☀️ Morning digest April 17
Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
-On
the occasion of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's birthday on April
14, leaders of countries and political parties including those from Laos,
China, Cuba, Russia, Belarus, and Dominica, have sent letters and messages of
congratulations to the Vietnamese Party chief.
The
leaders of countries and political parties congratulated Vietnam on its
outstanding achievements in national construction and development under the
leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam led by Trong. They affirmed that
they will keep working with the Vietnamese Party leader to grow bilateral
relations.Read full text
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh paid homage to General Vo
Nguyen Giap and met with families of soldiers fighting in the Dien Bien Phu
Campaign and policy beneficiaries in Muong Phang commune of Dien Bien Phu city,
the northwestern province of Dien Bien, on April 16.
The activity was part of events held in
celebration of the 70th anniversary of the historic Dien Bien Phu Victory (May
7, 1954 - 2024).Read full text
- National
Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on April 16 said that Vietnam always
values and wishes to strengthen multifaceted cooperation with Hungary, a
traditional partner and the only comprehensive partner of Vietnam in the
Central Eastern European region when receiving First Officer of the Hungarian
National Assembly Márta Mátrai in Hanoi.
Speaking
at the reception, Hue appreciated the fifth legislative conference on the role
of the parliament in supreme supervision of bilateral cooperation agreements
between Vietnam and Hungary held earlier the same day in Hanoi, during which,
NA Vice Chairman Tran Quang Phuong and Márta Mátrai reached consensus on many
important issues, particularly those on cooperation between the two countries’
legislatures.Read full text
- National Assembly Vice Chairman Tran
Quang Phuong and First Officer of the Hungarian National Assembly Márta Mátrai
co-chaired the fifth legislative conference on strengthening parliamentary
supervision of bilateral cooperation agreements between the two countries, in
Hanoi on April 16.
Both
sides highlighted parliamentary cooperation as a bright spot in the two
countries' overall relationship, adding that the cooperation agreement signed
by the two legislatures last June has laid an important foundation to further
deepen parliamentary ties, which is also instrumental in fostering political
trust and mutual understanding. Read full text
-Minister
of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on April 16 received Diego Martinez Belio,
State Secretary for Foreign and Global Affairs of Spain, who is in Vietnam
to co-chair the fifth political consultation between the two countries.
Lauding the significant strides in bilateral
relations, Minister Son stated that Vietnam always attaches importance to and
wishes to promote cooperation with Spain, the first strategic partner of
Vietnam in the European Union (EU).Read full text
-
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang had a meeting with First Secretary of the
Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel
Diaz-Canel in Havana on April 15.
The Vietnamese official congratulated Cuba on its
significant achievements obtained amid numerous difficulties and challenges. He
affirmed Vietnam’s consistent solidarity with and support for Cuba as well as
objection to the embargo against the Caribbean nation.Read full text
-A
ceremony to repatriate two sets of remains believed to be of US soldier listed
as missing in action (MIA) from the war in Vietnam was held at the Da Nang
International Airport in the central city of Da Nang on April 16.
The remains were found as the result of the 154th
joint field activity which lasted from February to April 2024. Vietnamese
forensic specialists examined the remains and determined that they might belong
to US MIAs from the war in Vietnam.Read full text
- The
Vietnamese Government has maintained its momentum on advancing gender equality,
said Caroline T. Nyamayemombe, UN Women Representative in Vietnam, in a recent
interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on the occasion of the
country’s election to the UN Women Executive Board for the 2025-2027 term.
The Vietnam News Agency carries the full text of
the interview.Read full text/.