Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the plenary session of the 37th ASEAN Summit on November 12.
The 37th ASEAN Summit and related summits opened in a virtual format on November 12.
The Embassy of Vietnam in Laos on November 11 held a Vientiane meeting to exchange views and collect feedback from Vietnamese expats on four draft documents to be submitted to the 13th National Party Congress slated for earlier next year.
According to Minister Mai Tien Dung, the Government has simplified and streamlined over 1,000 administrative procedures from the beginning of its tenure in 2016.
During it's 25-year journey as a member of ASEAN, Vietnam has joined hands in building and implementing critical agreements and cooperation programmes in the bloc.
ASEAN is the world’s third most populous economy and is projected to become the fourth largest economy by 2030. By then, domestic consumption, which powers roughly around 60 percent of ASEAN’s gross domestic product (GDP) today, is expected to double to 4 trillion USD.
From September 20 to October 28, the municipal and provincial Party Congresses nationwide wrapped up with 63 secretaries of municipal, provincial Party Committees being elected for the 2020-2025 tenure.
Nine female Secretaries of provincial Party Committees were elected for the 2020-2025 tenure.
22 secretaries of provincial, municipal party committees have been newly elected for the 2020-2025 tenure.
41 secretaries of municipal, provincial party committees have been re-elected for the 2020-2025 tenure.
During 25 years of practicing Vietnam-US diplomatic relations (July 12, 1995 - July 12, 2020), trade between the two countries has been continually increasing.
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong received visiting Speaker of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s National Assembly Park Byeong-seug in Hanoi on November 2.
On November 2, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan welcomed Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug who is in Vietnam for an official visit.
The consumer price index inched up 0.09 percent in October against the previous month, and 2.47 percent year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.
Vietnam underwent two months without community transmission of Covid-19 as of November 1, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Nine women have been elected to the post of Secretary of provincial Party Committees for the 2020-2025 tenure, and 28 newly-elected Secretaries were born in the 1970s, figures reveal.
The sub-committee for the organisation of the 13th National Party Congress convened its fourth meeting in Hanoi on October 30.
The 13th Congress of the Party Organisation of the Central Agencies’ Bloc for the 2020-2025 tenure wrapped up in Hanoi on October 19 after three days of sitting.
The 13th Congress of the Party Organisation of the Central Agencies’ Bloc opened in Hanoi on October 28, with the participation of 300 delegates representing more than 82,000 members.
Vietnam's gender equality has seen certain improvements in the recent years.