Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 30 chaired a meeting with People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities and Vietnamese embassies and representative agencies abroad on vaccine diplomacy.

Economic expert Nguyen Bich Lam talks to Vietnam News Agency about Vietnam’s economic growth prospects in 2023 and ways to boost growth in the face of challenges created by supply chain breaks and geopolitical instability.

Industry continued to prosper last year, with added value increasing by 4.82 per cent compared to 2020, which will be an important factor in boosting national economic growth in 2022.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested intensifying measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic as the number of new cases continue rising across the country, according to a dispatch released by the Government Office on November 7 detailing the PM’s directions on continuing to strengthen the implementation of pandemic prevention and control measures.

Key economic regions were urged to maximize their potential and competitive advantages as well as promote innovations to drive regional and national growth, according to a Government resolution on solutions to strengthen the development of key economic regions.