Religious organisations and the majority of religious followers in Vietnam have accompanied the nation and played an active role in socio-economic development as well as patriotic emulation movements.

The Government has focused on the implementation of law-making and institutional improvement throughout 2022, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the government’s last monthly law-making session this year in Hanoi on December 26.

Population quality is closely related to the level of the country’s socio-economic development, and it, therefore, must be the goal of the whole community and the country and is considered the “golden key” to open the door to sustainable development of the country, according to experts.

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.

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.

Vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc on December 8 said that the metropolis is willing to support the opening of direct flights between the city and localities in Australia to boost tourism.

The National Assembly (NA) hosted the 10th Asia-Pacific meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie (APF) in the central city of Da Nang on November 28 and 29, discussing international cooperation in response to climate change, medical crisis, and for socio-economic development.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a national hybrid conference on November 29 to disseminate and launch the implementation of the 13th-tenure Politburo’s resolution on orientations for socio-economic development and defence - security safeguarding in the Red River Delta.

Ho Chi Minh City's socio-economic development results make an important contribution to stabilising the macro-economy and ensuring major balances of the whole country, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed on November 27 at his meeting with leaders of the city.

Vietnam will face major development challenges in the coming decades, Jonathan Pincus, a senior economist at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), said at an international conference in Hanoi on November 25.