Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday underlined the importance of planning as he chaired a conference to appraise the national master plan for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050. This was the first ever national master plan which concertizes the orientations outlined by the 13th National Party

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his New Zealand counterpart Nanaia Mahuta co-chaired the first Foreign Ministers’ Meeting between the two countries on Wednesday after an official welcome ceremony of Maori tradition in Wellington. The two ministers agreed to continue consolidating political relations, promoting economic and trade cooperation, and making

  – Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien together with leaders of other ASEAN countries and their partners attended the 54th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM 54) in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on Wednesday. In his opening remarks, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said ASEAN is facing various

Every Autumn Merriam-Webster adds more new words to its dictionary. This year more than 370 new words and definitions were added in September, including Vietnamese street food banh mi. Merriam-Webster defines banh mi is a typically spicy sandwich in Vietnamese cuisine consisting of a split baguette filled typically with meat

  Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, Tran Tuan Anh, has praised the importance of the Red River Delta as one of the country’s top economic growth engines.  Speaking in a conference in Hai Phong City on Wednesday to review the Party Politburo Resolution on the Red River

  – The US’s Travel+Leisure magazine has introduced a list of the 10 most ideal destinations for Indian tourists to visit during the upcoming five-day Diwali festival in October and November, with Vietnam featured among the locations. The magazine said that with convenient flight routes, Indian tourists can enjoy a diverse

 Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to Speaker of New Zealand’s House of Representatives Adrian Rurawhe as part of his official visit to New Zealand and co-chairing the first Vietnam-New Zealand Foreign Ministers Meeting. At the meeting, FM Son suggested the government and House of