May CPI inches up 0.01% Business

InfographicMay CPI inches up 0.01%

The May consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.01% compared to April, primarily due to increases in the price of food, electricity, and water, according to the General Statistics Office.
Economic security contributes to building independent and self-reliant economy: PM Politics

Economic security contributes to building independent and self-reliant economy: PM

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 15 urged the Economic Security Department under the Ministry of Public Security to double its efforts to ensure economic security, contributing to the building of an independent and self-reliant economy associated with extensive, practical and effective international integration and maintaining socialist orientation.
Indonesia backs promotion of 5-Point Consensus on Myanmar World

Indonesia backs promotion of 5-Point Consensus on Myanmar

As the rotating chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year, Indonesia will promote the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar and continue to provide humanitarian aid to the Myanmar people through the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre), said President Joko Widodo.
Vietnam upholds importance of trust-building in sustaining peace World

Vietnam upholds importance of trust-building in sustaining peace

In a world riddled with uncertainties and strategic complexities, trust plays a critical role in conflict prevention and solution, and is the bedrock for a multilateral system that can achieve and sustain peace, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, told the UN Security Council’s open debate on “Futureproofing trust for sustaining peace” on May 3.
Building sustainable agricultural value chains to reduce deforestation Environment

Building sustainable agricultural value chains to reduce deforestation

Vietnam is promoting sustainable agricultural trade and production to reduce deforestation, heard an event under the umbrella of the fourth Global Conference of the Planet Network’s Sustainable Food Systems Programme held in Hanoi on April 25 by UNDP and the Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.