Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s 🐻events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Prime Minister Pham MinhChinh and his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon identified majororientations for further strengthening cooperation in multiple areas duringtalks in Wellington on March 11 morning.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (L) and his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon in Wellington on March 11 (Photo: VNA) The two leaders expressed satisfaction at thestable and increasingly effective development of their countries’ strategicpartnership in all aspects, including politics - diplomacy, economy - trade,security - defence, education - training, agriculture, and labour, especiallythe frequent exchanges of high-ranking delegations and the good growth ofbilateral trade, by 60% during 2017 - 2022.
-Vietnamese Prime Minister Pha🐼m Minh Chinhand his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon co-chaired a press conferencefollowing their talks in We꧋llington on March 11 morning, saying they agreed topromote all-round cooperation to raise the two countries’ relations to a newheight.
Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh (R) and his New 🌱Zealand counterpart PM Christopher Luxon co-chair the press conference in Wellington on March 11. (Photo: VNA) PM Chinh noted that during the talks, the twosides discussed a wide range of areas of cooperation and outlined orientationsfor the Vietnam - New Zealand strategic partnership to continue growingstrongly in the time ahead.
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held ameeting with Governor-General of New Zealand Dame Cindy Kiro in Wellington onMarch 11 (local time), as part of his ongoing official visit to New Zealand.
The Governor-General said the PM’s visit is ofsignificance as the two countries will celebrate the 50th anniversary of thebilateral diplomatic ties in 2025, and expressed her belief that it will be asuccess, contributing to enhancing the Vietnam-New Zealand strategicpartnership.
-New Zealand Prime Minister ChristopherLuxon and his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh have issued a joint pressrelease on the occasion of the latter’s official visit to New Zealand.
-Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhmet with Speaker of the New Zealand Parliament Gerry Brownlee in Wellington onMarch 11 afternoon (local time) as part of his official visit to the SouthPacific nation.
Congratulating Brownlee on being elected Speakerof the New Zealand Parliament, PM Chinh expressed his belief that the countrywill become increasingly prosperous and secure a growing stature in the regionand the world, with the New Zealand Parliament playing an important role.
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined NewZealand businesses in a seminar in Wellington on March 11 to learn aboutinvestment cooperation potential and demand between the two countries.
The event, part of his official visit to NewZealand, was held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment, theVietnamese Embassy in New Zealand, and the ASEAN - New Zealand Business Council(ANZBC).
-Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan ispaying a working visit to the US, starting March 11 morning (Vietnam time), toattend the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) andcarry out several bilateral activities in the US.
Xuan visited and offered sympathy to the family ofleft-wing activist Merle Ratner, a close friend of Vietnam, who passed awayafter a traffic accident in early February.
-The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt andDjibouti is working hard to complete necessary procedures to repatriateVietnamese sailors working on the Barbados-flagged True Confidence cargo shipthat was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile off the coast of Yemen on March 6.
Ambassador Nguyen Huy Dung said on March 10 thatthe survivors and the body of seafarer Dang Duy Kien, now in Djibouti city,Djibouti, are expected to be brought home as soon as possible.
- The 2024 list of the top 500fastest growing enterprises in Vietnam (FAST500) has been released by theVietnam Report JSC.
The top 10 businesses consist of Binh ThuanPlastic Group JSC, HD Securities Corporation, Orient Securities Corporation,Imedia Technology and Services JSC, SOL E&C Construction Investment JSC,Vietnam Vitadairy Milk JSC, Taseco Land Investment JSC, Stellapharm J.V. Co.Ltd, CNC Technology Solutions JSC, and Bee Logistics Corporation.
-Vietnam witnessed the establishment of22,128 enterprises in the first two months of the year with combined registeredcapital of nearly 219 trillion VND (8.88 billion USD), according to theMinistry of Planning and Investment’s Business Registration Management Agency.
The figur꧃es represen⛦ted a year-on-year increase of12.4% in the number of new businesses, and a rise of 32.8% in capital./.
