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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

Daniel Nguyen Hoai Tien, a young American-Vietnamese man, also decided to return to Vietnam. Having little knowledge about Vietnam and Vietnamese people, Tien decided to learn Vietnamese and discover life here. So far, he has successfully deployed many projects to help and guide ethnic minorities how to raise and cultivate crops to raise productivity and output, and improve living standards. Currently, Tien is implementing a project to craft unique whiskey made from Vietnam’s native corn varieties. … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese return with tech skills

Da Nang (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited and extended New Year wishes to the police force and residents in the central city of Da Nang on January 25, or the first day of the Year of the Rat. At the headquarters of the Da Nang Police, the PM lauded achievements and contributions of the city police force as well as the armed forces nationwide  to the country’s socio-economic development. Da Nang will continue to be a venue for important regional and international events in the time a head, he said, urging the city’s police force to further promote and perform tasks on ensuring security and safety for the success of the events. PM Phuc later called at the office of the Party Committee of Hai Chau district, highlighting efforts of the local authorities and people in the past year, especially in socio-economic development and poverty reduction, and stressing the application of science-technology in administrative reform and investment attraction. … [Read more...] about Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc makes New Year visit to Da Nang

Start-up activities are growing fast despite the slowdown of the global economy. The gap between Vietnam and the two regional leading countries, Indonesia and Singapore, has narrowed. The e-commerce platform belonging to the Vietnamese largest IT group FPT in November announced the completion of the Series C funding round. There were two new investors – EV Growth from Indonesia and Kasikornbank from Thailand, and the existing investors - SBI Group, BEENOS, SoftBank Ventures Asia, Daiwa PI Partners and Digital Garage. … [Read more...] about 2019: prosperous year for Vietnam’s e-commerce, fintech firms

In addition, the average GDP growth rate in the 2016-2018 period was 0.8 percent higher than that in the 2011–2015 period. Of which, the growth of the service and industry-construction sectors was higher than 0.47 percentage points and 0.92 percentage points, respectively, but that of the agro-forestry-fishery sector decreased by 0.45 percentage points. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s economic growth has yet to reach strategic goal: expert