The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership helps promote Vietnam-Australia cooperation in terms of trade and investment, the Cong Thuong (Industry and Trade) newspaper said, citing Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh.

Vietnam managed to control public debt within a safe level with gradually slowing year-on-year increases. However, according to the Ministry of Finance, the economy was severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in the past three years.

Science, technology and innovation will play important roles in developing key industries in Vietnam, with a focus on the processing and manufacturing industries, contributing to restructuring the national economy toward modernity by 2030.

Vietnam wants to promote its strategic partnership, cooperate in different areas, supplement each other and coordinate with Singapore at multilateral institutions, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong said on May 20.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received visiting Speaker of the Singaporean Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin in Hanoi on May 20, emphasizing that Singapore is always one of the leading partners of Vietnam in the region.

Vietnam considers food security as the foundation of peace, stability and development, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations stated at an open debate on conflict and food security held by the UN Security Council (UNSC) in New York on May 19.

UNICEF Vietnam calls for the inclusion of treatment for child wasting into the domestic health examination and treatment law and other long-term development funding schemes to help save the lives of many children in the country.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s recent working visit to the US is a step to strongly implement Vietnam’s foreign policy, help elevate multilateral diplomacy, and intensify relations with the US - one of the leading partners of Vietnam, an official has said.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue and visiting Speaker of the Singaporean Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin held talks in Hanoi on May 18, sharing view on the need for their countries to further intensify overall relations and parliamentary ties so as to step up the strategic partnership.

The process of urbanization is an important driving force for rapid and sustainable socio-economic development in the future, with urban areas slated to form a greater part of the country's economy in the next few years.