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Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (centre) presents the First Class Victory Medal to Minister of Public Security To Lam. VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY/VIET NAM NEWS
Vietnam’s Phuc praises security ministry for anti-corruption work
Thu, 31 December 2020
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has spoken highly of the Ministry of Public Security’s contributions to the fight against corruption of the whole country.
Addressing the conference to review corruption prevention and control work of the ministry on December 30, Phuc said the security force had played a key role in fighting against and investigating corruption cases.
According to Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieutenant-General Le Quy Vuong, since 2013 when the ministry’s steering committee on anti-corruption, thrift practice and combating wastefulness was established, the ministry has prosecuted 1,856 corruption cases and 4,072 offenders, retrieving nearly 19.5 trillion dong ($846 million) and more than
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Chaebol see leadership change in COVID-19 era
Samsung, Hyundai Motor welcome 3rd-generation scions to top post |
(From left) Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, and LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo.
Overwhelmed by the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic this year, South Korea’s conglomerates have gone all-out to overhaul their business structures in light of the crisis.
Additionally, key groups embraced leadership changes, with third or fourth-generation scions officially taking the front line, and appointed young talents to strategic posts signaling a new generation cycle in the business realm.
Stepping into the spotlight was Lee Jae-yong, chief of the No. 1 conglomerate Samsung Group and vice chairman of flagship Samsung Electronics, who officially succeeded to the throne when Chairman Lee Kun-hee died in October after several secluded years on his sickbed.
Nikkei, citing data provided by the global financial institution International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia to recover quicker
Using IMF s country-based projections for real gross domestic product for each country, Nikkei set the figures for 2019 at a baseline of 100.
As Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam scored above the 100 mark for 2021, this means that their economies are expected to grow in 2021 as compared to 2019, which was the year before the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked its havoc.
As for Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, they are not projected to exceed the 100 mark in 2021.
Vietnam to have largest recovery in 2021 than 2019
Among the six countries, Vietnam is projected to have the greatest economic growth next year,
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Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chairs the meeting on Monday. VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY/VIET NAM NEWS
VN PM urges measures to speed up Covid vaccine testing
Wed, 23 December 2020
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 21 asked vaccine research units to take strong measures and use suitable and creative methods to speed up vaccine testing.
Chairing a Cabinet meeting, Phuc asked agencies to create the best conditions for domestic units to conduct vaccine research.
He assigned the Ministry of Health to work with the Ministry of Science and Technology and other agencies to determine the vaccine production capacity of domestic enterprises to offer appropriate support measures.