The Foreign Ministry and the United Nations in Vietnam jointly held an international talk in Hanoi on April 15 to discuss major global trends in the post-COVID-19 era, international experience and policy implications for Vietnam.

The Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee held the fifth conference in the 11th tenure on April 13 to discuss a draft report on socio-economic and budget performance in the first quarter, and key tasks and goals for the second quarter.

Following the 13th National Party Congress, leaders of 13th Party Central Committee’s Commissions have been consolidated.

VOV.VN - After receiving 100% of the votes, Do Van Chien, a member of the Party Central Committee (PCC), and Secretary of the Party Delegation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) was officially elected to the role of President of the VFF Central Committee for the 2019 to 2024 term.

VOV.VN - The Politburo has agreed to nominate Do Van Chien, member of the Party Central Committee, for the position of President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee in order to replace his predecessor Tran Thanh Man.

VOV.VN - With Vietnam recently completing a long-awaited transition of its leadership, there are expectations of realising its goal of becoming a globally-recognised power by the middle of the century.

Japan’s Global News Asia website on April 7 ran a story saying that Japan-Vietnam relations will be further promoted in the future with the election of new leaders in Vietnam.

The Party Central Committee's Secretariat on April 7 decided to expel Tat Thanh Cang, former member of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, and Le Huu Phuoc, member of Phu Yen province’s Party Committee and Secretary of the Party Civil Affairs Commitee of and Chief Justice of the People’s Court of Phu Yen, from the Party.

Vo Thi Anh Xuan, member of the Party Central Committee, was elected as Vice State President of Vietnam at the 11th session of the 14th National Assembly on April 6 in Hanoi.

German experts and scholars have appreciated Vietnam’s achievements in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and in economic recovery and development, and pinned high hopes on Vietnam’s new government during their interviews granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s correspondents in Berlin.