Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh proposed that Asia strengthen its responsibility in keeping and creating a peaceful and sustainable environment for development and prosperity in the region and the world, while delivering a speech at the 27th International Conference on the Future of Asia (FOA 2022) in Tokyo on May 26.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh is set to deliver a speech at the 27th International Conference on the Future of Asia that opened in Tokyo on May 26.

Vietnam has set a goal of achieving an average export growth rate of 6-7 percent in the 2021-30 period, following the Government's import and export strategy.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has adopted a plan to reopen the tourism sector in the new normal.

Vietnam’s economic growth in the first quarter of 2022 was consolidated thanks to the solid performance of export-oriented manufacturing and recovering service sector, according to the Vietnam Macro Monitoring report recently released by World Bank.

Vietnam expects to raise its sovereign ratings by 2030, according to the Sovereign Rating Improvement Project recently approved by Deputy Minister Le Minh Khai.

To speed up the settlement of bomb and mine consequences, Vietnam needs stronger cooperation and support from international partners, thus ensuring that no more people are killed or injured due to the post-war bombs, mines and unexploded ordnances (UXO), according to the Vietnam Mine Action Centre (VNMAC).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on March 17 that the e-visa system, available to citizens of 80 countries, is now in operation again as the country fully reopened to international tourists from March 15, 2022.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov discussed the conflict in Ukraine in a candid and constructive manner during a phone conversation on March 15 in an atmosphere of “trust and friendship.”

The central government views price controls of key commodities, such as petrol, steel, concrete, transport, livestock feed, food and medical equipment, as a top priority, said deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai in a meeting with ministries and local authorities on March 14.