Hanoi, (VNA) - The followingꦕ is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam New𓆏s Agency.

-PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 21 for ahigh-ranking delegation from the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) led by thecouncil's President and CEO Ted Osius, during which he stressed the instrumentalrole played by the USABC in the growing Vietnam-US economic ties. PMChinh described the Vietnam-US relationship as a model for post-warreconciliation, for the benefit of both countries and for peace, cooperationand development in the region and the world, as affirmed by US President JoeBiden. -TheInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will continue its cooperation withVietnam, especially in technical assistance, personnel training, infrastructuredevelopment, and the perfection of regulations and standards to ensure nuclearsafety and security, said its Deputy Director General Hua Liu on March 21. Hua, who is on a visit to Vietnam, told DeputyPrime Minister Tran Luu Quang that during the visit, he held fruitful meetingswith representatives from the Ministries of Science and Technology, Agricultureand Rural Development, and Health. -Chairmanof the People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa province Nguyen Tan Tuan on March 21said the south-central locality wants to cooperate with Indonesian localities,ministries and agencies in the areas of their strengths. Speaking at the “Meet Khanh Hoa-Indonesia” event,jointly held in Nha Trang city by the provincial People’s Committee, theVietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Indonesian Embassy in Vietnam,the official stressed that Indonesia is Vietnam’s third largest trade partnerin the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), while Vietnam is thefourth biggest of Indonesia in the grouping. -Ministerof Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan on March 21 called oninternational partners to support the Vietnamese Government in carrying outnature-based agricultural models and projects in the Mekong Delta which hasbeen hard hit by climate change. Attending a conference on mobilising resources fornature-based agriculture held in Ca Mau province, the minister laid stress onthe significance of nature-based solutions to improving farmers’ livelihoodsand promoting the agricultural sector’s recovery, adding the approach helpsmitigate and respond to climate change through the process of carbon absorptionof land, wetland and forest, preserve nature and biodiversity, and maintain thefuture for food system. -Businesspeople,experts and managers exchanged views on sustainable development and ESG(environmental, social, and governance) practices in enterprises at a forum onMarch 21. With the theme of “Gaining a competitive edge –sustaining the future through the 2024 Vietnam ESG Initiative,” the forum wasorganised by the Agency for Enterprise Development under the Ministry ofPlanning and Investment (MPI) in coordination with the US Agency forInternational Development (USAID) through its Vietnam Improving Private SectorCompetitiveness Project (IPSC). -Vietnameseand Dutch experts compared notes on scientific, technological and financialsolutions to boost sustainable agricultural development and respond to climatechange in the Mekong Delta at a forum in Ho Chi Minh City on March 21. “The Vietnam-Netherlands: Mekong Delta BusinessForum 2024” was organised by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Vietnam, and theEuropean country’s Consulate General in HCM City. -TheTourism Promotion Organisation for Global Cities (TPO) organised a regionalmeeting in Da Lat City, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on March 21,seeking measures to bolster regional connectivity for tourism development. The event was attended by TPO Secretary GeneralWoo Kyoung Ha and representatives of six Vietnamese cities and provinces whichare members of the TPO, namely Hanoi, Phan Thiet, Da Lat, Ho Chi Minh City,Vung Tau and Long An./.