Gross domestic product (GDP) is still an important indicator needed to assess the current level of a country’s growth. However, Governments are advised not to try to increase GDP at all costs while neglecting sustainable development. Economist Phạm Chi Lan talks to Tia Sáng (Ray of Light) Magazine about the issue.

 President Trần Đại Quang hosted a reception for Lao National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Sengnouane Xayalath in Hà Nội yesterday, during which he hailed the effective partnership between the legislatures of the two nations. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc underscored the importance of maintaining regular high-level visits to strengthen bilateral ties during a reception in Hà Nội yesterday for Vice Chairman of the Lao National Assembly Sengnuon Saynhalat.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân visited and presented gifts to war invalids at Duy Tiến and Kim Bảng nursing centres in the northern province of Hà Nam yesterday ahead of the 71st anniversary of the Day of War Invalids and Martyrs (July 27).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng hosted a reception for Vice Chairman of the Lao National Assembly (NA) Sengnouane Xayalath in Hà Nội yesterday.

Measures to handle the assets of potentially corrupt officials remained the focus of debate in yesterday’s meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee to discuss the draft revised anti-corruption law.

An exhibition displaying the development of ethnic groups living in the Central Highlands has opened to the public at the Đà Nẵng Fine Arts Museum at 78 Lê Duẩn street.

The People’s Committee of central Quảng Ngãi Province has urged Quảng Ngãi City authorities to take measures to quickly handle 1,500 tonnes of garbage left in the inner city over the past six days.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee postponed a vote on a proposal made by the Finance Ministry to hike the environmental protection tax yesterday, urging serious consideration of its economic impacts.

The property developer PGT Group plans to develop PGT City, an urban project in Liên Chiểu district, later this year on a total area of 10ha with total investment of US$50 million.