The Party and the State have pursued a consistent policy of ensuring social welfare for people, as reflected through a raft of Party documents, National Assembly resolutions, strategies, plans, projects and programmes of the Government.
The Prime Minister recently appointed Hoang Quoc Vuong as Chairman of the Members’ Council of the State-owned Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam).
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on November 10 signed a loan agreement with the Cambodian government to provide a Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan of about 240 million USD for the COVID-19 Crisis Response Emergency Support Loan, JICA said in a statement on November 18.
Modern Diplomacy, an invaluable platform for assessing and evaluating complex international issues, on November 10 ran an article giving an assessment of Vietnam’s performance as ASEAN 2020 Chair and the significance of the 37th ASEAN Summit for the region amid current challenges.
US journal Borgen Magazine has run a story entitled “COVID-19 in Vietnam Declines: A Success Story” by Maggie Sun, highlighting Vietnam’s success in maintaining its safety and economic growth amidst the devastating impacts of the pandemic around the world.
Over the past days, great efforts have been made to deal with consequences of torrential rains and floods in line with instructions of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on August 25 co-chaired the 17th Meeting of the Joint Commission on Economic, Commercial, Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Vietnam and India.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has warned localities to heighten vigilance to the maximum level as the total number of COVID-19 cases passed the 1,000-benchmark after new infections surged in the second wave.
Foreign corporate executives remain optimistic about Vietnam’s economic prospects despite the new COVID-19 outbreak that prompted the imposition of social distancing in some localities, especially in the central city of Da Nang.
All restaurants and cafes in Hanoi must strictly follow regulations on COVID-19 prevention or face closure, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Ngo Van Quy.
While the real estate market was gradually recovering with positive signals from supply and successful transactions, the COVID-19 dealt a second blow, making it hard to forecast the market.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has requested authorities to give the top priority to localising and soon wiping out the COVID-19 hotbed in the central city of Da Nang.
This is the 6th time in a row VietnamPlus, an e-newspaper of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), has won high prizes of the National External Information Service Awards, affirming its position as a national newspaper for foreign service.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, on July 24 urged all competent forces to remain vigilant and stand ready to cope with new developments of the pandemic.
Thanks to their distinctive and unique appearance, the red-shanked douc is considered “Queen of primates”. There are more than 400 individuals of this rare species across Son Tra Peninsula, the central city of Da Nang, at present.
Chairman of the Expert Council of the Eurasian Ideas Foundation (EIF) Grigory Trofimchuk has said that communications via posters and placards were key weapons in Vietnam’s successful fight against COVID-19 as well as its pathway to building socialism.
National Assembly deputies continued discussing a report on supplementary assessment of the implementation of the legislature’s resolution on socio-economic development and State budget plans for 2019, as well as socio-economic performance in early 2020, during a plenary session on June 15.
Statistics showed that Vietnam’s exports to Europe were the hardest hit by the COVID-29 pandemic as of late April, including exports to Vietnam’s major markets such as Germany, the UK and France.
The flow of tourists to the central city of Da Nang during this year’s National Reunification (April 30) and International Workers’ Day (May 1) holidays reached just 5,800, a year-on-year drop of up to 98.5 percent.
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