17:12 | 16/08/2019 VGP – Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Spouse will pay an official visit to Viet Nam from August 22-24 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc. … [Read more...] about Australian PM to visit VN next week
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VN, Cambodia to convene 17th meeting of Joint Commission
16:13 | 16/08/2019 VGP – The 17th meeting of the Viet Nam-Cambodia Joint Commission on economic, cultural, scientific and technological cooperation will take place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from August 20-21. Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn will co-chair meeting./. … [Read more...] about VN, Cambodia to convene 17th meeting of Joint Commission
Int’l Monetary Fund to help re-evaluate GDP
GDP growth rates in 2015-2018 period and Government's growth goal for 2019. Robert Dippelsman, head of the IMF Statistics Department, said good statistical data will help IMF member countries, especially fast-developing economies, to better design economic management policies. This is not the first time Viet Nam re-evaluates the GDP size in accordance with international practices, Nguyen Bich Lam, GSO Director-General told a room of reporters Friday. The re-evaluation of the GDP will provide basis for Viet Nam to develop 10-year socio-economic development strategy for 2021-2030 and five-year socio-economic development plan for 2021-2025, Lam said. The official statistics show Viet Nam’s economy expanded nearly 6.67% on average between 2015-2018. The Government set goal to achieve the growth rate of 6.8% in 2019. According to Standard Chartered’s latest forecast, Viet Nam remains the fastest-growing economy in ASEAN with projected GDP growth rate of 6.9% this year. … [Read more...] about Int’l Monetary Fund to help re-evaluate GDP
Naval region holds teleconference on seas and islands
At the conference Accordingly, the naval region introduced a number of presentations on managing and protecting the national sovereignty over seas, islands and continental shelves in the current context. The presentations also included basic knowledge on the Law of the Sea of Vietnam and the Law of Fisheries. They were also equipped with major contents of the directive No.01/CT-TTg dated January 9, 2015 by the Prime Minister on the people’s participation in safeguarding the national sovereignty and border security in the current context as well as several legal regulations on fishing at sea. In addition, the organizing panel spotlighted State laws on safeguarding its sovereignty and sovereign rights over seas and islands of Vietnam, the Party and State’s guidelines and policies on developing the socio-economy in combination with reinforcing the national sea and island sovereignty, current situation in the East Sea (South China Sea) and territorial disputes in seas and … [Read more...] about Naval region holds teleconference on seas and islands
Congratulations on Independence Day of India
16:45 | 15/08/2019 VGP – Party General Secretary, State President Nguyen Phu Trong on August 15 telegraphed a congratulatory message to Indian President Nath Kovind on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of India (August 15, 1947). The same day, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent his greetings to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. The same occasion, Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh cabled a message of congratulations to Indian FM Subramanyam Jaishankar. … [Read more...] about Congratulations on Independence Day of India