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Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong on Monday received the Ambassadors of Poland, Spain, and Bangladesh, who presented their credentials and the Ambassador of Mozambique, who bid farewell at the end of his term.

As reported by Vovworld.vn (29/1) meeting Polish Ambassador Aleksander Surdej, President Thuong stressed the need for the two countries to strengthen contact and exchange of high-level delegations at all levels and the implementation of existing bilateral cooperation mechanisms.

Poland is currently Vietnam's No. 1 trading partner in the Central Eastern Europe and Vietnam is Poland's leading trading partner in Southeast Asia.

The President said he hopes the two countries will further their cooperation in economics-trade education-training, tourism, culture, and people-to-people exchanges//Vovworld.vn

(unsplash.com/@diegoelbueno DIego González)

The US government has released the names of three troops killed by an enemy drone attack in Jordan on Sunday.

Sergeant William Jerome Rivers, 46, Specialist Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, and Specialist Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, were killed when a drone hit their housing unit.

As reported by BBC.com (30/1) the US has blamed Iranian-backed groups and the Pentagon said it carried the "footprints" of Kataib Hezbollah.

The Pentagon also reaffirmed the US does not want a war with Iran// BBC.com

(unsplash.com/@fotomuhabiriomer Ömer Yıldız)

The UN said it was taking “swift action” in response to allegations in the past few days that several employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East participated in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.

As quoted by Arabnews.com (30/1) Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said an investigation by the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight Services was immediately launched.

According to Dujarric, any employee involved in acts of terror will be held accountable, including through criminal prosecution. (Arabnews.com)

Jakarta, VOInews: Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno appreciated Indonesia's success at the 2024 ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) and TRAVEX (Travel Exchange). This was conveyed by Minister Sandiaga Uno at “The Weekly Brief With Sandi Uno” in Jakarta on  Monday (29/1). 

The minister said, "There is also TRAVEX (Travel Exchange) 2024 where the government initially targets 22 billion transaction value. But Praise to God,  the government has almost doubled per closing  which reached  41 billion rupiah with almost 20,000 visits."

Besides exceeding the target at TRAVEX 2024, Minister Sandiaga further said that several Indonesian hotels had succeeded in receiving awards from the Laotian government in 4 categories, namely the ASEAN Sustainable Tourism Award, ASEAN Clean Tourist City Award,  ASEAN Green Hotel Award and ASEAN MICE Venue Award.

Besides, in the series of ATF 2024 events, Indonesia also succeeded in reaching an agreement to hold two international events with UN Tourism in 2024, namely the Indonesia Tourism Investment Forum in Jakarta and the Regional Conference on Women Empowerment in Tourism in Bali