- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central CommitteeNguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 26 for visitingChairman of the Presidium of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) CentralCommittee Shii Kazuo.
Party chief Trong expressed his belief that Shii’s visit, coinciding with the50th anniversary of diplomatic ties, will contribute to strengtheningtraditional friendship and solidarity between the two countries’ Parties andpeople. Read full story
- President Vo Van Thuong on December 26 signed a decision to present theBravery Order to Pham Quoc Viet, head of FAS Angel, a volunteer rescue team inHanoi, who risked his life to save people and property in a deadly fire in thecapital city in September. Read full story
- Corruption in basic public services like health care and education wouldseriously impact efforts in ensuring citizens' fundamental rights, heard aworkshop, themed “Identification and prevention of corruption in public sectorrelated to private sector – international experiences and recommendations forVietnam” in Hanoi on December 26.
The workshop was organised by the Party Central Committee’s Commission forInternal Affairs in coordination with the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). It formedpart of a project to strengthen Vietnam’s implementation of the UN ConventionAgainst Corruption launched by UNDP, with the support of Norad. Read full story
- President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Phan AnhSon lauded contributions of foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) toVietnam’s development in 2023, at a meeting in Hanoi on December 26.
On behalf of Vietnamese beneficiaries, theofficial thanked the organisations for their valuable support over the pasttime, singling out 35 with outstanding contributions to Vietnam in the year. Read full story
- Vietnam attracted nearly 36.61 billion USD of foreign direct investment (FDI)this year to December 20, a rise of 32.1% year on year, according to theForeign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Of the total, 20.19 billion USD was invested in 3,188 new projects, ayear-on-year surge of 62.2% in capital and 56.6% in project number, the agencyreported. Read full story
- Vietnam needs to adopt various solutions, particularly those to improve thequality of human resources to increase productivity, in order to achieve the2024 growth target set by the National Assembly, said Nguyen Thi Huong, head ofthe General Statistics Office (GSO).
The legislature sets the goals that the national GDP would grow 6-6.5% in theyear, and GDP per capita would stand at between 4,700 USD and 4,730 USD. Theprocessing and manufacturing industry is also projected to account for 24.1% -24.2% of the GDP. Read full story
- The corporate bond market is "warming up" and recovering thanks to effective support policies,according to insiders.
After several businesses violating bond issuance were prosecuted in 2022, thismarket almost froze in the fourth quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of2023, and only started to become active again from June. Read full story
- Experts, managers and artisans looked into intangible cultural heritagepreservation in Vietnam over the past 20 years at a workshop in Hanoi onDecember 26.
The event was jointly held by the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association and theHanoi Department of Culture and Sports on the occasion of the 20th anniversaryof the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible CulturalHeritage (2003 Convention). Vietnam was one of the first 30 countries to jointhis important international convention on September 5, 2005. Read full story./.
