The 23rd meeting of the HCM City People’s Council for the 2016-2021 tenure on December 9 discussed and adopted resolutions and schemes relating to orientations for the city’s development during the 2021-2025 tenure.
Hanoi on December 8 presented 91 billion VND (3.9 million USD) to help 12 central and Central Highlands provinces overcome consequences of recent floods and storms.
The preparatory meeting of the 10th National Patriotic Emulation Congress convened in Hanoi on December 9, with the participation of 2,020 delegates across the country.
Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man led a working delegation to visit and present gifts to people affected by recent storms and floods in the central province of Quang Binh on December 7.
The 9th-tenure People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City convened its 23rd session on December 7 to review the implementation of socio-economic tasks this year and put forth tasks and solutions for 2021.
A shortage of personnel has been creating problems for coastal areas in supervising fishing boats, an agricultural official told a conference on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing held recently in the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on December 6 hosted a reception for a high-ranking delegation of Laos led by Politburo member and Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith who are on a visit to Vietnam to attend the 43rd meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee on bilateral cooperation.
Governor of Gunma Prefecture of Japan Ichita Yamamoto showed his admiration for Vietnam’s success in controlling COVID-19 pandemic and said he hopes to learn from the country in the field while meeting Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam during a concert at Takasaki opera house on December 5.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh on December 3 received a high-ranking delegation of the National Police Agency of the Republic of Korea (RoK) led by Commissioner General Kim Chang-yong.
The Prime Minister of Laos, Thongloun Sisoulith, will lead a high-ranking delegation of the Lao Government to visit Vietnam and co-chair the 43rd meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-governmental Committee from December 4-6.
A delegation to the second National Congress of Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities led by Politburo member and permanent National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong offered incense at the Monument to Heroic Martyrs in Bac Son street, Hanoi and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum on December 3.
Newly-appointed Ambassador of Vietnam to Tanzania and Kenya Nguyen Nam Tien presented his letter of credentials to Kenyan President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta in the capital city of Nairobi on December 2.
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on December 2 highlighted the great assistance of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and international friends in the fight against the Pol Pot genocidal regime, towards the victory on January 7, 1979.
The 60th anniversary of Vietnam - Cuba diplomatic relations was celebrated on December 2 (1960 - 2020), with the special amity filled with outstanding milestones in mutual support, from Vietnam’s past struggle for national independence to the two nations’ current fight against COVID-19.
Vietnam and New Zealand have agreed to outline a cooperation plan for the next three years with a view to elevating the defence collaboration to a new high, making it on par with the strategic partnership between the two nations.
Former Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of the Party Central Committee Vu Khoan recounted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs his memories on the beginning of the Vietnam -Cuba friendship, which has been marked by loyalty and affinity, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations (December 2, 1960 – December 2, 2020).
Authorities of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and a delegation led by Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie have expressed wish to enhance bilateral cooperation in the fields of education, transport infrastructure and climate change adaptation.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
