COREPER passes signing of framework participation agreement with VN
VNA
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.
On receiving Minister-President of Germany’s Lower Saxony state Stephan Weil, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expected German businesses to invest more in Vietnam.
In the report released on October 2, the World Bank (WB) predicts that Vietnam's 2023 economic growth will reach only 4.7 percent, which falls much below the planned target of 6.5 percent.
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.
Tra Co Border Guard Station (under the Quang Ninh Province Border Guard) yesterday detected a wooden raft filled with illegal 2-day-old chicken breeds.
