The implementation of economic restructuring processes in public investment, State-owned enterprises and the banking system was the focus of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee's 31st session on October 1.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has affirmed Vietnam's willingness to offer favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from the Republic of Korea (RoK), to run their smooth operations in Vietnam.
The idea of building a learning society is to create equal opportunities for all individuals to study regularly and for the whole life, experts said at a workshop on October 1 in northern Phu Tho province.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has been preparing an annual report on the country’s tourism in 2013 with the assistance from the EU-funded Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development (ESRT) Project.
Germany’s Schmitz Stiffung Foundation has agreed to fund VND6.5 billion (US$305,500) for the construction of five bridges and four schools in the southern province of Soc Trang.
The purchasing power of Vietnamese citizens in September 2014 reached VND244.5 trillion (US$11.65 billion), representing a 0.7% month-on-month increase and a 9.1% year-on-year increase.
A bilateral conference on cross-border HIV/AIDS prevention in Vietnam and Laos took place in Hanoi on September 30.
An exhibition on the young artist Jeong Il Jin from the RoK was opened by the Korean Culture Centre in Hanoi on September 30.
Five Vietnamese film directors will present their movies at the 19th Busan International Film Festival that will open on October 2.
Vietnam has shared the outcomes and efforts that its agencies have achieved in carrying out the master plan of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) at the just concluded 12th ASCC Council meeting in Myanmar.