Vietnamese businesse see Laos as an attractive destination and will continue to invest in the country despite a slowdown in outbound investment, Planning and Investment Minister Nguyễn Chí Dũng said on Saturday.

National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tòng Thị Phóng has asked concerned agencies to speed up preparations for the 26^th Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26).

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh yesterday lauded proactive engagement and co-operation among all riparian countries at the third Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Mekong-Lancang Co-operation (MLC) held in China.

The Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV)’s Central Committee General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng has asked the Central Military Commission to pay attention to strengthening the Party while preventing “self-evolution” and “self-transformation” behaviour and “peaceful evolution” plots from hostile forces.

Joint efforts by the public security and agriculture ministries over the last two years led to the reinstating of five criminal cases that caused losses of over VNĐ1 trillion (US$44.4 million) to the State.

The Vietnamese Catholic community has contributed greatly to the country’s economy, education, health, culture and social charity works, priest Trần Xuân Mạnh, chairman and General Secretary of the Việt Nam Committee for Catholic Solidarity (VCCS), said at a meeting held on December 14 in HCM City.

The 19th meeting of the 14th National Assembly’s Standing Committee closed on December 14 after three working days.

The Việt Nam Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei is actively coordinating with officials from China’s Taiwan to carry out search and rescue activities and provide information on Vietnamese workers trapped in a fire in Taiwan on December 14.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng lauded the contributions of Vietnamese veterans to national defence and construction, urging them to continue their role in protecting the fruits of the revolution.