EU leaders wish to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam President of the European Council Charles Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen have sent congratulations to President Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the 30th founding anniversary of Vietnam-EU diplomatic ties.
In their letters, the two EU leaders applauded Vietnam’s swift and decisive actions to contain the spread of COVID-19, thereby successfully curbing the outbreak and minimising deaths. They also offered condolences to the families of victims in floods in central Vietnam last October and wished the injured to soon recover.
They held that over the last 30 years, Vietnam has witnessed many developments, from the implementation of the Doi moi (Renewal) policy; the normalisation of relations with the EU, the US, and China; and its joining in ASEAN to extensive structural reforms and the strategy for socio-economic development via global integrat
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VGP | December 18, 2020 08:00 AM
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold virtual summit on December 21, Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang told a room of reporters Thursday.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi on January 24, 2018. (Credit: VGP)
The two leaders are expected to discuss measures to foster the Viet Nam-India comprehensive strategic partnership as well as regional and international issues of shared concerns, Hang said.
The pair will also discuss ways to beef up bilateral cooperation at multilateral forums as both countries are non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council next year.
VBSP: Poverty reduction by brain and by heart 09:27 | 18/12/2020
VBSP s policy credit has contributed to poverty reduction throughout the country
Shining light on Vision 2045 for a thriving Vietnam, at the national online conference summarising poverty reduction activities in 2016-2020, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that the cause must be championed by both brain and heart.
âPoverty reduction is a task of great social significance. Most people having incomes and decent life prove the correctness of leadership,â said the premier.
On behalf of the Party and the state, the PM conveyed thanks to all those who are working diligently day and night to help needy people improve their living, and pupils to continue going to school, striving for a better life.
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Workers at an electronics factory in Vietnam.
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury has labeled Vietnam a currency manipulator, accusing it of improperly intervening in foreign exchange markets to advantage its own exports.
Despite bandying about the accusation for some time, this marks the first time that the U.S. government has officially applied that label to the country, a designation that will now require it to enter into negotiations with the U.S. government and the International Monetary Fund to address the situation.
In its semi-annual report to Congress, released on December 16, the Treasury Department said that Vietnam “conducted large-scale and protracted intervention, much more than in previous periods, to prevent appreciation of the dong.” The report covers activity from July 2019 to June 2020.
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16/12/2020 09:44 GMT+7
Man imprisoned for attempting to overthrow people’s administration
Defendant Tran Duc Thach at the court
The People’s Court of north-central Nghe An province on December 15 sentenced Tran Duc Thach to 12 years in prison for “attempting to overthrow the people’s administration”.
Thach, 68, from the province’s Dien Chau district, will be subject to a probationary period of three years upon his release. He was previously sentenced to three years behind bars on charges of “conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”.