Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a brief r✃eview of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
-PartyGeneral Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong extended Tet (Lunar New Year) greetings toincumbent and former leaders of the Party, the State, and the VietnamFatherland Front, at a meeting in Hanoi on February 7, the 28th day of the lastlunar month.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the meeting in Hanoi on February 7. (Photo: VNA) 
Leaders and former lead🅘𒐪ers of the Party and State, and delegates pay tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh (Photo: VNA)Nhập mô tả cho ảnh The delegation included Politburo members:President Vo Van Thuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, NA Chairman Vuong DinhHue, and Permanent member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat, andChairwoman of its Organisation Commission Truong Thi Mai.
-PartyGeneral Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong offered incense in tribute to late PresidentHo Chi Minh at House 67 inside the Presidential Palace complex in Hanoi onFebruary 7 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival - the mostimportant traditional festival of Vietnamese people.
The Party chief expressed his deep gratitude tothe beloved President who devoted his whole life to the revolutionary cause ofthe Party, the nation and the people of Vietnam, and the internationalcommunity.Read full text
- PartyGeneral Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Vo Van Thuong have cabled amessage of congratulations to former Chairman of the Lao People's RevolutionaryParty (LPRP) and former President of Laos Khamtai Siphandone on the occasionof his 100th birthday, which falls on February 8.
Inthe message, they said the Vietnamese Party, State and people highly valueSiphandone’s dedication and brainpower, highlighting his important role in theLao revolutionary cause and in consolidating the great friendship, specialsolidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the Parties, States and peopleof Vietnam and Laos.
- The consolidated cooperation between Vietnam andMorocco is the result of their shared desire to promote and strengthenSouth-South coop꧙eration, Moroccan Ambassador to Vietnam Jamale Chouaibi said inaꩵn interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on the occasion of theLunar New Year (Tet) Festival.
Moroccan Ambassador to Vietnam Jamale Chouaibi. (Photo: Moroccan Embassy in Vietnam) This desire has been materialised through manyvisits by high-ranking government and parliament delegations as well as thesigning of cooperation agreements in various fields, he said.
- Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative ofVietnam to the UN, has voiced Vietnam’s support for Laos in its role as ASEANChair and its appointment of the ASEAN Special Envoy for Myanmar, saying thatthey have been instrumental in promoting dialogue, seeking peaceful andsustainable solutions, and fostering ASEAN's efforts in humanitarian assistancein Myanmar.
At a meeting of ASEAN Heads of Mission in New Yorkand Alounkeo Kittikhoun, former Minister in the Lao Prime Minister’s Office andASEAN Special Envoy for Myanmar, on February 6, Giang stressed the criticalneed for all parties in Myanmar to fully implement the Five-Point Consensus,with the highest priority given to ending violation, ensuring humanitarianaccess for all citizens, and creating an environment conducive forcomprehensive dialogue and reconciliation.
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hasrecently issued a dispatch aimed at enhancing logistics connectivity to drivethe consumption and export of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products,considering it one of the key tasks in agriculture and ruraldevelopment.
Underthe dispatch, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) isentrusted with the critical task of orchestrating collaborative efforts withrelevant ministries, agencies and local authorities to promptly submit a schemeon developing logistics services, improving the quality and competitiveness ofVietnamese farm produce until 2030 with a vision to 2050 to the Prime Minister.
- Five earthquakes were recorded in KonPlong district in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum on February 7morning, according to the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning under theInstitute of Geophysics.
Allthe earthquakes caused no disaster risk as the stro🉐ngest quake occurred at10:11:50 (Hanoi time) with a magnitude of 4.0 and focal depth at about 8.1 km./.
