Despite the effects of COVID-19, macro-economic and fiscal frameworks remained stable, with growth of nearly 3 percent. In particular, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed many times that 2020 was a year to launch processes towards a “Digital Vietnam”. From 2014-2020, Vietnam moved up 29 places to 42nd among the 131 countries and territories in the Global Innovation Index from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). According to the article, Vietnam’s victory over the pandemic is considered “phenomenal” and the result of consensus between the Party, the armed forces, and the people. … [Read more...] about Russia’s news agency highlights Vietnam’s 35 years of renovation