Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Party General Secretary To Lam has emphasised the need for advisory efforts for the implementation of a scheme to streamline the political system’s organisational apparatus in association with personnel restructuring, thus making breakthrough progress in completing targets set at the 13th National Party Congress.
Addressing a national conference in Hanoi on December 16 to review Party building activities in 2024 and define tasks for 2025, the Party chief recognised outcomes of the work in 2024 and since the beginning of the 13th tenure. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 16 suggested Japan’s Yamaguchi prefecture establish partnerships with other Vietnamese localities, apart from the southern province of Binh Duong.
The Government leader made the suggestion while receiving Yamaguchi Governor Muraoka Tsugumasa in Hanoi, who was in Vietnam to attend the 10th-anniversary celebration of the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between Yamaguchi and Binh Duong. Read full story
- A political consultation between the Vietnamese and Lao ministers of foreign affairs took place in Vientiane on December 16, reviewing the past cooperation between their ministries and discussing future joint work and international and regional matters of common interest.
At the event, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongsavanh Phomvihane expressed their delight at the growth of the countries’ ties across many areas, particularly politics, defence-security, economy-trade-investment, culture, education, science-technology, human resources development, and people-to-people exchange. Read full story
- Vietnam’s business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce export value is estimated at 145.2 trillion VND (5.8 billion USD) by 2028, with micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) projected to contribute 25%.
This promising outlook was unveiled during a seminar co-hosted by the Vietnam E-Commerce Association (VECOM) and Access Partnership, an international research organisation specialising in e-commerce, in Hanoi on December 16. Read full story
- Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fisheries exports are projected to reach over 62 billion USD in 2024, and continue to grow next year, heard at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on December 16.
Speaking at the conference on export promotion in Ho Chi Minh City, Deputy Director of the Department of Quality, Processing, and Market Development under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Thanh Hoa highlighted that 2024 is a remarkable year for Vietnam’s agricultural sector, both in production and export. The production value is expected to increase over 3.2% from 2023, with exports to surge more than 18%. Read full story
- Vietnam has emerged as a burgeoning hub for the semiconductor industry, now home to 174 foreign-invested projects with a total registered capital of nearly 11.6 billion USD, according to Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.
Dung, who also serves as deputy head of the National Steering Committee for Semiconductor Industry Development, highlighted the country's commitment to fostering the industry through refining policies, launching a human resources development programme, a semiconductor industry development strategy and ecosystem. Read full story
- Two Vietnamese professors who are working in the US have offered insights into the potential and challenges of nuclear power development in Vietnam, recommending an approach centred on small-scale nuclear reactors as drawn from international practices.
In a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency, Prof. Dr. Le Van Hoa from the University of Chicago Medicine and Prof. Dr. Le Trong Thuy from San Jose State University highlighted the significance of nuclear power in ensuring energy security, meeting socioeconomic development goals, and developing the nation sustainably. Read full story
- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has appointed former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra as an informal adviser to assist with the country’s ASEAN chairmanship in 2025.
During a December 16 joint press conference with his visiting Thai counterpart Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Anwar said the appointment was proposed by Malaysia and agreed upon by Thailand./. Read full story
