The Australia-Vietnam Leadership Dialogue (AVLD), an independent non-profit initiative that was established to nurture Australia and Vietnam relationships, has just selected 22 young leaders representing Australia and Vietnam, aged between 25 and 35, to attend the 2021 Dialogue. The 22 delegates are leaders and pioneers from all walks of
US President Joe Biden pushed his giant infrastructure spending plans worth 2.3 trillion USD which promise “an American century” in a speech on Wednesday. The first plan, worth around 1 trillion USD, will fund massive rebuilding of 32,000 kilometers of roads and 10,000 bridges as well as removing harmful lead
The UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned Haitian President Jovenel Moise’s assassination, urging related parties to stay calm and avoid acts that could worsen the situation in Haiti. Members of the UN Security Council made an emphatic call on all political stakeholders in Haiti to refrain from any acts of
The world’s richest nations must do more to help the poorest countries withstand the “devastating double-blow” of the pandemic and the resulting economic damage, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Wednesday. She called on the G20 to keep developing nations from falling further behind in vaccine access and funding to repair their
– There have been indicators suggesting that Vietnam’s economy scale may hit 500 billion USD by the end of this year, according to the Russian Sputnik News Agency. Sputnik cited a report by the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) which predicts Vietnam’s economic growth will be 6-6.5% in the next
Vietnam will continue to intensify diplomacy to obtain an adequate supply of COVID-19 vaccines for domestic use, said Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu on Wednesday. Vu said that since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnamese authorities have comprehensively directed the pandemic prevention and control, including the
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Thursday that authorities need to make sure social distancing will disrupt people’s lives as little as possible as when he chaired an online meeting of the Government with leaders of Ho Chi Minh City to discuss effective solutions to prevent and control the
