Vietnam has paid due regard to multifaceted cooperation with countries in Central and Eastern Europe, with Bulgaria being its top priority partner. The education sector will need to address issues of resources for innovation, especially human resources, tackling the shortage of teachers and improving the quality of the teaching staff. The decision is to allocate quotas for national land use for the 2021-2030 period, vision to 2050, and a five-year National Land Use Plan of the 2021-2025 period. The Lao PM and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from January 6-7 at the invitation of Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh. Laos always ranks first among the 79 countries and territories where Vietnam has invested, and Vietnam remains a leading investor in Laos.

HCM CITY — HCM City’s economy is expected to rebound in the second quarter and is likely to achieve a growth of 8 per cent in 2024, according to a report. According to the HCM City Macroeconomic Report: 2023 Results and 2024 Forecast report, the city’s economy is forecast to continue to recover in 2024. Based on data from the last quarter of 2023, the report indicated stable economic recovery in the country’s largest city. HCM City posted growth of 5.81 per cent in 2023, down from 9.03 per cent in 2022. The report, published by the University of Economics HCM City (UEH) in cooperation with the city’s Statistics Office, provides a comprehensive overview of the city’s economy in 2023, along with forecasts and prospects for 2024.

The VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) gained for the third straight day, up 6.55 points, or 0.57 per cent, to 1,150.72 points. Liquidity, on the other hand, soared to nearly VNĐ25.3 trillion (US$1 billion) from just VNĐ14.7 trillion in the previous trade. The VN30-Index, tracking the 30 biggest stocks on HoSE, also extend the recent rallies to 1,156.37 points, a 11.52 points increase, or 1.01 per cent. On the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX), the HNX-Index closed Thursday at 232.56 points, an increase of 0.92 points, or 0.4 per cent. Foreign investors continued to net sell VNĐ17.34 billion on HoSE but net buy VNĐ1.47 billion HNX.

And those people will also understand I’m hardly the type of person who will ever gloat: “I told you so!” when something I predict comes true. I questioned the decision mainly due to the fact that his previous managerial record wasn’t really that good. I predicted he would struggle, and low and behold, this week Wayne was shown the door after just 15 games in charge. Rooney’s team won just two games with him in charge. Gary Nevillie won only three of his 16 league games in charge of Valencia, which included a 7-0 thrashing by Barcelona.

Hà emphasised the need to innovate diverse and regular communication methods and forms, thereby changing the awareness of all levels and sectors, especially grassroots and people, about food safety and having peak periods and serious responses to food safety violations. Food safety inspection activities must be undertaken in such a way as to avoid disturbing businesses, establishments and people. Delegates recommended the need to strongly apply information technology and build a map of food safety nationwide with the direct participation of people combined with a database on handling food safety violations. After 13 years of implementation, many provisions of the Food Safety Law are no longer consistent with practice. According to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, attracting excellent graduates and young scientists has been implemented since 2018.

Health Australia gives Vietnam over 490,000 vaccine doses Australia's government agreed to give 490,600 doses of ‘5 in 1’ vaccine to Vietnam through the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Health Some 40,000 deaths related to tobacco use each year There are at least 40,000 deaths caused by tobacco-related diseases in Vietnam each year, heard a conference held by the Health Ministry in Hanoi on December 12 to review 10-year enforcement of the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harm. Health Vietnam successfully produces radioactive drugs used to diagnose cancers Ho Chi Minh City-based Cho Ray Hospital, the leading medical facility in the south, said on December 6 that it has successfully produced two new radioactive drugs used to diagnose, monitor and treat prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumors. Health Efforts made to ensure vaccines for expanded immunisation programme The Ministry of Health is working hard to ensure vaccine supply for the national expanded programme on immunisation (EPI), heard a regular Government press conference in Hanoi on December 6.

When we enter a market, it's crucial to shift the production focus for farmers and to align production objectives with the market's standards. Our agricultural products have more than proven Vietnamese farmers' ability to meet even the most stringent requirements. The success of the sector also depends on how the global markets view the country and their confidence in Vietnamese agricultural products. What measures had been taken by MARD to help Vietnamese farmers capitalise on the world's higher-than-usual demand for food in 2023? The first step we took was to reorganise the country's agricultural production because it was fragmented, with too many small, independent farming operations.

Receiving the ambassador after the credentials presentation ceremony, President Marcos welcomed Binh to the Philippines in his role as Ambassador of Vietnam, affirming that the Philippines attaches great importance to the Strategic Partnership with Vietnam. He said he was looking forwards to visiting Vietnam in the near future. The President expected that the Ambassador would well fulfil his responsibilities, making practical contributions to promoting friendly relations and multi-faceted cooperation between Vietnam and the Philippines. By 2024, the city aims to welcome about 26.5 million tourists, including five million foreign arrivals. Of those, around 88,209 travelers visited Phu Quoc City, including 15,029 international tourists.

Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency. The conference, held by the commission, reviewed people-to-people diplomacy in 2023, and put forth tasks for this year. Deputy head of the office Nguyen Thi Thanh Binh said that in the period, total trade turnover via Lao Cai’s border gates reached nearly 5.4 million USD, of which 2.8 million USD came from exports. The 10-tonne macadamia batch has gone through many examinations by authorised agencies, meeting all requirements, including in food safety. Read full text /.

HÀ NỘI — The market capitalisation of Việt Nam’s stock market approximated VNĐ6 quadrillion (US$246.7 billion) in 2023, rising 9.5 per cent from and equivalent to about 62 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022, statistics show. Meanwhile, the derivatives stock market remained stable with an average of 236,867 contracts traded per session. The derivatives market recorded nearly VNĐ6 trillion worth of bonds traded per session. In his speech, the official said that in 2023, the stock market was managed and monitored constantly to ensure its safe, smooth, transparent, and disciplined operations. Việt Nam’s stock market also needs to approach international standards and narrow its development gap with the global market.

HÀ NỘI — The National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) will commence 34 electricity transmission projects and complete 63 others this year, its Chairman of the Member Council Nguyen Tuan Tung told a conference on Tuesday. According to the 2024 plan assigned by the Việt Nam Electricity (EVN), EVNNPT will focus on key projects to ensure electricity supply for the country's socioeconomic development throughout the year, including those on enhancing the capacity of the 500 kV north-central power transmission grid and serving renewable power plants as well as the purchase of electricity from Laos. Additionally, a detailed schedule for the operational progress of key projects will be established, along with plans to secure sufficient capital for projects until 2025, particularly for major and pressing ones. The Prime Minister has directed local authorities to focus on tackling obstacles in land clearance compensation for EVNNPT's key electricity grid projects. Tung emphasised that they are also responsible before the PM for any delays in the progress of handing over land for projects in the approved national power development master plan.

HÀ NỘI — King Long NOVA EURO 5 Bus, which comes in two versions, 29 seats and 34 seats, is assembled at its plant in the Hòa Khánh Industrial Zone in Đà Nẵng City. Safety and comfort on every journeyThe interior, always the key strength of King Long Bus design, has been highly rated by many customers. Additionally, the new King Long Bus has a wide aisle and a comparatively longer distance between each row of seats, creating more spaciousness and convenience for superior passenger comfort. Open for bookingsThe all-new King Long NOVA EURO 5 Bus is distributed through TC Motor Vietnam’s 10 dealers across Việt Nam. NOVA EURO 5 is expected to be delivered to customers from March 2024 at an estimated price of VNĐ1.9 billion, including VAT.

Located in North Carolina, New York, Texas, and Kansas, these dealerships will commence the sale of the VF 8 model, followed by the VF 6, VF 7, and VF 9 as soon as these models are introduced to the US market. All customers purchasing or leasing VinFast electric vehicles will benefit from a 10-year or 200,000km warranty for the vehicle, and a 10-year unlimited mileage warranty for the battery. VinFast plans to expand its distribution network for its electric vehicles to 125 sale points across the US. In addition to expanding the dealership network, VinFast is currently operating 13 retail stores and service centers in California./.

HÀ NỘI — Enhancing the quality of the workforce, promoting regional linkages, and developing science, technology, innovation and digital transformation are keys to Việt Nam's focus on improving labour productivity in the coming decades, according to the recently approved National Programme on Labour Productivity Enhancement by 2030. The Southeast Asian economy has set a target by 2030 for an average national labour productivity growth rate of over 6.5 per cent per year, with the labour productivity growth rates of key economic regions and five centrally governed cities expected to surpass the national average during the 2023-2030 period, striving to be among the top three countries in Southeast Asia in terms of labour productivity growth. To enhance Việt Nam's competitiveness, Lâm advised the Government to conduct regular reviews and evaluations of the National Labour Productivity Programme, in line with the global economic transformation. From this, solutions could be proposed to stabilise the macroeconomy, improve labour productivity, and promote rapid and sustainable growth. Each enterprise should formulate and implement a strategy to enhance labour productivity based on knowledge and technology.

Ha Long Bay was a favourite destination for tourists, welcoming 25,400 international tourists out of the 33,500 to the UNESCO-recognised heritage, the department said. Specifically, there will be over 1.55 million doses of BCG vaccine for Tuberculosis, 1 million doses of Hepatitis B vaccine, 4.98 million doses of oral Polio vaccine (OPV), 1.9 million doses of Measles vaccine; 1.7 million doses of Measles-Rubella vaccine; 1.4 million doses of Japanese Encephalitis vaccine; 1.53 million doses of combined Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus vaccine (DPT); 1.47 million doses of Tetanus vaccine and 1.37 million doses of Tetanus-Diphtheria (TD) vaccine. Airlines like Vietnam Airlines, Bamboo Airways, and Vietravel Airlines offered over 5,300 flights, providing a total of 1.06 million seats. International tourists reached over 46,500, up 86.1 per cent. Specifically, more than 1.5 million doses of tuberculosis vaccine (BCG), one million doses of hepatitis B vaccine, nearly 5 million doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV), 1.9 million doses of measles vaccine, 1.7 million doses of measles-rubella vaccine, 1.4 million doses of Japanese encephalitis vaccine, more than 1.5 million doses of combined diphtheria - pertussis - tetanus (DPT) vaccine, nearly 1.5 million doses of tetanus vaccine, nearly 1.4 million doses of tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccine and 549,164 doses of Rota vaccine to prevent acute diarrhea will be soon transported to localities across the country to inject children.