VOV.VN - Vietnam will carry out a nationwide assessment of the effectiveness of its two-tier local government model after one year of implementation, as the country continues pushing forward administrative reform and state apparatus restructuring.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen hailed Singapore as an important trade and investment partner of the southern largest economic hub while receiving Singaporean President Halimah Yacob on October 19.