Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting betweenpermanent Government members and the Standing Board of the Ho Chi Minh CityParty Committee on April 16 to seek solutions to hindrances to localsocio-economic development.
In his remarks, PM Chinh attributed some low indexes,including the GRDP growth, to different reasons, including slow disbursement ofpublic investment, enterprises’ modest capital absorption, and the shrunkenmarket.Read full text
-Vietnam considers the United States one of its leadingimportant partners and wishes to promote the comprehensive partnership with theUS on the basis of respect for each other's independence, sovereignty,territorial integrity and political institution, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhsaid at a reception for US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 15.
The PM affirmed that Vietnam is consistent withits foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship,cooperation and development, diversification and multilateralisation ofrelations, active international integration; and being a friend, a reliablepartner and a responsible member of the international community. Vietnamdoes not choose a side, but chooses justice and fairness.Read full text
-Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and US Secretary ofState Antony Blinken shared the view that Vietnam and the US should continuewith their cooperation and promote the bilateral ties on the basis of theprinciples agreed by their high-ranking leaders, during their talks in Hanoi onApril 15.
They reviewed positive developments in theVietnam-US comprehensive partnership over the past time, with two-way tradegrowing impressively, hitting 123 billion USD last year.Read full text
-Positive outcomes in the Vietnam-US relations will create afoundation for the two countries to elevate their ties to a new height, for thesake of their people, and for peace, stability and development in the regionand the world at large, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong told USSecretary of State Antony Blinken in Hanoi on April 15.
The Party chief stressed that the official visitto Vietnam, the first by Blinken in his capacity as US Secretary of State, isof significance as it takes place on the occasion of the 10th anniversary ofthe bilateral comprehensive partnership.Read full text
-Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son andUnited States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 15 broke ground on theconstruction of the new US Embassy in Cau Giay district, Hanoi.
The new embassy represents "another significantstep towards strengthening the vital partnership between our nations andpeoples," US State Secretary Blinken said in his address.Read full text
-After 10 years since the establishment of thecomprehensive partnership and almost 28 years since the normalisation ofdiplomatic ties, Vietnam and the US have built relations of dynamic andeffective development, according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Talking to the press on April 15, Blinken, who hasbeen on an official visit to Vietnam from April 14 to 16, said that he was inVietnam at the behest of President Joe Biden to further broaden and deepen thatpartnership following the President’s phone talks with Party General SecretaryNguyen Phu Trong last month and building on earlier high-level visits,including from Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of DefenceLloyd Austin, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, USAID AdministratorSamantha Power, and recently members of the Congress.Read full text
-A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Securityled by Deputy Minister Major General Nguyen Van Long paid a working visit toAustralia from April 10-15.
During their stay in Australia, the Vietnameseofficers had meetings with representatives from the National EmergencyManagement Agency at the Department of Home Affairs, Police of New South Walesand the New South Sales State Emergency Service, among others, and visited aprison in Sydney.Read full text
-Tradeties between Vietnam and Uruguay have still not been commensurate with thepotential of the two countries, delegates heard at the third meeting of theVietnam - Uruguay Joint Committee for Economic, Trade and InvestmentCooperation held online recently in Hanoi and Montevideo.
Co-chairingthe meeting, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai andUruguayan Deputy Foreign Minister Nicolás Albertoni emphasised that it isnecessary to promote the Vietnam-Uruguay cooperation within bilateral andmultilateral frameworks, diversify the structure of import and export products,and step up trade promotion activities, connect and support their businesscommunities to understand the market and find business opportunities.Read full text
-More than 500 managers, scientists and businesspeople fromVietnam and France gathered at a business forum in Hanoi on April 15 as part ofthe 12th Vietnam-France decentralised cooperation conference.
The forum offered an opportunity to connectauthorities of cities, investors and enterprises of the two countries, saidVice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen.Read full text
-Insufficienttransport connectivity is hindering the development of the Southeastern region– a key economic region, an important exchange hub in the south of Vietnam,according to a Politburo resolution.
TheSoutheastern region includes Ho Chi Minh City and the provinces of Tay Ninh,Binh Phuoc, Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Ba Ria - Vung Tau.
PolitburoResolution No. 24-NQ/TW dated October 7, 2022 on socio-economic development,defence and security in the Southeastern region to 2030, with a vision to 2045clearly states insufficient infrastructure, particularly in transport, causes"bottlenecks" that adversely impact the region's development.Read full text/.
