Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese sub-committee, as the Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophone (APF) for the 2019-2021 tenure, attended the APF executive board's annual meeting, which convened virtually on January 25. About 40 delegates, including three from Vietnam, joined the meeting, during which they heard a report by the APF Secretary General on the APF’s operation and response to COVID-19 and discussed orientations and action programmes for 2021 as well as multilateral inter-parliament cooperation projects. The board agreed to continue implementing the APF strategic framework for 2019-2022, focusing on four priority issues under the action program of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF). The issues cover the fight against terrorism and extreme violence; inclusive development and growth; development of public policies on French language education and teaching in the multilingual Francophone community; and implementation of the … [Read more...] about Vietnam attends APF executive board’s annual meeting
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Digitalisation to power regional recuperation
Last year saw innovative solutions by many technology companies to help MSMEs quickly transition online. Facebook, for instance, established Shops, a service that enables businesses to set up an integrated online store accessible via both Facebook and Instagram. Grab’s app brought wet markets online by allowing users to order wet market produce and have delivery-riders fulfil those orders. Airbnb partnered with the Singapore and Thailand governments to on-board local communities and tourism entrepreneurs to host Online Experiences, allowing global audiences to continue exploring these cities innovatively. … [Read more...] about Digitalisation to power regional recuperation
Dong Thap makes leaps and bounds ahead across board
The local business and environment climate has been improved vigorously, with the provincial competitiveness index ranking remaining high in the national tally, helping Dong Thap to lure 178 investment projects registered at more than VND18 trillion ($782.6 million). Of them, there are eight foreign investment projects valued at VND1.9 trillion ($82 million). … [Read more...] about Dong Thap makes leaps and bounds ahead across board
13th National Party Congress: Stepping up renewal process, rapid and sustainable national development
The general development goal for the 2021-2025 period and following years is improving the leadership and ruling capacity and the combativeness of the Party; building a pure and comprehensively strong Party and political system; reinforcing people’s trust in the Party, State and socialism; sparking the desire to develop a prosperous and happy nation with the promotion of the will and strength from the national great solidarity bloc in combination with the power of the era; comprehensively speeding up the cause of renewal, industrialization, and modernization; constructing and firmly safeguarding the Fatherland, firmly maintaining a peaceful and stable environment; and striving to turn Vietnam into a socialist-oriented developed country by the middle of the 21st century. … [Read more...] about 13th National Party Congress: Stepping up renewal process, rapid and sustainable national development
13th National Party Congress holds great historical responsibility: PM
With the motto “Solidarity - Democracy - Discipline - Creativeness - Development,” the 13th National Party Congress shows the mettle, unyielding will and determination of the whole nation to advance forwards, for the goal of wealthy people, a strong, democratic, equal and civilised nation.” PM Phuc stressed that with the sound directions, strong aspiration for development and high political determination, the entire Party, people and army will certainly gain new development achievements for a prosperous and happy Vietnam which can stand walk abreast with powerful countries worldwide./. … [Read more...] about 13th National Party Congress holds great historical responsibility: PM