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BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulatory messages with Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong on Saturday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties.

China and Vietnam are socialist neighbors linked by mountains and rivers, and are a community of a shared future with strategic significance, said Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. (China-Vietnam-Partnership)

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NAY PYI TAW -- China and Myanmar have agreed to work together to build a community with a shared future, opening a new era of bilateral ties.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi announced the decision during their formal talks in the Myanmar capital of Nay Pyi Taw on Saturday. (China-Myanmar-Ties)

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BANGKOK -- The Thai armed forces on Saturday conducted the first parade of troops before King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

On occasion of the Thai Armed Forces Day, the troops of the armed forces were dressed in royal patterns and marched in the parade for review by the monarch at Fort Adisorn of the Cavalry Center in Saraburi province, about 120 kilometers north of Bangkok. (Thailand-Military Parade)

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TEHRAN -- The black box of a passenger plane which crashed over Tehran's airspace earlier this month will be sent to Ukraine for reading the data, an official in Iran's Aviation Organization said on Saturday.

"The black box cannot be read in Iran, and following the request of the Ukrainians, it will be sent to Ukraine," said Hassan Rezaeefar, the director of Incident Investigation of Iran's Aviation Organization, the Iranian Daneshjoo news agency reported. (Iran-Ukraine-Crashed Plane) Enditem

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