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HCM City (VNA) - HCM City’s Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee has expressed its appreciation of the southern city’s Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s active engagement in local COVID-19 response over the last year, Standing Vice Chairman of the committee Nguyen Thanh Trung told a conference on January 26. The conference was held by the Executive Board of the VFF committee to review Buddhist affairs last year and map out orientations for 2021. Trung said the VBS proved itself an important VFF member and became a symbol of national unity. Recognising its achievements in Buddhist affairs in 2020, he also praised the VBS for proactively supporting the city in combating COVID-19 and joining humanitarian, charitable, and social welfare programmes. Such efforts have helped inspire and promote patriotism and consolidate the national great unity while contributing to developing HCM City as a civilised, modern city with a good quality of life, he said. The conference … [Read more...] about HCM City’s Buddhist unit hailed for active engagement in COVID-19 response

In the international arena, Vietnam’s stature in ASEAN has increasingly improved after its successful tenure as the ASEAN Chair in 2020. Vietnam has also become a promising partner of several Asian and Western countries in various fields, including the US and the EU. … [Read more...] about Foreign experts herald Vietnam’s successes

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam has conditions and potential to become a developed country in the future as it boasts rich resources and abundant labour, high education lever, geographical advantages connecting Asia and the world, efficient government and patriotic citizens. The remark was made by JaeHo Jeong, Hanoi Bureau Chief of the Korea Times, on January 26 when he was present at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi to cover the opening ceremony of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), the most important political event of Vietnam. “I think Vietnam will have a brighter future than the present,” he said, adding “its role will increase amid the rapidly changing global situation”. More industrial facilities based in China will be relocated to Vietnam, and it will also serve as a key country connecting Europe and Asia with the Europe-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) taking effect. Nearby Indochinese countries are predicted to … [Read more...] about Reporters pin high hopes on Vietnam’s future

Speaking at the general discussion session of the high-level meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in 2019, with the theme "Increasing power, ensuring equality and comprehension for the people”, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Trung shared Vietnam's experiences in integrating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the process of developing Vietnam’s social-economic development strategies and the ways to mobilize resources from the public and private sectors as well as foreign resources to implement the SDGs in Vietnam. … [Read more...] about If hunger and poverty still exist, development goals will not be achieved

The Party leader expressed his belief that with a right direction in line with the rules, the cohesion of the Party policies and people’s aspirations, the promotion of the great national unity bloc and the strong desire to rise up as well as high political determination, the entire Party, people, and army is certain to achieve new growth miracles towards the goal of “wealthy people and a strong, democratic, equal and civilised country”, thus taking steady steps towards socialism and successfully turning the wish of President Ho Chi Minh and the aspirations of the whole nation into reality. … [Read more...] about 13th National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam opens