General Luong Cuong, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, member of the Standing Board of the Central Military Commission, and Chairman of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA)’s General Department of Politics, chaired a conference in Hanoi on December 8 to review the armed forces’ performance in Party affairs and political work in 2020.
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a Politburo meeting in Hanoi on December 8 to fine-tune the draft documents to be submitted to the 13th National Party Congress.
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong has lauded the achievements of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of Defence, and officials and soldiers during 2020, which contributed to the completion of targets and tasks set in the resolution of the 12th National Party Congress.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc commended the police sector in general and the Central Public Security Party Committee and police forces in localities in particular for performing their core role of ensuring national security and social order and safety during 2020, especially in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters and in subsequent rescue efforts.
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, attended the 2020 national military-political conference in Hanoi on December 7.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the 76th national public security conference in Ho Chi Minh City on December 7.
Forestry exports is estimated to exceed 12.6 billion USD in 2020, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Second National Congress of Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities officially opened in Hanoi on December 4. National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong, incumbent and former Party and State senior officials attended the congress’s opening ceremony.
Vietnam’s seafood exports in November increased 13% against the same period in 2019, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) launched a special website on December 3 that provides information on the 13th National Party Congress in different forms and languages.
The Vietnam – Cuba special ties is considered a role model international relations.
Public investment growth rate in November and the first 11 months of 2020 broke record in 2011-2020 period.
Vietnam and Cuba have enjoyed a special friendship, solidarity and mutual trust in the past six decades, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on December 1.
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong has emphasized his requirement to build a clean and strong police force, which is fully devoted to the country, the people, the Party and the political system.
On December 2, 1960, Cuba became the first country in the Western hemisphere that had established diplomatic relations with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Ever since, the two countries have shared special traditional relations.
A ceremony to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of late President Le Duc Anh was held in Hue city, Thua Thien-Hue province on Dec. 1. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the event.
Vietnam has seen record trade surplus of 20.1 billion USD in the first 11 months of 2020.
In 2020, despite adverse impacts from COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam's cashew exports in the first 10 months of 2020 exceeded 422,000 tonnes, up 12% year-on-year.
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a Central Military Commission meeting on November 30 to approve a draft resolution on leadership in the implementation of military-defence tasks and Party building in 2021, and a report on the realisation of military-defence missions in 2020 and orientations and tasks for 2021.
Although COVID-19 has limited the travelling of investors, Vietnam is still a bright spot in attracting FDI in some fields