VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government always places importance to the Mekong - Lancang Cooperation (MLC) and will continue joining hands with China and other Mekong nations to boost the strong, effective, and sustainable development of this cooperation mechanism.

Four important transport projects nationwide were inaugurated in the presence of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 24.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 23 visited and extended Christmas and New Year greetings to priests and Catholics in the Bac Giang Parish as part of his trip to the northern province.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 23 visited Hana Micron Vina Ltd., a company invested by the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the first semiconductor chip manufacturer in the northern region, which is located in Van Trung industrial park, Viet Yen district, the northern province of Bac Giang.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 22 hosted a reception for Gautam Adani, Chairman of India's major infrastructure conglomerate Adani Group which is currently exploring an investment of roughly US$10 billion in Vietnam over the next decade.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is viewed as boasting huge potential and advantages for developing cultural industries, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said while chairing the National Conference on developing Vietnam's cultural industries held on December 22 in Hanoi.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 21 stressed that it is a must to put people and businesses at the centre during the implementation of the project on developing the application of population database, e-identification and e-authentication for national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period with a vision to 2030.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's business trip to Japan to attend the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation in Tokyo, as well as conducting other bilateral activities, received positive reviews from the Japanese public.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted separate receptions for former Special Ambassador for Vietnam-Japan Sugi Ryotaro and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation Maeda Tadashi in Tokyo on December 18 as part of his trip to Japan for the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation, and bilateral activities.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other ASEAN leaders met Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko in Tokyo on December 18 within the framework of his trip to Japan for the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation, and bilateral activities.