Minister of planning and investment nguyen chi dung

Building on this growth momentum, Hanoi remains an appealing spot despite the pandemic. In the first five months of 2020, it attracted over $1.18 billion worth of FDI. Singapore is the city’s biggest foreign investor with $262.7 million, followed by Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. In the second half, the capital targets to attract $2.75 billion in FDI, thus enabling it to increase the figure to $5 billion by year-end. … [Read more...] about Hanoi grants investment certificates to 229 projects totalling $17.6 billion today

About the possibility to establish new partnership between ASEAN and partners within the framework of the meeting, Dung said ASEAN now has three partnership levels, including full dialogue partnership, dialogue partnership in areas and development partnership. The bloc has received proposals from countries at all the above levels. … [Read more...] about Deputy FM talks agenda for 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

During the event, ASEAN foreign ministers said ASEAN has been continuously and actively strengthening cooperation, maintaining the community building momentum as well as effectively responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid developments and increasing uncertainty in the world situation, including the ravaging pandemic, the risk of economic recession and increased competition among major countries, ASEAN has reaffirmed its strong commitment to maintaining the region of peace, stability, security and neutrality, in which international law is highly respected. … [Read more...] about ASEAN 2020: 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held online

Phnom Penh (VNA) – The Cambodian Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) is seeking to open a new international border gate with Vietnam to facilitate container cross-border traffic between the two countries. Speaking during the recent 20th Cambodia-Japan public-private sector meeting,  Secretary of State at this ministry Nou Savath said the MPWT minister plans to lead an inter-ministerial working group to examine another international border gate with Vietnam for container crossing because the pair of Bavet – Moc Bai border gates is getting heavily congested. Cambodia is considering opening a new border gate, Prey Vor in Cambodia with Binh Hiep in Vietnam, to ease the procedure for both customs and relevant institutions to reduce the container congestion in Bavet, he said. According to the official, Bavet international border gate used to have between 250 to 300 container trucks crossing a day, but with COVID-19, only 70 go through a day.  He said the … [Read more...] about Cambodia plans another int’l border gate with Vietnam

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc offered incense to President Ho Chi Minh at House 67 in the relic site of the late leader in Hanoi on September 7. The activity took place on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the August Revolution, the 75th National Day (September 2), and the 51th death anniversary of the president. The PM expressed his gratitude to President Ho Chi Minh – the talented leader of the Party and the nation, the great teacher of Vietnam’s revolution and the hero of national liberation. Talking to the relic site’s staff, PM Phuc asked for better preservation of the archives, items and landscape in the site while stepping up collection and communications to serve domestic and foreign visitors learning about the life, career, ideology and morality of the late leader. House 67 is where President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked from December 1954 to the day he passed away (September 2, 1969). It was also the venue of Politburo … [Read more...] about Prime Minister pays homage to President Ho Chi Minh