Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on March 30chaired a meeting of the Party Central Committee’s Politburo and Secretariat ona project summarising the 10-year implementation of Resolution No. 15-NQ/TWdated June 10, 2012, of the 11th Party Central Committee on social policies forthe 2012-2020 period.
The Politburo said that over the past 35 yearsimplementing the Doi moi (Renewal) policy and the 10 years implementing the resolution,innovating and developing social policies is a consistent advocate of the Partyand State with the spirit of economic growth coupled with social progress andjustice. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the fourthMekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, on April 5, accordingto the Foreign Ministry's communique.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (Photo: VNA) His attendance is made at the invitation of theLao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone. Read full story
- The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministryfor Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunicationsof San Marino have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on enhancingpolitical consultations.
The MoU is inked by Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and San Marino Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunications Lucca Beccari at the headquarters of the San Marino Embassy in Rome, Italy, on March 29. (Photo: VNA) The document was inked by Vietnamese DeputyMinister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and San Marino Minister of ForeignAffairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunications LuccaBeccari at the headquarters of the San Marino Embassy in Rome, Italy, on March29. Read full story
- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha had a meeting with theverification council for the draft planning on national petrol, oil, and gasstorage and supply infrastructure for 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, inHanoi on March 30.
Stressing the importance to national energysecurity, he requested that the planning have high precision and feasibility,match the set tasks and targets, and guarantee active and stable energy supplyfor the economy. Read full story
- The import-export revenue of agro-forestry-fisheriesproducts in the first quarter of this year was estimated at 20.63 billion USD,down 11.2% year on year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (MARD).
Of the total, export value reached about 11.19billion USD, down 14.4%. Imports were 9.44 billion USD, a fall of 7.2% year onyear, resulting in a trade surplus of 1.76 billion USD, a drop of 39.6% year onyear. Read full story
- A delegation from the northern province of Vinh Phuc,headed by Hoang Thi Thuy Lan, Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Council,has visited the US in a bid to attract investors to the province.
Meeting with representatives from the New YorkChamber of Commerce, Lan introduced Vinh Phuc’s socio-economic conditions andorientation in foreign investment attraction. Read full story
- Solutions to promote trade cooperation between Vietnam andAustralia and the implementation of the Australia-Vietnam Enhanced EconomicEngagement Strategy (EEES) were tabled at an online meeting on March 30 inHanoi.
During the 4th session of a trade working groupwithin the framework of the Ministerial-level Vietnam-Australia EconomicPartnership Meeting, the two sides focused on reviewing the implementation ofcooperation contents agreed at the 3rd session and discussed issues related toregional and multilateral cooperation, as well as supply chain cooperation./. Read full story
