Official party invitation quotes

The ratio of officials at the ages of 50-60 might account for 70%, those below 50 represent around 15-20%, and 10% above 60, Dien said, adding that young people, women, and people of ethnic minorities would be the priorities when selecting candidates. Hanoitimes … [Read more...] about Vietnam might make exceptions to age limits for key leadership posts next term

According to the NA-assigned targets, Vietnam’s GDP growth rate in 2020 will be 6.8% while inflation will be kept below 4%. However, the unexpected outbreak of COVID-19 in more than 200 countries around the world has made this goal a major challenge which, as assessed by the Government, is difficult to be achieved. Given that fact, the proposal to adjust the growth targets is necessary and consistent with objective reality, looking directly at the socio-economic situation and forecasting the international and domestic situation in the near future. Under the Government’s updated scenario, the country’s GDP will grow by about 4.5% in 2020. The Government has also set a higher growth target of 5.4% in the event of a favourable global situation, with the disease being put under control and the global market recovering. Meanwhile, the consumer price index (CPI) for the whole year will rise by 4% on average; total state budget revenue will see a reduction of VND163 trillion … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES MAY 30

Vu Mao, former chairman of the National Assembly Office, is in an interview with Lao Dong newspaper in an undated photo. He was a key architect behind the first live television broadcast of a National Assembly session in mid-1994 – PHOTO: LDO HCMC – Vu Mao, former chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Office, who was a key architect of the lawmaking body’s innovations, died at 1.39 a.m. on Saturday, May 30, at the age of 80. … [Read more...] about Vu Mao, innovator of Vietnam’s National Assembly, dies at 80

Dong said on May 20, he bought eight ecstasy pills and invited his friends to the villa to bid him farewell before embarking on a sentence for a crime he committed prior to the party. … [Read more...] about Cop faces probe over drug-fueled bash

The house was once the headquarters of the Lien Thanh Society – a group of intellectual merchants who sponsored contemporary patriotic movements. In September, 1910, with the help of the Lien Thanh Society, Ho Chi Minh, who was using the name Nguyen Van Ba at the time, left Phan Thiet for Sai Gon, now Ho Chi Minh City, where he lived in the Society’s headquarters complex until his departure. During his nine-month stay, Nguyen Van Ba earned his living as a mechanic and newspaper hawker at a commercial port in District 5 while studying the patriotic movements of southern workers. To search for a way to liberate his country, in June, 1911, Nguyen Van Ba embarked from Nha Rong wharf on a ship named Latouche Treville as a cook’s helper. Part of the old headquarters complex in Chau Van Liem street is now a Ho Chi Minh Memorial House. Guide Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy told VOV that this national historical relic often surprises first-time visitors. “Visitors are interested … [Read more...] about President Ho Chi Minh’s memorial house in Ho Chi Minh City