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Hanoi (VNA) - Implementing institutional reform is a crucial and challenging task of the National Assembly, especially in the context of the country's rapid development and deeper economic integration, according to NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. The top legislator highlighted the role of the National Assembly in the field in an article written for the book “Forecast 2020: Destruction/Reconstruction” published by the Vietnam News Agency, buying the copyright of the international media organisation Project Syndicate. She wrote after more than five years of implementing the 2013 Constitution, the National Assembly has achieved important and outstanding results in legislative activities, including the guarantee and protection of human rights and citizens’ rights as well as the issuance of legal documents to continuously reform economic institutions. Additionally, law on education-training, science-technology, health, culture and information, sports, religion, … [Read more...] about National Assembly strives to implement institutional reform

Trade growth slowed in the second quarter of this year; meanwhile trade balance recorded a surplus in the fourth consecutive quarter and reached 1.4 billion USD in Q2. VEPR, is a series of annual reports summarising major economic issues in the previous year, giving an outlook for the coming year and providing policy recommendations. … [Read more...] about Vietnam posts strong Q2 growth

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on August 30 that ministries, sectors and localities must not underestimate their tasks in the four remaining months of 2018 but carry out drastic solutions as many difficulties still arise from the domestic and global situation. At the Government’s monthly meeting, Cabinet members said despite complex geo-political and geo-economic developments in the past eight months, the country’s socio-economic indexes have reached the highest levels. Forecasting challenges in the months ahead, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said the US-China trade war will strongly affect Vietnam while natural disasters from now until the end of the year may cause big consequences. PM Phuc said to deal with the predicted challenges, leading officials must promote their responsibility in the activities of their ministries, sectors and localities. He stressed that the top priority must be given to controlling … [Read more...] about PM requests implementation of drastic solutions in months ahead

Phu Tho (VNA) – The Vietnam Paper Corporation (Vinapaco) earned nearly 2.6 trillion VND (111.8 million USD) in revenue in 2018, exceeding the yearly target by 19 percent and recording an annual increase of 15 percent. The figures were released at a conference to review the company’s performance last year and set out tasks for 2019, which took place in the northern province of Phu Tho on January 22. Accordingly, in 2018, Vinapaco’s paper output surpassed 120,000 tonnes, of which over 113,000 tonnes were consumed. It exploited 160,000 cubic metres of timber and planted new forests spanning more than 2,300 hectares. The company’s contribution to the State budget and profit reached 131 billion VND (5.63 million USD) and 70 billion VND (3.01 million USD), respectively. Speaking at the conference, Chairman of the Vinapaco Members’ Council Hoang Quoc Lam said that in 2019, Vinapaco will focus on restructuring its apparatus, finances, development investment, … [Read more...] about State-owned paper producer surpasses yearly revenue target

HCM City (VNA) – Public employees at the communal-level People’s Committees play an important role in realising Ho Chi Minh City’s socio-economic development plans, and as such need specialised training to better do their duties and meet modern requirements amidst the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The remark was made by Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong at a meeting on January 29 with 322 chairpersons of the administrations of wards, communes, and towns in the 24 local districts. He said that in 2019, HCM City will focus efforts on making administrative reform acceleration and implementing the National Assembly’s Resolution No.54 on special mechanisms for the city being piloted. Therefore, the administrations of wards, communes, and towns need to join hands with upper-level authorities in the work, as well as gauging people’s feedback and satisfaction to measure their performance, he noted. However, numerous … [Read more...] about Public employees crucial to local development plans: HCM City official