Hanoi Party Committee’s Secretary Dinh Tien Dung and his Vientiane counterpart Anouphap Tounalom held talks in Vientiane on April 4, during which the two sides signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote bilateral cooperation in 2022-2025.

VOV.VN - A strong wave of cold air is likely to strike northern Vietnam this weekend and send temperatures plummeting across the region, according to the national weather forecast authority.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment, in collaboration with the UN Industrial Development Organisation and the Management Board of Industrial Zones (IZs), and Export Processing Zones (EPZs), have held a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City, discussing how to turn IZs and EPZs into eco-industrial parks.

VOV.VN - More than 100 domestic and foreign delegates attended an international workshop in Hanoi on March 28, examining national action plans on women, peace, and security, and making recommendations for Vietnam.

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung on March 23 paid courtesy calls to Lao Party General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith, National Assembly Chairman Saysomphone Phomvihane, and Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is supporting the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to enhance gender mainstreaming in the National Adaptation Plan so that it is more gender-responsive and better able to meet the needs, priorities, and challenges faced by women.

VOV.VN - Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha will be questioned over issues of people concern at the ongoing ninth session of the National Assembly Standing Committee.

Investors currently have many opportunities to participate in maritime projects worth more than VND300,000 billion after Vietnam’s master plan on seaport system development is approved.

VOV.VN - Vietnam invested US$44.5 million overseas during the first two months of the year, approximately 2.1 times higher than the same period from last year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 2 asked ministries, agencies and localities to increase the efficiency of the planning work so as to support national development tasks.