visit to Cambodia.

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President To Lam (left) and Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Bovor Thipadei Hun Manet. (Photo: VNA)

During the talks, Lam expressed his delight at his first state visit to Cambodia in his new position and respectfully conveyed the best regards of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and other high-ranking leaders of Vietnam to the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet.Read full story

- Vietnamese President To Lam on July 13 met President of the Cambodian National Assembly (NA) Khuon Sudary as part of the former’s state visit to the neighbouring country.

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President To Lam (L) and President of the Cambodian National Assembly Khuon Sudary. (Photo: VNA)

The President conveyed regards from Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and other Vietnamese leaders to the Cambodian leader, and expressed his impressions of the host country’s strong and dynamic development.Read full story

-President To Lam held talks with President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and President of the Senate Samdech Techo Hun Sen in Phnom Penh on July 12.

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The talks between Vietnamese President To Lam and President of the Cambodian People’s Party and President of the Senate Samdech Techo Hun Sen in Phnom Penh on July 12. (Photo: VNA)

Hun Sen highly valued his guest’s first state visit to Cambodia as the State leader of Vietnam, considering the trip a contribution to the countries’ friendship and close-knit ties.Read full story

- President To Lam’s state visits to Laos and Cambodia from July 11-13 have contributed to enhancing the traditional and effective cooperation among the three countries, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has said.

The minister told the press that these are the first overseas trips of President To Lam in his new position. The results reaped during the visits are important to the relations between Vietnam and the two Southeast Asian neighbours.Read full story

-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a delegation of National Assembly deputies of Can Tho city met with voters in Thot Not district on July 14 to inform the outcomes of the 15th National Assembly’s 7th session and gather their suggestions for the legislature.

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PM Pham Minh Chinh (sixth from left) meets with voters in Can Tho city. (Photo: VNA)

PM Chinh said the session had adopted 21 resolutions, questioned three ministers and the State Auditor General, provided initial opinions on 11 draft laws, reviewed a supplementary evaluation report on the socio-economic performance for 2023 and early months of 2024, and approved the 2022 state budget settlement.Read full story

- The Mekong Delta is expected to have about 1,200km of expressways, with some 600km to be completed within this tenure, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said during a field trip to the Chau Doc-Can Tho-Soc Trang expressway project on July 13.

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (second from left) and officials examine the construction site at Highway 61C intersection in Hau Giang Province’s Phung Hiep district on July 13 (Photo: VNA)

This is his third fact-finding trip to expressway projects in the region, covering Can Tho city and 12 provinces.Read full story

- The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Cambodian news agency AKP on July 12 renewed their cooperation agreement within the framework of President To Lam’s state visit to Cambodia.

The signing took place following the talks in Phnom Penh between VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang and AKP Director General Sokmom Nimul.Read full story

- A Vietnamese delegation led by Vice President of Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam Nguyen Hung Son attended the 14th annual conference on East Sea (also known as South China Sea) held by the Washington DC-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on July 11.

The hybrid conference saw the participation of policy makers and officials from the US administration, along with experts and scholars from the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan (China). They included congressman Darrell Issa, who is also a member of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and US Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Ely Ratner.Read full story

-The Cambodian press and media have extensively covered President To Lam's successful visit to Cambodia from July 12-13 and highly evaluated the outcomes of the trip.

Major Cambodian media outlets, including the Cambodian news agency AKP, Kampuchea Thmey, SBM News, CNC, DAP News, and FRESH News, provided continuous updates on the visit, including meetings and talks between President Lam and King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni and high-ranking leaders of Cambodia, and various other activities.Read full story/.

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