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At a ceremony to hand over the ASEAN Chair to Vietnam (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam attaches much importance to its role as the ASEAN Chair 2020, and wishes to build a strong ASEAN Community which is resilient to regional and global challenges, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung has said. Briefing nearly 70 foreign ambassadors and representatives from embassies of ASEAN member states and ASEAN’s development partners at a conference in Hanoi, Dung, who is also Secretary General of the National ASEAN 2020 Committee, affirmed joining ASEAN’s activities is among the priorities in Vietnam’s foreign policy, and the country will spare no efforts to successfully act as the ASEAN Chair 2020. Vietnam has selected the theme “Cohesive and Responsive” for ASEAN 2020, he said, holding the two elements are interdependent and complimentary to each other. He laid stress on five priorities of Vietnam’s ASEAN Chairmanship Year, … [Read more...] about Vietnam wants to sustain ASEAN resilience to global challenges: Deputy FM

The Government ordered the State Bank of Vietnam to continue to run a proactive, flexible and prudent monetary policy to create favorable conditions and meet credit demand for manufacturing and business activities; the Ministry of Industry and Trade to focus on instructing and resolving difficulties and entanglements in industrial manufacturing development. Provinces are ordered to have solutions to prepare supply of essential goods for people, especially people in remote and rural areas, border and island regions and areas affected by natural disasters and floods in order to ensure no increase in prices of food and foodstuffs. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is instructed to collaborate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade to have solutions to stabilize the price of pork at year’s end, not to let a shortage of pork happen, causing hikes in prices. The Government also asked the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to do well social welfare policy … [Read more...] about PM instructs preparation for upcoming festive season

This is the sustainable development direction for garment and textile industry. Made-in-Vietnam garment and textile products not only present in foreign countries but also in Vietnam. The industry needs to escape from the situation of lacking of initiative in raw materials instead of mainly producing yarn and processing products because currently, 60 percent of fiber materials must be imported. PM said that garment and textile industry is one of the industries with highest export turnover and is the most labor-intensive industry in the country with 3 million workers, accounting for a quarter of total labor force of industrial industry. Vietnam’s garment and textile industry has risen to the third largest in export after China and Bangladesh. Vietnam has not mastered and developed production stages such as dyeing, manufacturing high quality fabrics, high-quality materials and accessories. That is the reason why value added has not been high. At the same time, structure of export … [Read more...] about Garment, textile industry needs to give domestic market appropriate attention

Vu Trong Kim was re-elected as Chairman of the association for the 2019-2024 tenure. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The fourth national congress of the Vietnam Ex-Youth Volunteers Association took place in Hanoi on December 14. Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong, former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan sent flowers to congratulate the congress. Vu Trong Kim was re-elected as Chairman of the association for the 2019-2024 tenure. He said more than 554,200 former youth volunteers are living across localities.  Over the past five years, the association has coordinated with relevant agencies to identify 944 fallen soldiers and 921 wounded ones, he added. Thanks to donations of organisations and individuals, the association has built 4,200 houses worth over 215 billion VND (9.23 million USD) for the needy, along with 8,000 savings books worth 287 billion VND, and over … [Read more...] about Former youth volunteers hold national congress in Hanoi

Nation Vietnam’s population set to become super-aging by 2050: official The Saigon Times Daily Saturday,  Dec 14, 2019,17:09 (GMT+7) Vietnam’s population set to become super-aging by 2050: officialThe Saigon Times Daily A doctor offers a free health checkup to a senior citizen in the south-central coastal province of Binh Dinh. Vietnam is poised to become a super-aging country by 2050 – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – Vietnam will become a super-aging country by 2050, but the country is not prepared to adapt to the rapid pace of aging and provide care for the growing elderly population, heard those attending a workshop in Hanoi on December 12. The workshop on the country’s aging population and health was held by the General Department for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP) under the Ministry of Health, in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Economic Research Institute for … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s population set to become super-aging by 2050: official