Party pooper poops at parties

Present at the meeting was Politburo member, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc; Politburo member, Chairwoman of the National Asssembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan; Politburo member, Standing member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong; and Chief of the Party Central Committee (PCC) Office Nguyen Van Nen. The leaders discussed a report on performance of work in April and recommended tasks for May presented by Chief of the PCC Office Nguyen Van Nen. Concluding the meeting, Party leader and State President Trong said with many major anniversaries and big events in April and the first half of May, the key officials, members of the Politburo, the Party Central Committee Secretariat and leaders of the NA and the Government have closely followed the working plan and reality to give instructions to relevant agencies, organisations and localities in implementing set tasks. He said arising issues have been handled in an efficient and timely manner, thus ensuring the … [Read more...] about Party chief Trong chairs senior leaders’ meeting

Singapore (VNA) – Political parties in Singapore wrapped up their nine days of campaigning on July 8 and they are having the Cooling-off Day on July 9 before over 2.65 million voters go to cast their ballots on the next day. This year’s election campaigns were special as they were mainly carried out online. Parties made full use of TV channels, newspapers and social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Youtube to reach voters. However, direct campaigning activities still took place. Due to restrictions on mass gatherings to curb the spread of COVID-19, candidates moved in groups of not more than five people to meet and persuade voters to vote for them. With advantages of the ruling party, the People’s Action Party made more concrete commitments to attract voters’ support such as accelerating suspended infrastructure projects, building new entertainment sites, and upgrading government-built flats. In fact, its top priorities are still post-pandemic economic … [Read more...] about Singapore: Political parties conclude election campaigns

Moreover, HCMC set up high-tech park 20 years ago contributing US$123 million in past five year and at least an estimated sum of US$ 1 billion for this time duration. The Quang Trung Software Park in HCMC earned more than US$400 million from export in the five past year and US$1.6 billion for this time duration. … [Read more...] about Infrastructure weakness most hindrance for city’s growth: City Party Chief

Deputy Director of the General Department of Taxation Đặng Ngọc Minh said among nearly 4,000 enterprises with related party transactions and interest expenses, about 700 had the ratio of interest expense on EBITDA higher than 20 per cent (more than 450 were foreign-invested). … [Read more...] about Ministry plans to support enterprises with related party transactions

Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong and President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Prime Minister Hun Sen discussed issues regarding the relations between the two nations during their phone talks on July 9. The top Vietnamese leader lauded the Cambodian government’s management, and the solidarity of the Cambodian people in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, and in socio-economic development. He thanked Cambodia for its close coordination with Vietnam within the bilateral framework as well as the ASEAN cooperation framework, and suggested the two countries tighten their cooperation in the pandemic combat, while maintaining border trade. As for the issue relating to people of Vietnamese origin in Cambodia, the Party and State leader expressed his hope that Cambodia will continue to create favourable conditions for them to stabilise their lives in the country, thus contributing to the development of Cambodia and … [Read more...] about Top Vietnamese, Cambodian leaders hold phone talks