Hanoi: The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
– National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on January 31 visited and extended his Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to the Party Committee, authorities, people and armed forces of northern Yen Bai province.
The Chairman expressed his impression at and appreciation of the province’s synchronised, flexible, and effective implementation of socio-economic development tasks, which has led to many important, comprehensive, and outstanding results.
– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged the Hanoi-based Military University of Culture and Arts to play a more active role in preserving and developing the traditional culture sustainably while visiting the university on January 31.
The PM highlighted the Party’s guidelines and policies on culture which has significantly contributed to the struggle for national liberation in the past, as well as the present rapid, sustainable national development.
– Vietnam and
Thailand enjoyed a fruitful partnership in 2023 with bustling exchanges in all fields, laying a firm foundation for the further expansion of their ties in the new year. On the occasion of the New Year of the Dragon, Thai Ambassador to Vietnam Nikorndej Balankura spoke to Vietnam News Agency about major achievements in the Vietnam-Thailand relations last year and prospects for 2024.
– Ho Chi Minh City on January 31 organised a meeting with consuls general and heads of international organisations, and economic and cultural offices and business associations of foreign countries and territories in the southern metropolis.
Highly appreciating efforts of these units, Nguyen Thi Le, Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee and Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council, said that in the process of development, in addition to its internal resources, the city needs their continued companionship in its work to build itself into a smart city and an economic, financial, commercial, sci-tech, and cultural cen
tre of the region.
– A delegation of the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) led by Deputy Auditor General Bui Quoc Dung visited the Swedish National Audit Office (NAO) on January 29-30 after attending the 22nd meeting of the Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA) of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) in Finland.
At a working session with the Swedish NAO’s representatives, Dung spoke highly of the office’s contributions to bilateral and multilateral ties.
– Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai touched upon the implementation of agreements reached by high-ranking Vietnamese and US leaders since the two countries elevated their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership, at a reception for US Ambassador Marc E. Knapper in Hanoi on January 31.
Khai affirmed that the US is a partner of strategic importance for Vietnam, and that the Vietnamese government appreciates the US’s consistent message supporting a “strong, independent, self-reliant and prosperous” V
ietnam.
– Domestic tourism remains a priority of Vietnamese holidaymakers during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival with 57.7% of respondents said they will spend the holiday at local tourist destinations, according to a report released by The Outbox Company, a travel market intelligence company focusing on South East Asia and the Pacific, based in Vietnam, on January 31.
More than half of the respondents selected tours that span from one to three nights, and over 40% opted others from four to seven nights.
– Vietnam earned 5.14 billion USD from agro-forestry-aquatic exports in January, a year-on-year surge of 79.2%, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported.
Meanwhile, the country imported 3.72 billion USD worth of agro-forestry-aquatic products in the month, leading to a trade surplus of 1.4 billion USD, up more than 4.5 times from the corresponding time last year./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency
Bangkok, “Pitha” confirms that the opposition parties are definitely doing their job in a hot and spicy manner. It’s like tom yum mackerel. “Chalermchai” has to wait and see after the media asks if anyone will leave the opposition party or not. “Chaithawat” teases and tells Pitha that he can’t do the mini heart pose, encountering a familiar warmth.
After a joint meal of the opposition coalition, Mr. Chaithawat Tulanont, leader of the Kao Klai Party and opposition leader and Mr. Pitha Limjaroenrat Adviser to the leader of the Forward Party Jointly held a press conference with Mr. Chalermchai Sri-on, leader of the Democrat Party. Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, leader of the Thai Sang Thai Party
Mr. Chaithawat said that today’s meeting to eat has been arranged for a month. The party leaders and leaders of every party today gave encouragement to the party to move forward and also discussed doing activities together, such as this February. There will begin to be an open forum to meet fellow citizens all over the
country and there are many issues that we do not need to wait for the session to close like in the past to have a forum for the opposition to meet the people. Consider this an opportunity to connect with each other as well. Because many opposition parties have just begun to work together. They came to exchange information and analyze the political situation both in the short term and in the long term.
Mr. Chalermchai’s side We are confident that the opposition has unity and that our work goals today have been stated since the first day of the meeting that we look at the substance of our work by taking advantage of the benefits of the people. And from now on, they will probably work together and have activities together. Eating together is considered normal in Thai society. Some stories don’t have to end in the conference room, they can end at the dinner table.
As for the drinking of alcohol at the dining table, Mr. Chaithawat said that it was considered friendly. Because in parliament you cannot drink. When
asked whether or not there is anyone in the opposition party going anywhere? Because there is a cobra in the Thai Sang Thai Party, Mr. Chalermchai said that we would have to wait and see. I want you to help keep an eye on it. As politicians, we must support each other. and how we work together as opposition parties We have to work together in many ways. Which we think makes the relationship between every political party that we have, for which we have to accept that Khunying Sudarat is an adult. Khunying will connect and use the experiences of the new generation and the old generation to make the most of her work.
While Khunying Sudarat He apologized for disappointing the people. In the case of the person who betrayed you being a cobra that we have encountered something like this before The people were disappointed. Our hearts cannot be forced. People’s sense of responsibility We can’t force it. But people will know that people’s words and people’s promises are important.
For Mr. Pitha Said that he was the
person who chose this shop. The delicious thing here is mackerel tom yum. Both delicious and delicious. Therefore, we hope that the opposition’s work is both spicy and noisy. Of course, to make one delicious dish, you must have many ingredients. Even though it came out both hot and full of opposition party work. Its spiciness and noiriness come from the experiences of old politicians and new generations of politicians, perfectly combined. And I would like to ask the people to trust that the opposition party will definitely not hold back. Even though there are many differences, there will be unity. And it’s a flavor that’s guaranteed to be really hot.
After the press conference, opposition parties joined hands to express unity and solidarity. Then Mr. Pitha did a mini heart pose. which Mr. Chaithawat said ‘I can’t do this. You can’t do this pose.’ Mr. Pitha replied, ‘Why? It’s the familiar warmth.’ Then he changed to doing the heart pose with his hands crossed together. The reporter then teased that he missed
Dr. Chonnan Srikaew, former leader of the Pheu Thai Party. Mr. Pitha then said that he didn’t have any and asked him not to tease. The reporter then asked who he missed. Mr. Pitha replied that he missed her every time he was alone.
Source: Thai News Agency