NDO – The Standing Board of the Hanoi Party Committee organised a working session on January 19, with the Hanoi municipal Department of Tourism and Hanoi’s tourism industry on the results of the implementation of Resolution No. 06-NQ/TW dated June 26, 2016 and the outcomes for Hanoi’s Tourism industry in 2020 as well as solutions for 2021 and the 2021 -2025 period. 

NDO – Developing dedicated technical and vocational education and training programmes is essential for Vietnam to enable its transition to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), increasing worker productivity and the country’s competitiveness, a new study of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) suggested. 

NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked experts to study to seek a new driving force for development during a working session with the National Advisory Council on Financial and Monetary Policies and the economic advisory group on January 19. 

NDO/VNA – The first phase of the Gemalink international port was put into operation with the welcoming of first commercial vessel on January 19. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam will support and work closely with Brunei as Chair of ASEAN in 2021 so as to successfully realise set targets and initiatives, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said when talking on the phone with Brunei Minister of Foreign Affairs II Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof on January 19. 

NDO/VNA – The people’s public security intelligence force must always put itself under the Party’s absolute and direct leadership in all aspects, the State President’s command, the Prime Minister’s united governance and direction, and the Minister of Public Security’s concentrated and direct management, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam's growth accelerated to 4.5% in the last quarter of 2020, resulting in an annual growth rate of 2.9% - making it one of the fastest growing economies in the world, according to the World Bank (WB). 

NDO - Politburo member and Secretary of the Party Central Committee (PCC) Vo Van Thuong held a meeting with key leaders from Quang Ngai province on January 19 ahead of the lunar New Year (Tet) festival. 

NDO – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has hailed the press’s collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in a difficult 2020, voicing his hope that such essential and valuable cooperation will be maintained in the time ahead, contributing to successfully realising the external relations tasks assigned by the Party and State. 

NDO – A thematic exhibition entitled “The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) – From Congress to Congress” opened at the Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi on January 19, as part of events celebrating the 91st founding anniversary of the CPV (February 3, 1930-2021) and welcoming the 13th National Party Congress. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam hopes to send 90,000 guest workers abroad in 2021, targeting markets that secure high and stable incomes, according to the Overseas Labour Management Department under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs. 

NDO - Vietnam exported 6.15 million tonnes of rice in 2020, earning US$3.07 billion, an increase of 9.3% in value despite a 3.5% drop in volume, which was attributed to the grain’s improved quality. 

NDO/VNA – The diplomatic corps and representatives of international organisations in Vietnam are invited to attend the opening and closing sessions of the upcoming 13th National Party Congress, which is scheduled to take place in Hanoi from January 25 to February 2, heard a meeting on January 18. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam hopes to work with China to well implement common perceptions of the two countries’ senior leaders, and strengthen political trust and increase the efficiency of cooperation in all fields, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has said.