Keyword: "socio-economic development"

Positive signals seen in two-month socio-economic development: PM

Cumulative power output in the first two months of this year totaled 45.06 billion kWh, dominated by coal-fired thermal plants with 55.1%, followed by hydropower with 20.6%, and renewable energy 16.3%. Imported electricity accounted for only 1.9%.

A project to construct at least a million apartments of affordable social housing for low-income earners and workers in industrial parks in the 2021 – 2030 period was approved by the Prime Minister.

Priority should be given to promoting economic development from both the supply and demand sides, accelerating the removal of barriers and bottlenecks hindering economic growth, and paying attention to the private sector, said Party leader To Lam.

Data from the commission’s Vietnam Productivity Institute revealed that while productivity growth slowed during 2020-2023 due to COVID-19 impacts and global political instability, Vietnam maintained an impressive average productivity growth rate of 5.6% annually from 2016 to 2023. This placed Vietnam among the leading nations in Asia for productivity growth, outpacing regional peers such as Singapore (3.3%), Malaysia (2.6%), Thailand (2.6%), the Republic of Korea (3.8%), and Japan (0.2%).

Specific mechanisms and policies are critically important to speeding up the project, helping ensure national energy security and meet power demand of socio-economic development in the new era, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said.

The high rate of business exits demonstrates the ongoing difficulties within the business sector, signaling that despite improvements in the business environment, more needs to be done to meet the real needs of enterprises.

Choi Joo Ho, General Director of Samsung Vietnam, was commended for his efforts in expanding Samsung’s investment in Vietnam, significantly contributing to the country’s socio-economic development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered comprehensive reports on delayed investment projects and those with challenges so as to craft measures to remove the bottlenecks.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai has asked the city Urban Traffic Management Centre (UTMC) to establish a transportation data centre by 2026 with a deadline of 2027.

Wei Wei, a researcher on Vietnam and head of the Vietnamese Language Department at the China Central Radio and Television, stressed that the Communist Party of Vietnam has played an essential role in the country’s renewal process.

Three persons were added to the Party Central Committee's Inspection Commission in the 13th tenure.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received visiting French Inter-ministerial Delegate on Strategic Metals and Minerals Supply Benjamin Gallezot in Hanoi on January 21.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a working session with leaders of prominent Vietnamese enterprises in the Czech Republic and Europe on January 19, as part of his ongoing official visit to the European nation.

The Homeland Spring 2025 programme, themed “Vietnam Rising in a New Era,” is expected to welcome about 1,000 overseas Vietnamese (OV) from across the globe.

The tourism sector emerged as a bright spot in Vietnam’s socio-economic landscape in 2024, surpassing key targets for visitor numbers and revenue. As a result, it became a major economic driver, contributing significantly to the socio-economic development of both localities and the country as a whole.

On the occasion of the New Year 2025, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has written an article stressing the importance of innovation, creativity, acceleration, and breakthroughs to lead Vietnam steadily into a new era – the era of the nation's rise for strong development, civilisation and prosperity.

Da Nang city will host the City Partnership Forum-Da Nang 2025, Meet Da Nang 2025, from January 16 to 18

Economic diplomacy has truly become a key component in all external affairs, especially high-level diplomacy, contributing effectively to implemeting strategic breakthroughs, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said while chairing a conference with ambassadors and heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad to review the economic diplomacy work in 2024, in Hanoi on December 20.

El Popular, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of Uruguay, spotlighted Vietnam's socio-economic achievements in 2024 through an article published on December 19.