Deputy finance minister

Long An (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia Men Sam An extended her New Year greetings to authorities and people of Long An during a visit to the Mekong Delta province on January 21. The Cambodian Deputy PM wished the Vietnamese province new achievements in the Year of the Rat and asked the province to continue to promote solidarity, friendship and cooperation with Cambodia’s localities. She underlined that the Cambodian people will always bear in mind the support and sacrifice of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers, including those from Long An province. She took the occasion to thank Long An’s administration and people for their assistance in education, health care and technology transfer in agriculture for two Cambodian provinces of Svay Rieng and Prey Veng. In reply, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Council Pham Van Ranh wished for stronger cooperation between the province and the two Cambodian localities in the … [Read more...] about Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister pays Tet visit to Long An

Vinh applauded new steps of development in the Vietnam – Russia defence ties over the past years while showing his belief that the forthcoming Russia visit by Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich will contribute to upgrading bilateral defence relations. On the occasion, he suggested the Russian Defence Ministry actively join activities during Vietnam ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2020. Vnukov, for his side, hailed military and military technical cooperation between the two nations with substantive outcomes, especially in tropical durability, navy and personnel training. He said he hopes that following the visit by Gen. Lich, Russia – Vietnam defence ties would be further strengthened and more effective. … [Read more...] about Deputy Defence Minister receives Russian Ambassador

The inspectorate required the company to pay an additional of VNĐ125 billion (US$5.38 million) to the State budget to build technical infrastructure and housing in an urban area southwest of Road 70 in Nam Từ Liêm District. To build the project for the State, the company was given 14.5 hectares of land in exchange following an agreement. However, the investor only spent VNĐ400 billion ($17.2 million) to implement the project instead of VNĐ610 billion ($25.8 million) as the initial estimation. … [Read more...] about Gov’t Inspector orders HN strictly deal with Lã Vọng JSC’s violations

“No other market economy has such a big semi-official and unofficial sector,” Loc said. He said individual business households are essentially a kind of micro enterprises, but they do not have any clear legal status, resulting in limited business rights. The State’s management of those households is not transparent, and they do not receive any support. Vietnam Private Economic Sector Forum 2019, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that he and the Government always encourage startups, nurture the development of private enterprises. … [Read more...] about Breakthrough mechanisms, policies needed for private economic sector’s development

“Vietnam’s dual role as ASEAN chair and non-permanent membership on the UNSC will give it additional leverage in dealing with major and middle powers. But more importantly, Vietnam can leverage its 16 strategic and 13 comprehensive partnerships to advance its foreign policy goals of ‘peace, co-operation, and development’ and use these partnerships to insulate itself from major powers who might try to pressure Vietnam to follow a particular line on international issues,” Thayer said. “Vietnam’s interests are best served when it protects its autonomy and maintains an independent stance in international affairs.” … [Read more...] about Vietnam takes on primary UN Security Council duties