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This is his first trip overseas after he was re-elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam at its 13th national congress in January 2021. He is also the first foreign leader to visit China after the Chinese Communist Party held its 22nd national congress in Beijing in mid-October 2022. Chinese Party leader Xi hosts a welcoming ceremony for his Vietnamese counterpart Trong and his entourage at the Great hall of the People in Beijing on October 31. After the ceremony, both leaders hold talks to review the Vietnam – China relations and outline orientations for future cooperation. China places high importance on strengthening the comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership with Vietnam, says Xi. Vietnam gives top priority to developing the comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership with Vietnam, says Trong. The two leaders also exchange views on a number of regional and global issues of mutual concern....

A mass wedding for 18 couples took place on October 15, as part of the activities to promote the movement of civilized lifestyle in marriage among the youth within the capital city. A happy mass wedding ceremony of Hanoians took place on October 15 in Hoan Kiem Lake. Photo: Nguoiduatin.vn  The program, themed “Collective Wedding in the New Lifestyle”, marked 10 years of implementing Directive No. 11 of the Hanoi Party Committee on continuing to implement a civilized lifestyle in weddings in Hanoi. Standing Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi’s Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and Chairman of the Hanoi’s Vietnam Youth Federation Nguyen Duc Tien said since the Directive 11 was issued by the Hanoi Party Committee in January 2013, there have been at least two mass weddings. The first mass wedding was held in 2013 at Thinh Liet Primary School of Hoang Mai District with the p...

India stands for its independent trade policy: Top official over not joining trade pillar of IPEF Commenting on India not joining the IPEF trade pillar, a top official told ANI, “There are some binding commitments that have been laid out by the United States and India is being cautious” the official added, “India stands on its own feet, we have our own independent policy,” the official asserted. “We will be observing the pros and cons of the binding commitments and then take a call when the details of binding commitments are shared with us in the months ahead.” Earlier today, at the framework’s first in-person ministerial summit in Los Angeles, US trade representative Katherine Tai confirmed that India will not be joining the trade pillar, one of the four pillars of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). “India is not now in the trade pillar of IPEF, Union Minister for Commerce Piyush Goyal and I have been talking a lot. We have our bilateral structure the Trade Po...