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Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has signed a decision approving a plan on the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which became effective from January 1.

A ceremony was held recently by the Can Tho City Department of Foreign Affairs to receive medical equipment support for COVID-19 prevention from Japan’s Okayama Prefecture and the Republic of Korea’s Jeollanamdo Province.

Despite the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the volume of goods through seaports keeps growth momentum, especially container cargo.

As of January 4, Hanoi has provided cash and loans for more than 5,358,000 people in difficulty due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, amounting to VND6.611,9 trillion.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung shared in the loss and grief caused to the US people by recent natural disasters, and expressed his belief that under the leadership of President Biden, the US government and people will soon surmount the consequences of the disaster in Kentucky.

Overseas Vietnamese in Europe hope authorities from both sides work together to soon resume international flights, allowing them to return to Vietnam to visit their families.

Secretary of the Party Committee and Governor of Laos’ Khammouane Province Vansay Phongsavan stated that the Laos-Vietnam friendship vocational school is a vivid manifestation of the Laos-Vietnam great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation.

In my heart and mind, the love of Vietnam is no different from the love of the Republic of Korea (RoK). It is because I love Vietnam that I vow to forever be the one to introduce Vietnamese culture to RoK, to contribute to strengthening the relationship between the two countries.

The Vietnamese Buddhist Cultural Center in the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Vietnamese Buddhist Association in RoK organized a meeting in Seoul city to welcome the New Year 2022 and celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Tiger to strengthen the Vietnam-RoK friendship.

(CPV) – The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Online Newspaper has voted Vietnam’s 10 outstanding economic events in 2021 as follows:

(CPV) - The Ho Chi Minh City Confederation of Labour has just said that during the 2022 Lunar New Year (Tet), the City's Trade Union plans to take care of Tet for its members and employees with an amount of more than VND700 billion, besides diverse programs and activities of great significance.

Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh will lead a high-ranking delegation of the Lao Government to pay an official visit to Vietnam from January 8 to 10 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 5 highlighted solidarity; discipline; safe, effective, and active adaptation; and recovery as the theme of 2022, to complete targets and tasks set for the year.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attended and gave directions at a teleconference between the Government and localities on January 5 to review 2021 performance and implement the Party Central Committee’s Conclusion and the National Assembly’s Resolution on 2022 socio-economic development scheme.

Vietnam has become one of the six countries with highest COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the world, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh told a teleconference between the Government and localities on January 5.

The first extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly, which opened on January 4 and will close on January 11, aims to decide on timely fiscal and monetary policies for the implementation of the socio-economic recovery and development programme and remove legal obstacles for development.

Head of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Commission on Organization Sisay Leudetmounsone has expressed his delight at the deepening and effective relations between Vietnam and Laos in all fields, bringing practical benefits to the people of each country.

Vietnam has become one of the six countries with highest COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the world, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh told a teleconference between the Government and localities on January 5.

(CPV) – In 2021, the central level and localities put aside VND71.482 trillion to implement support policies for nearly 742,000 labour users and over 42.8 million labourers and other groups of people.

Trade between Vietnam and the UK reached over 6 billion USD as of November 2021, up 17 percent year on year, with Vietnam enjoying surplus of 4.46 billion USD, the General Department of Vietnam Customs reported.

In 2022, the Indian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City will coordinate with the city and southern Vietnamese localities to organize diverse diplomatic, cultural and people-to-people events to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam – India diplomatic relationship.

Phu Quoc island city in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is expected to become a national tourism centre in the coming time as investors deploy their projects here, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Huynh Quang Hung.

Vietnam plans to strongly improve its business environment and rapidly increase the number of newly-established firms, according to a draft resolution on tasks and solutions to improve the business environment and national competitiveness in 2022 delivered by Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai at the Government’s online meeting with localities on January 5.

Xoe dance has been closely associated with the customs, practices, beliefs, festivals and cultural activities of the Thai ethnic minority people in the north-western region. Xoe dance has become a thread connecting the community and expressing the ethnic groups’ identities as well as a basis for creating new cultural values.

To avoid long waits, Ho Chi Minh City's health sector encourages immigrants to actively register for a personal QR code before boarding aircraft to enter Vietnam.

As many as 1,753 passengers from abroad came to Vietnam on 17 flights between January 1 and 3, the first three days after the resumption of regular international flights.

A meeting was recently held by the Investment Promotion Business Association between Hokuriku region (including three provinces of Fukui, Ishikawa, and Toyama) and Vietnam to review activities in 2021.

In 2021, the Center for Overseas Labour (COLAB) under the Ministry of Labour , Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) successfully sent over 1,100 labourers to work aboard.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the Minister of Health to direct the promotion of vaccination against COVID-19, ensuring safety, science and effectiveness.

This is one of the key tasks in the plan of Directive 25/CT-TTg dated September 10, 2021 of the Prime Minister on accelerating the implementation of Vietnam's foreign cultural strategy in the period 2022 - 2026 which has just been issued by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.