Hanoi (VNA) – The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, taking place from January 25 to February 2, has been highlighted by international media. The Associated Press (AP) on January 25 ran an article, saying that almost 1,600 delegates are attending the congress this week to approve future policy and help select the nation’s top leaders. Hanoi’s streets are lined with the Party’s hammer and sickle flags, national flags and posters to promote the congress, which is held every five years. Some 4,900 people involved with the event must each take two tests for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The article cited Murray Hiebert, a senior associate of the Southeast Asia Program at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, as saying that Vietnam has grown an average of 6 percent over the past five years and nearly 3 percent in 2020, when most of its neighbors slumped into recession due to the pandemic. Japan’s Nikkei Asia … [Read more...] about 13th National Party Congress makes foreign headlines
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Vietnam’s field hospital in South Sudan honoured for outstanding contributions to UN peacekeeping
At a medal parade ceremony held in Bentiu, South Sudan on January 22, Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Bentiu Field Office Hiroko Hirahara and Sector Unity Commander for UNMISS Major General Shamim Kamal presented the medals to all 63 members of the L2FH2. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s field hospital in South Sudan honoured for outstanding contributions to UN peacekeeping
Seventh National Party Congress: Comprehensive reform, leading nation on the way towards socialism
The seventh National Party Congress takes place in Hanoi from June 24-27, 1991. It is attended by 1,176 delegates, representing 2 million Party members nationwide. Comrade Do Muoi is elected Party General Secretary (Photo: VNA) Party General Secretary Do Muoi and President of the Council of State Vo Chi Cong host a reception in Hanoi for Kaysone Phomvihane, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic who is on an official visit to Vietnam, on October 12, 1991 (Photo: VNA) Party General Secretary Do Muoi and Chairman of the Council of Ministers Vo Van Kiet visit China, marking the official normalisation of relations between the two countries from Nov. 5-10. In the photo: the signing of the Vietnam-China trade agreement and a provisional Treaty on the Settlement of Land Border Issues in Beijing, on November 7, 1991. (Photo: VNA) President of the State Council Vo Chi Cong signs an … [Read more...] about Seventh National Party Congress: Comprehensive reform, leading nation on the way towards socialism
13th National Party Congress officially opens in Hanoi
A large number of reporters from domestic and foreign press agencies covered the event. With the motto “Solidarity - Democracy - Discipline - Creativeness - Development”, the 13th National Party Congress will review not only the implementation of the Resolution of the 12th National Party Congress but also 35 years of implementing the “Doi Moi” (Renewal) process, 30 years of implementing the 1991 Political Platform, 10 years of implementing the amended Political Platform (supplemented and developed in 2011) and the National Socio-economic Development Strategy 2011-2020; setting out socio-economic development orientations and tasks for 2021-2025 (the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification); and determining goals and orientations to 2030 (the 100th founding anniversary of the Party) and a vision for national development to 2045 (the 100th founding anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of … [Read more...] about 13th National Party Congress officially opens in Hanoi
Online exhibition project promotes Vietnam’s heritage worldwide
According to deputy general director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Ha Van Sieu, promoting digital transformation and accelerating the application of technology is an important direction of the Vietnamese tourism industry to proactively approach and effectively take part in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. … [Read more...] about Online exhibition project promotes Vietnam’s heritage worldwide