Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
-Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested clearly defining the vision, targets, and driving force for the future development of Hanoi while chairing a meeting in the capital city on June 13 to review the task of adjusting the Hanoi Capital Master Plan till 2045 with a vision to 2065.
Ha emphasised the urgent need to finalise the PM’s draft decision on approving the task of adjusting the Master Plan.Read full text
- Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet and Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Thailand Sarun Charoensuwan co-chaired the ninth political consultation between the two countries in Hanoi on June 13.
The two sides shared the view that cooperation in politics - diplomacy, security, and defence remains one of the important pillars of the Vietnam - Thailand relations. They reaffirmed the commitment to not allowing any individual or organisation to use the territory of one country to harm the other.Read full text
-Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have become top important partners of each other in various fields, with economic, trade and investment cooperation serving as both pillar and primary driver of their increasingly growing relationship, said Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien.
During a reception in Hanoi on June 13 for RoK Ambassador to Vietnam Oh Yong-ju, Dien hailed the diplomat for her active efforts to elevate the Vietnam-RoK relationship to the level of comprehensive strategic partnership as it stands today.Read full text
-Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), on June 12 chaired the annual meeting of the Group of Friends of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The event was held on the occasion of the 33rd meeting of the States Parties to the UNCLOS (SPLOS 33) which is being organised from June 12-16 at the UN headquarters in New York.Read full text
-Six more suspects were arrested on June 13 in connection with the June 11 gun attacks in Cu Kuin district of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, bring the total number of detained suspects to 45, spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security Lieut. Gen. To An Xo said on June 13 afternoon.
Xo said the public security force is continuing to hunt for the remaining suspects and investigate the case.Read full text
-More than 162.8 trillion VND (6.9 billion USD) in export and import taxes was collected for the state budget as of June 11, equivalent to 38.3% of this year’s target and down 18.1% from the same period of 2022.
The statistics was released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs on June 13.Read full text
-There are great opportunities for Belgium investors in the development of seaports in Vietnam, a country owning a coastline of over 3,200km, heard a conference held in Anvers city of Belgium on June 12.
The conference was held by the Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnam Trade Office in Belgium in coordination with the Belgian-Vietnamese Alliance (BVA), the Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) and The Beacon Group, aiming to promote Vietnam-Belgium cooperation in seaport and logistics. The event was also meant to prepare for the Minister-President of the Government of Flanders Jan Jambon’s visit to Vietnam in September.Read full text
-A network of journalists on investigating and preventing of illegal wildlife trade made debut in Hanoi on June 13, aiming to help share information, strengthen capacity and coordinate in the implementation of communication activities, contributing to preventing the illegal trade and consumption of wildlife in Vietnam.
They include journalists and reporters who have expertise or interest in investigating and writing articles on the issue of illegal wildlife trade.Read full text
-Vietnam is the most popular destination among Korean tourists this summer, according to Hana Tour, the largest travel company in the Republic of Korea.
The company recently announced the results of its analysis on the booking situation for overseas travel departing in July and August, which also indicated that international travel is gradually returning to normal after a long period of stagnation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Read full text/.
