Singapore attaches great importance to developing cooperative relations with Vietnam, which is considered to be one of its major markets for trade and investment cooperation in Southeast Asia.

Market analysts say that leading global importers such as the US, Japan and the European Union have shifted their eyes to smaller countries, including Vietnam, and this is a good chance for domestic businesses to boost exports.

The traditional friendship between Vietnam and Finland is developing well in the fields of politics, economics, development cooperation, culture, education and science and technology.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on February 13 released an annual report which contains distorted facts and false allegations about Vietnam’s social situation and press activities. Its unfair comments show that this organisation is operating with dark political motives and unhealthy financial resources, not as it claimed to be based on the principles of objectivity and fairness.

Despite many profound and unpredictable changes in the world with numerous opportunities and challenges, our Party, armed with the timely and deep values of Ho Chi Minh’s Thoughts, will be firm, self-confident, proud and fully aware to march forward to build the future.

The return of Russia as a world power and the rapid development of China and India have opened up a new period of multi-cooperation in the global political, diplomatic and economic scene.

Vietnam is having many opportunities to achieve rapid and sustainable growth in the coming years. However, it is not easy for the country to become the new “star” or “tiger” in Asia.

From hunger, poverty and backwardness, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has adopted the Doi Moi (Renewal) policy, encouraging the entire population to rise up and master their own destiny and leading the country to gradually integrate into the region and the world.

Foreign investment has made a strong impact on various fields of Vietnam’s economy over the past 20 years. However, there remains a number of problems to be resolved in order to effectively use foreign direct investment (FDI).

Over the past few days, many western media agencies have reported that during the Thanksgiving ceremony on January 25 to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Hanoi Archdiocese and the 90th birthday of Cardinal Pham Dinh Tung, several Catholics who arrived for the celebrations were arrested and beaten. What is the truth behind the story?