The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has well performed its role as a strategic advisor of the Government, especially in COVID-19 prevention and control and socio-economic recovery and development strategies, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a year-end conference held by the ministry in Hanoi on January 4.

Under the sound leadership of the Party Central Committee and with the motto “Solidarity, discipline, active adaptation, safety, efficiency and economic recovery”, the Government and the entire country have overcome challenges and reaped achievements in all spheres, laying foundation for 2023 and subsequent years.

VOV.VN - The consumer price index (CPI) recorded annual growth of 3.15%, while the average core inflation this year rose by 2.59% compared to 2021’s figures, fulfilling the set target by the National Assembly, the General Statistics Office (GSO) revealed on December 29.

Credit growth reached about 13% this year as of December 27, Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dao Minh Tu told a press conference in Hanoi on tasks for the banking sector next year.

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong has directed banks to continually reduce input costs with an aim to cut loan interest rates.

The Vietnamese tourism industry is on the road to recovery back to pre-pandemic levels, with favourable conditions for tourists in terms of destination access, simplified immigration procedures, and extended visa duration, according to Vietnam Report JSC.

A workshop to review the implementation of socio-economic recovery and development programme was held in Hanoi on December 22 by the Institute of Economics under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, in collaboration with the Australian Embassy in Vietnam through the Australian Alumni Grants Fund (AAGF), administered by Aus4Skills.

VOV.VN - General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, President of the Republic of Cuba expressed their delight at the positive developments in relations between the two parties and countries during their talks held on December 21.

With the efforts of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Committee for Foreign Non-governmental Organization (NGO) Affairs and the support of ministries, agencies, localities and foreign NGOs, the foreign aid mobilisation has recorded positive results despite uncertainties in the region and the world.

Vietnam has maintained its economic recovery momentum in 2022 despite many difficulties, Zhao Ruyi, a scholar from the Institute of International Relations at China’s Yunnan University, wrote in an article recently posted on the Tengxun website.