COREPER passes signing of framework participation agreement with VN
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The Committee of Permanent Representatives in the European Union (COREPER) has recently approved the signing of a Framework Participation Agreement (FPA) with Vietnam to establish the Southeast Asian nation’s participation framework in the bloc’s crisis management activities.
The FPA will be the second of its kind to be signed under the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) with an Asian nation after the Republic of Korea. Similar deals have been reached with New Zealand and Australia.
The EU has decided to send military advisors to Asia, starting with its delegation to ASEAN in Jakarta.
The sixth congress of the Vietnam Public Sector Union under the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), term 2023-2028, was opened and proceeded to the first working session in the capital city of Hanoi on September 30.
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment (MPI) Tran Quoc Phuong stressed human resources development in the semiconductor industry while speaking at a government press conference in Hanoi on September 30.
Mr. Nguyen Kim Son, Minister of Education and Training, acting on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Training, extended a letter of sympathy to the Departments of Education and Training in Nghe An and Thanh Hoa.
Domestic and international tourists flocked to Hoan Kiem Lake Walking Street in the capital city of Hanoi to participate in the first Hanoi Autumn Festival on September 30.
The People’s Court of Binh Phuoc Province yesterday sentenced three defendants to death for smuggling nearly 31 kilograms of drugs from Cambodia to Vietnam.