Seven foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on December 22 were granted the Vietnamese Prime Minister’s certificates of merit for their contributions to the country’s socio-economic development as well as its COVID-19 prevention and control in the 2020-2022 period.

The provincial sustainable development index (PSDI 2021) report, which was announced at a workshop on December 21 in Hanoi, clearly reflects efforts of Vietnamese localities in implementing sustainable development goals in the context of difficulties and geopolitical conflicts in the world.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a US$107 million financing project with BIM Wind Power Joint Stock Company (BIM Wind) to assist the operation of an 88 MW wind farm in the south central province of Ninh Thuan.

Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Vietnam Andrew Jeffries has attributed Vietnam’s economic growth in 2022 to a strong performance across sectors.

The Vietnamese economy has recorded positive indexes this year, reflecting its stability and development amid overlapping crises, said Prof. Vladimir Mazyrin, director of the Centre for Vietnamese and ASEAN Studies under the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat, while addressing a G77+ China annual ministerial meeting held in New York on December 15 - December 16, called on the group of 77 (G77) to unite to overcome challenges and successfully implement sustainable development goals (SDGs).

VOV.VN - A national conference was held on December 17 in Bac Ninh province as part of efforts to explore ways to perfect institutions and improve the efficiency of using resources for cultural development in Vietnam.

An article published on Belgium’s brusselstimes.com has recently hailed Vietnam as a sustained development partner and destination of foreign investment for the European Union (EU) in Southeast Asia.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieut. Gen Nguyen Duy Ngoc held a working session with head of the Belgian general department in charge of identity and citizenship affairs Philippe Moreau in Brussels on December 14 to share experience in building a population database and connecting it with the national databases for socio-economic development.

VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised its economic growth forecast for Vietnam this year to 7.5%, despite regional and global gloom, the bank said in a regular supplement to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2022 released on December 14.