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The Vietnamese Government always creates the best possible conditions for businesses and investors, including Samsung, to expand operations in Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed on January 20.

A total of 390 corruption cases involving 1,011 people were investigated and prosecuted last year, the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption reported at a meeting in Hanoi on January 20.

Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang presented views on issues that have drawn concern of the press and the public at the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi on January 20.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on January 20 hosted a reception for First Officer of the Hungarian National Assembly Márta Mátrai who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

The Lai Chau provincial Party Committee has just held an online conference to thoroughly grasp and realize studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style in 2022.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has just issued a decision approving a trade promotion program to consume key agricultural products and OCOP (one commune one product) in 2021-2025.

After 2 months of piloting receiving international arrivals (from mid-November 2021), Vietnam has welcomed nearly 8,000 international tourists, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

A flight was organized to bring nearly 94 Vietnamese citizens home from Brunei to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) in the context of the suspension of commercial international air routes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A resolution on fiscal and monetary policies supporting the socio-economic recovery and development programme was ratified at the 15th National Assembly’s first extraordinary session (January 4 -11, 2022).

Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh requested to focus on effectively implementing the national target program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the 2021-2025 period right in the first quarter of this year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 19 for Nitin Kapoor, President for Asia Area Frontier Markets at AstraZeneca, and Chairman and General Director of AstraZeneca Vietnam.

(CPV) - 17 UK and 21 Vietnamese universities and organisations will be delivering the eight partnership projects until March 2024.

Ho Chi Minh City has been chosen as the first locality to carry out studies on the e-transportation development plan, given its huge potential.

According to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Prime Minister has just signed Decision 90/QD-TTg approving the national target program on sustainable poverty reduction for the 2021-2025 period with the goal of sustainable and multidimensional poverty reduction.

The Government Office has issued a dispatch on the Prime Minister’s directions about building a roadmap to open the door to welcome foreign visitors in a safe, scientific and effective manner.

Vietnam spent more than 4.93 billion USD importing animal feed and related raw materials in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 28.4%, according to preliminary statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has recently signed a decision approving the national target programme on sustainable poverty reduction for the 2021-2025 period with total funding of at least 75 trillion VND (3.3 billion USD).

(CPV) – As many as 200 tons of frozen jackfruit, equivalent to 1,000 tons of raw jackfruit, has been registered by importers, mainly VINREC Australia, to participate in a promotion program in Australia, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia.

A number of foreign financial institutions have made relatively positive predictions for the Vietnamese economy in 2022, with an expected growth rate of 6.5 to 6.7%, reported the US website Fiber2Fashion.

The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh is ready to welcome international tourists back from late January or early February.

An event was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Italy to welcome the Lunar New Year Festival with the participation of representatives from the Association of Vietnamese Entrepreneurs in Italy (ASSOEVI) to collect suggestions in a bid to strengthen the nations’ trade relations.

A competition to make Chung and Tet cakes, decorate and display them with the theme "Tet Viet” (Lunar New Year Festival of Vietnam) was recently held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore for overseas Vietnamese living, working and studying in the country.

(CPV) - After the first report about the Homeland Spring Program 2022, the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides more detailed information about the Homeland Spring 2022 for overseas Vietnamese.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in China’s Kunming recently organized the Homeland Spring Program in 2022 in an atmosphere of joy and warmth.

The central city of Da Nang has taken the top position in the Vietnam Tourism Competitiveness index (VTCI), according to the city’s Department of Tourism.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has given in-principle approval that favourable entry procedures will be created for foreigners, and overseas Vietnamese and their relatives.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a Government meeting to discuss lawmaking issues in Hanoi on January 19.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee wrapped up its seventh sitting under the chair of Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on January 19.

Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Sao Mai has said that cooperation in the prevention of the COVID-19 pandemic is a new bright spot in the comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership between Vietnam and China, contributing to maintaining stable and positive development momentum in many areas.

Members of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on January 19 reviewed the outcomes of the NA's first extraordinary session, and agreed that the session was a success, showing the legislature's renovation with operations becoming deeper and closer to the people and reality.