Việt Nam News

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has presented to the National Assembly a draft socio-economic development plan for 2022 which aims for a GDP growth of at about 6-6.5 per cent in 2022.

Việt Nam welcomes the US Government’s strong commitment and practical actions to strengthen its cooperation with and support for Mekong countries, notably the donation of millions of doses of vaccines and medical equipment for COVID-19 prevention and control in the region, said a Vietnamese official.

The second session of the 15th National Assembly opened in Hà Nội this morning.

Việt Nam shares difficulties facing small island developing states, coastal countries and those located below the sea level that are grappling with adverse impacts of sea level rises, Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the UN said on Monday (local time).

The second plenary session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) is scheduled to open on Wednesday morning in Hà Nội.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Chairman of the National Council of National Defence-Security, attended a ceremony in Hà Nội on Monday to honour individuals and organisations who made outstanding contributions to the United Nations peacekeeping missions.

The Party and the State always acknowledge the contributions and sacrifice made by frontline medical forces in the fight against COVID-19, said Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Monday at a meeting with representatives of the forces nationwide.

Deputy health minister Đỗ Xuân Tuyên urged local administrations to not set policies that go counter to the spirit and letters of the Government’s Resolution 128, released last week on the national plan to live with COVID-19, inconveniencing people and enterprises.

Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the UN, on October 15 chaired a meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC)’s Committee on South Sudan (Committee 2206) with Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba in attendance.

Even after a decade of Strategic Partnership, there is still ample room for growth in Việt Nam-Germany bilateral relations, said Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Tô Anh Dũng.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Đặng Hoàng Giang has appreciated important contributions of the Vietnamese representative missions abroad to promoting the image of the nation to the world as well as providing information on the regional and international situations for domestic audience.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said that Việt Nam is extremely keen to develop renewable energy sources.

Vietnamese foreign minister thanked the Polish Government and people for donating 501,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Việt Nam and key medical supplies to HCM City to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, Poland will also deliver 890,000 doses of AstraZeneca to Việt Nam.

Vice President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân lauded the Eurasian Women's Forum’s contributions to connecting and empowering women in her speech at the first plenary session of the ongoing 3rd Eurasian Women's Forum on Wednesday.

Countries need to settle root causes of conflicts, including poverty, inequality and injustice, intolerance, discrimination, and incitement to violence, in order to build sustainable peace, said Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN).

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính suggested Việt Nam and Turkey exchange experience and closely coordinate in the COVID-19 fight and economic reopening during his online talks with Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay on Tuesday.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Wednesday morning discussed preparations for the second session of the 15th NA, which is scheduled to last for 17 days.

The US has delivered to Việt Nam 1,999,530 shots of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as donation through COVAX in the past two weeks to assist the country’s pandemic fight.