Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hosted a banquet on Jan. 10 to welcome the first year of the ASEAN Community, which was officially launched on Dec. 31, 2015, and upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
Foreign credit institutions intending to contribute to establishing non-banking financial companies will be required to own minimum 10 billion USD of assets at the end of the previous year.
China welcomes the official formation of the ASEAN Community and considers it an important milestone in the bloc’s integration, according to Xinhua news agency.
Malaysia has been successful in turning a new chapter in regional integration in 2015, the year it served as the Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Vietnamese food, confectionary, household appliances, electronic products and steel are being showcased at 20 booths at the 10th Cambodia Import- Export & One Province One Product Exhibition.
Jang Byong Gyu, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors’ Office of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), visited Ho Chi Minh City as part of his working visit to Vietnam.
Leaders of the 10 ASEAN member countries signed the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on the Establishment of the ASEAN Community at the 27 th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 22.
The signing of a historic declaration on the formation of an ASEAN Community by the end of this year by all 10 ASEAN leaders will be the highlight of the upcoming 27th ASEAN Summit.
The establishment of the ASEAN Community at the year’s end is deemed the most significant achievement of ASEAN as it initiates a new development phase of the bloc.
The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has earmarked over 53 billion VND (nearly 2.4 million USD) for building and upgrading health care facilities.
The State-run Radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) held a ceremony in Hanoi on September 7 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its establishment (September 7, 1945 – September 7, 2015).
The 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 48) and related meetings issued the Joint Communiqué affirming the bloc’s solidarity in establishing the ASEAN Community later this year.
A special stamp designed by a Vietnamese artist will be issued in the 10 ASEAN nations to celebrate the formation of the ASEAN Community later this year.
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