Friendship building activities

Jakarta (VNA) - The Indonesia-Vietnam Friendship Association will work harder to promote cooperation between the two countries in various areas, from culture, arts, education and sports to investment, production and business, an online meeting in Jakarta on January 15 heard. The gathering saw the participation of the association’s president Budiasa Sastrawinata, Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang, and Indonesia’s newly-accredited Ambassador to Vietnam, Denny Adbi, along with more than 30 members of the association. Participants affirmed they will continue with their investment, business, and cooperation in Vietnam, and hoped that the two governments will further facilitate operations in the country. The two ambassadors said the governments continue to support bilateral comprehensive cooperation and investment, production, and business activities of enterprises of both nations. The move aims to successfully complete the action plan on the … [Read more...] about Indonesia-Vietnam Friendship Association promotes bilateral ties

Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang The gathering saw the participation of the association’s president Budiasa Sastrawinata, Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang, and Indonesia’s newly-accredited Ambassador to Vietnam, Denny Adbi, along with more than 30 members of the association. … [Read more...] about Indonesia – Vietnam Friendship Association promotes bilateral ties

HCM City (VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh City Communist Youth Union will present more than 2,000 gifts worth over 500 million VND (21,600 USD) to disadvantaged local children on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival. It’s one of various activities to be rolled out by the city’s youth union in support of underprivileged children, especially children of local workers, until October 4.  In cooperation with Vietnam Fatherland Front committees in districts, the youth union has also organised art programmes, folk games, and film screenings, and presented scholarships to children with outstanding academic results. Targeted children include those with disabilities and the thousands of children of workers at processing, industrial, and high-tech parks in the city./. … [Read more...] about Host of activities for disadvantaged kids in HCM City during Mid-Autumn Festival

Dang Hoang Hai Anh, senior economist of the World Bank in the United States, concurred that the domestic purchasing power is a crucial factor. He stressed that before the coronavirus outbreak, an economic growth model based on the domestic purchasing power had been tabled for discussion globally. For Asian nations such as Vietnam where saving rates are high among the local people, efficiently exploiting such sources of capital could help restore the purchasing power. While focusing on the domestic purchasing power, the Government and enterprises would need to include more measures to boost consumption. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 16

Hanoi (VNA) - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President Nguyen Phu Trong has sent a basket of flowers and a congratulatory message to newly-elected General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee Thongloun Sisoulith. In his message, the Vietnamese leader said the election of comrade Thongloun Sisoulith shows the trust the Lao Party and people have in him and the recognition of his great contributions to the Lao revolution. “I believe that under the leadership of the LPRP and the General Secretary, the fraternal Lao people will continue to grasp new and greater successes in the cause of reform and successfully implement the Resolution of the LPRP’s 11th National Congress, thus building a nation of peace, independence, democracy, unification, and prosperity towards the goal of socialism,” he wrote. He underlined that the Party, State and people of Vietnam will work hard to … [Read more...] about Top leader extends congratulations to newly-elected general secretary of Lao Party