(VOVWORLD) - Ethnic people nationwide are confident the 13th National Party Congress will steer the nation to greater success.

(VOVWORLD) - The ongoing 13th National Party Congress is an important political event and important milestone during the development process of the Party and Vietnam. Foreign ambassadors and diplomats have acknowledged Vietnam’s achievements in socio-economic development and successful containment of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as believed in the results of the National Party Congress.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered remarks at the online international Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021 hosted by the Netherlands on Monday and Tuesday. The summit was attended by more than 30 world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. It saw the launch of a comprehensive Adaptation Action Agenda, setting out clear commitments to deliver concrete new endeavours and partnerships to make the world more resilient to the effects of climate change. Below is the full text of PM Phuc’s remarks.

(VOVWORLD) - At the opening session of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong presented the 12th Party Central Committee’s report highlighting Vietnam’s achievements in national development and tasks for the next years. VOV now brings you excerpts from the report.

(VOVWORLD) - The 13th National Party Congress began in Hanoi on Monday marking an important milestone in the development of the Party and Vietnam, shaping the future, and promoting national renewal, development, and international integration. The public has confidence that decisions approved at the Congress will create breakthroughs in Vietnam’s development.

(VOVWORLD) - The draft political report submitted to the 13th National Party Congress emphasized the fundamental transformation of Vietnam's economy into a growth model which efficiently uses resources, scientific and technological advances, and innovation. This shows the Party, State and people of Vietnam’s desire to steer the country to a new level of development.

(VOVWORLD) - The draft Political Report to be presented at the 13th National Party Congress emphasizes the Vietnamese Party and people’s determination to persist with, apply, and creatively develop Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought and to persist with the goal of national independence and socialism, the Party’s renovation guideline to develop and safeguard socialist Vietnam. This is an issue of principle supplemented and developed through Party Congresses and pursued throughout Vietnam’s journey to reach the goals of wealthy people, a strong country, democracy, equality, and civilization.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has tightened preventive measures against the new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is spreading fast in many countries. One of the measures is to extend the quarantine time to more than 14 days for people coming from places infected with the new variant.

(VOVWORLD) - President-elect Joe Biden will take the oath of office on Wednesday, marking an important change in America’s governance and its domestic and external policies.

(VOVWORLD) - President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration this week will look like no inauguration before it in American history, given the dangers of COVID-19 and the unprecedented military mobilization in Washington DC, according to CNN.