Vietnam attaches importance to developing relations with the Republic of Korea (RoK) and wishes to further deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership with the Northeast Asian country, National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai told RoK Ambassador to Vietnam Oh Young-ju.

The processing and manufacturing sector is attractive to foreign investment, but domestic supporting industries still need favorable mechanisms to develop, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on March 9.

According to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), Vietnam is likely to attract USD 36-38 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2023. The figure was nearly USD 22.4 billion in 2022.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has highlighted Vietnam’s achievements in 2022 and their impacts on the country's growth in 2023. He made the remark in an interview to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival 2023 and the 93rd anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (February 3).

GDP growth faster than expected, border reopening, and fuel shortages in many localities are among the top 10 events that shaped Vietnam in 2022, as selected by Vietnam News Agency.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the plenary session of the fifth Vietnam Economic Forum in Hanoi on December 17.

With its potential, advantages and opportunities, the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu would promote green, rapid, sustainable socio-economic development, especially high-tech agriculture, renewable energy, trade, services and tourism, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a working session with local leaders on December 4.

An Giang, a southwestern province that shares a border of around 100 kilometers with Cambodia, is calling for investment in urban infrastructure, hi-tech agriculture and tourism in order to turn itself into a modern, smart, ecological province imbued with cultural identity of the Mekong River delta.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led a Vietnamese delegation to attend ASEAN Summits with partners like China, the Republic of Korea and the United Nations, within the framework of the 40th, 41st ASEAN Summits and related meetings in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 11.

The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) has joined many international organisations in revising up Vietnam’s GDP growth this year thanks to the country’s strong performance since early this year and success in containing inflation.