(VOVWORLD) - Many international organizations have forecast that Vietnam’s economy will recover strongly this year and exceed the government’s growth target.

(VOVWORLD) - Since Saturday, Vietnam’s northwestern and central regions have been hit by low temperatures which have caused ice and frost in the mountains. Affected localities are doing all they can to minimize damage.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Assembly Standing Committee chaired a meeting on Monday to review the performance of northern municipal and provincial People’s Councils last year and discuss the plans for this year.

(VOVWORLD) - In recent years, Vietnam has invested a great deal in building basic facilities and infrastructure for remote, border, and island localities to help them develop economically and to safeguard national sovereignty. Many solar panels have been installed on rooftops and wind turbines have been set up off the coast. These renewable energy systems are now lighting Truong Sa island.

(VOVWORLD) - Executive Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans is on a three-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh. Amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic and growing global geostrategic competition, the visit demonstrates an intention to strengthen their comprehensive bilateral partnership.

(VOVWORLD) - Thanks to effectively containing the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam’s economy is recovering and so is the labor market. Hiring demand by major industries is forecast to grow quickly this year.

(VOVWORLD) - After the debut of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s book “Several theoretical and practical issues of socialism and the path toward socialism in Vietnam”, some overseas bloggers commented that the viewpoints and arguments in the book are obsolete and that Vietnam’s moving toward socialism is a mistake. These comments are calculated to undermine Vietnamese people’s confidence in the Party’s ideological goals and advance a hostile “peaceful evolution” agenda.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City has concentrated investment in the local healthcare system, to handle COVID-19 treatment in the “new normal” period.

(VOVWORLD) - A national online conference on Tuesday reviewed 20 years of implementing the 2002 Resolution on Collective Economy and 10 years of implementing the 2012 Law on Cooperatives. The conference promoted the development of the collective economy and cooperatives in Vietnam in the new period.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden has announced a new strategy for a free and open Indo-Pacific, which is part of its effort to increase its influence in the region. The US and the three other members of “the Quad” are committed to building a free and open Indo-Pacific politically and economically.