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The National Assembly heard explanations presented by two ministers on policies for ethnic minorities and mountainous regions, and the environmental impacts of power plants, among other issues.

NA deputies on November 2 began exploring the outcomes of the implementation of socio-economic development plan in 2016, the plan for 2017 and the economic restructuring plan for 2016-2020.

The fourth session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee concluded in Hanoi on October 18 after six days of working.

Members of the 12th Party Central Committee discussed socio-economic performance in 2016 and socio-economic development plan for 2017 at the committee’s fourth meeting in Hanoi on October 11.

The national economy continuously showed signs of recovery and stable growth in the last three quarters, with the GDP growing at an estimated 5.93 percent.

Hanoi will focus on urban planning, construction and management, and new rural building, along with resources management and environmental protection in the next five years.

The Ministry of Finance will push ahead with improving financial institutions in the years to come to realise the country’s socio-economic development plan in 2016-2020.

Hanoi will give priority to improving its business climate and competitive capacity, aiming to be among top ten localities nationwide in Provincial Competitiveness Index (CPI) by 2020.

President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Takehiko Nakao has vowed that his bank will continue to give strong support to Vietnam through loans of about 1 billion USD each year.

President Tran Dai Quang has proposed that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) continue to provide soft loans to Vietnam to realise its socio-development goals.

Ministries, ministerial-level and centrally-run agencies, as well as localities, economic groups, and State-owned enterprises have been requested to build a socio-economic development plan for 2017.

The 11th and also the last session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) wound up in the morning of April 12 after about three weeks of working on the new leadership and other major issues of Vietnam.

Vietnam’s economic growth rate is expected to range from 6.5-7 percent in the next five years, according to a report presented by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Preparations for the upcoming 11th meeting of the 13th National Assembly (NA) were among the topics debated at the 45 th session of the NA Standing Committee, which opened in Hanoi on February 17.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong praised Party Central Committee’s Office for its outstanding performance as an advisor of the Party Central Committee, the Political Bureau and the Secretariat

The economy of the northernmost province of Ha Giang is expected to expand by 7.5 percent annually from now to 2020.

The annual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme, a run-up to the Lunar New Year festival, was held in Hanoi on January 31with a string of cultural activities for overseas Vietnamese (OVs).

The Joint Coordination Committee on Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area held its 10th Meeting in the Lao province of Champasak on December 11.

The 12th high-level round-table meeting took place in Vientiane, Laos on November 27 to discuss Laos’ progress toward graduating from least developed country status by 2020.

The Vietnamese National Assembly has approved targeted the GDP growth rate at 6.7 percent and the CPI rise of under 5 percent in 2016.