Macro economy news

Lâm said that focus should be placed on handling bottlenecks in land policies and administrative procedures to boost public investment disbursement, especially for key and large-scale projects which would contribute to the economy’s production capacity such as the projects to expand Tân Sơn Nhất and Nội Bài international airports, the construction of Long Thành International Airport and the North-South expressway. … [Read more...] about Disbursement of public investment would help lift GDP by 0.42 percentage points: GSO

As health facilities in rich countries buckle under the pressure, aid groups warn of the toll for the millions in poor states and war zones such as Syria and Yemen. … [Read more...] about Trump ditches hopes of quick virus bounce-back for US

The defence ministry is fully aware of the new situation and has asked the army to plan for worst-case scenarios. It’s in our nature and traditions, we always need to be training all the time, projecting worst-case scenarios and forming all sorts of plan for different forecasts, and this way of thinking and working is even more fitting given the current developments of COVID-19. … [Read more...] about COVID-19: The military will serve the nation and the people, no matter what hardship

Implementation has been painfully slow, although this year saw the Malian army deploy units made up of both former rebels and regulars, one the provisions of the Algiers agreement. … [Read more...] about Mali votes despite coronavirus and security fears

The last time Kim was not seen at such an event was when the North test-fired a new submarine-launched ballistic missile in October, just days before officials from Pyongyang and Washington were due to meet in Stockholm to rekindle stalled diplomacy. … [Read more...] about North Korea says tested ‘super-large’ rocket launchers