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Photo Le Toan Just a week after Vietnam and the US elevated their bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh paid a working trip to the US to attend the 78th session of the UN General Assembly where he underlined Vietnam’s contributions and commitments to the UN’s activities, and met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres. In the US, he also met with US Vice President Kamala Harris, leaders of the US Congress, the national security advisor, and several members of the US cabinet. He also visited the New York Stock Exchange where he knocked the gavel to open a trading session. He underlined the need for both nations to focus on materialising the new cooperation framework into specific strategies, projects, and business cooperation. Noting priorities to be implemented, the PM said both nations must continue to prioritise resources for realising commitments in the joint leaders’ statement on elevating US-Vietnam relations. … [Read more...] about More consideration lent to US investment

Vietnam-China relations have made substantial progress over the past decade, with numerous positive outcomes that benefit both countries and contribute to regional and global peace, stability, and development. Hanoi supports comprehensive relations with Beijing and Guangdong, especially in fields of trade–investment, healthcare, science and technology, and urban development. Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung (l) and Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Wang Huning (r). Photos: The Hanoi Times Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung stressed the view during a meeting with the Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Wang Huning on September 28. At the meeting, Dung expressed his delight at visiting China and Beijing again , where he witnessed significant progress and accomplishments made by the Chinese people. He extended warm congratulations to the Chairman of the … [Read more...] about Hanoi supports comprehensive relations with Beijing, Guangdong

At the meeting between Dinh Tien Dung , Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee and Wang Huning , a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference ( CPPCC ) in Beijing on September 28. (Photo: VNA) Beijing (VNA) – Dinh Tien Dung, Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee paid a courtesy call to Wang Huning, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), in Beijing on September 28. Dung informed his host on the aims of his delegation’s visit to China, which are to further concretise and implement the shared understanding between the top leaders of the two countries and parties reached during General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong’s official trip to China last year, and to carry out the cooperation … [Read more...] about Hanoi leader meets with China’s top political advisor

According to a report delivered at the working session, since its foundation, Army Corps 16 has allocated residential land and production land and provided financial support to build houses for more than 1,600 households; planted more than 5,400 hectares of different trees; invested in the construction of 189km of roads, 53 lakes and dams, 86km of power lines; built 84 classes for kindergartens and primary schools; offered free health check-ups and medicines to local people; and built memorial steles, cultural houses, and gratitude houses, among others. Concluding the working session, Sr. Lt. Gen. Vu Hai San praised Army Corps 16’s efforts in task performance, especially in social security and care for ethnic minority people, contributing to building a more stable and developed border area. In the time to come, the unit should focus on building a clean and strong Party organization; effectively implementing military-defense tasks; and maintaining military discipline and … [Read more...] about Defense leader works with Army Corps 16

In this year’s latest update to FTSE Russel’s Country Classification, which is released in September, the country remains in the watch list. "Progress has been slower than anticipated, in part due to Covid-19," the U.K. stock analytics provider said. The country has also yet to meet the settlement cycle criterion, which is currently rated as "restricted" due to the practice of conducting a pre-trading check to ensure funds are available. It said further that improvements to the process of registering new accounts are required, as is the introduction of an efficient mechanism to facilitate trading between non-domestic investors in securities that have reached, or are approaching, the foreign ownership limit. The State Securities Commission has however demonstrated renewed energy in seeking a workable solution that would remove the need for pre-funding, FTSE Russel said. "Finalization of the required roles and responsibilities, within the settlement model, that are aligned to … [Read more...] about Vietnam continues to wait on upgrade from frontier stock market