The marine economy has become key to Vietnam's economic structure and exploitation of the country's seas and islands has created a new driving force for development amid deep international integration, experts have said.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will strive to build upon recent gains as it moves ahead along its chosen path, Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong told Party, State leaders and revolutionary veterans, during a function held on February 9 in Hanoi ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

Vietnamese people living abroad have made significant contribution to the country’s socio-economic development, said Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Minh Khoi at a gathering in Ho Chi Minh City on February 3.

VOV.VN - A special art programme took place at Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium on February 2 to celebrate the success of the recently-concluded 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Khaleej Times, a daily English language newspaper published in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has posted an article highlighting Vietnamese achievements in socio-economic development, especially landmarks under the leadership of the ruling Communist Party.

VOV.VN - The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam is expected to be wrapped up in Hanoi on February 1, one day ahead of schedule.

Prof. Tran Van Tho, a former lecturer at Japan’s Waseda University suggested several measures for Vietnam to achieve sustainable economic development in the next period in an interview recently granted to a Vietnam News Agency reporter in Tokyo.

The leadership role of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has been confirmed through the country’s socio-economic development achievements as well as its increasing prestige in the international arena, a politician of the Czech Republic has said.

Different plans have been designed to respond to all circumstances, including a worst-case scenario, that could happen to reporters as they cover the ongoing 13th National Party Congress amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

Oversea Vietnamese (OVs) living in New York, the US, has expressed belief that the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam will set out judicious decisions to continue to boost Vietnam’s development in the future.