Press conference: PM demands no yielding to challenges
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked Government members to adopt measures to push economic growth forward in the first half of this year and perform the three key tasks of carrying out the resolution adopted by the 13th National Party Congress, fighting COVID-19, and preparing for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
Hanoi (VNA)ಞ - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has askedGovernment members to adopt measures to push economic growth forward in thefirst half of this year and perform the three key tasks of carrying out the resolutionadopted by the 13th National Party Congress, fighting COVID-19, andpreparing for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung passed onthe PM’s comments during a regular Government press conference on February 2,following a regular cabinet meeting on the same day. The minister said the PM laid emphasis on close watch of the situation, and quick and drastic actions to achieve the dual goals of combating the pandemic and maintaining economic growth of 6.5percent. The Government leader said the current goals of stabilising the macro-economy,controlling inflation, and promoting growth must continue to be pursued. The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) was assigned to quickly issuea Government action plan to realise the resolution adopted by the 13th National Party Congress. Ministries and agencies were tasked with tackling the challengesfaced by enterprises and workers hit by the pandemic to help with the restoration of productionand trade and considering the launch of a second relief package.
On accelerating public investment disbursement, the PM agreed with theestablishment of a special working group to handle prolonged problems that have hindered the work for many years.
ꦉ According to the MPI, the country’s industrial production index expanded 22.2percent year-on-year in January, with manufacturing and processing up 27.2percent.
The total retail of goods and services was estimated at 479.9 trillionVND (nearly 21 billion USD), up 3.7 percent month-on-month and 6.4 percent year-on-year. Both the number of newly-established enterprises and their capital rose year-on-year in almost all areas. New and additional capital increased 10.5percent in total year-on-year, while the number of enterprises resuming operationsafter temporary suspensions rose 23.2 percent. The securities market become stableon the back of macro-economic stability and greater public trust. Other indicators also showed economic improvements compared to the sameperiod last year. Total foreign trade was up 45.7 percent to 54.1 billion USD inJanuary, 27.7 billion USD of which was exports, up 50.5 percent, and 26.4billion USD imports, up 41 percent. The monetary and foreign exchange marketswere basically stable with good liquidity. Minister Dung also reiterated Phuc’s request to immediately focus onwork following the Tet holiday./.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked for extra efforts to quickly stamp out new COVID-19 outbreaks before the lunar New Year festival, which falls in mid-February.
The Government convened its monthly meeting on February 2 under the chair of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, with the latest COVID-19 outbreak right ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) among issues high on the agenda.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries, sectors, and localities to focus on providing a warm Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday to all while implementing measures to prevent and control COVID-19 at the same time.
The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee is scheduled to convene its 48th session on August 11-13, with August 14-15 set as a backup date, according to the NA Office.
Vietnam’s Ambassador to Brazil and Bolivia Bui Van Nghi has led an embassy delegation to attend official events marking the 200th anniversary of Bolivia’s Independence Day.
Party General Secretary To Lam met with members of the Vietnam Innovation Network in Korea (VINK) and Vietnamese experts living and working in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Seoul on August 10 as part of his state visit to the RoK.
In an interview with Korean media on the occasion of Party General Secretary To Lam’s state visit to the RoK, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son affirmed that the visit demonstrates Vietnam’s strong resolve to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the RoK, with the aim of fostering greater political trust, closer strategic coordination, more substantive and comprehensive cooperation, and stronger bonds of friendship between the two countries' people.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also a Politburo member and Secretary of the Government Party Committee, attended the 4th Party Congress of the EVN Party Organisation for the 2025–2030 tenure on August 10, directing EVN to ensure power supply to meet the country’s development demands with double-digit growth set for the coming years.
Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, along with a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Seongnam Air Base in Seoul on August 10 afternoon (local time), beginning a state visit to the Republic of Korea from August 10-13.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly departed from Hanoi on August 10 morning for a four-day state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK), which is made at an invitation of RoK President Lee Jae Myung.
As part of the ASEAN Day celebrations, the Vietnamese embassy will also host the ASEAN Family Day 2025 in Ottawa to foster solidarity and community spirit among ASEAN members in Canada.
State President Luong Cuong’s trip once again reaffirmed the Party and State’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of relations. It also reflected the strong trend of enhanced cooperation among countries of the Global South in shaping a new, more multipolar, fair and equitable world order.
The outcomes of Party General Secretary To Lam's visit will serve as a driving force and source of inspiration for the two countries to inherit, promote, and elevate their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, contributing to the national construction and development cause in each country, and to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 9 inspected the construction site of the new Phong Chau bridge, and surveyed a planned route for the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway section running through the northern province of Phu Tho.
Across print, broadcast, and online platforms, Angolan media portrayed State President Luong Cuong's visit as a warm and historic occasion, strengthening bilateral ties and boosting Vietnam’s presence in Africa through the AU.
The 500kV Lao Cai – Vinh Yen power transmission line has a total investment of over 7.41 trillion VND (282.5 million USD), and a total length of 229.5 km, passing through 31 communes in the two provinces, and comprising 468 transmission tower foundations.
The visits reflected the elevated position of Vietnam’s foreign policy in the new era—aimed at not only advancing ties with key regional partners like Egypt and Angola but also delivering a strategic message about Vietnam’s commitment to deepening relations with African nations as a whole.
At their talks and meetings, President Cuong and Angola’s top leaders affirmed that the close brotherhood and traditional friendship are a valuable shared asset and a solid foundation for the two nations to advance into a new phase of development.
The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) attaches great importance to the friendship, solidarity, and comradeship with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and voiced her Party’s wish to further deepen and expand relations between the two sides for the benefit of the Vietnamese and Angolan people.
Vietnam pledges to do its utmost to build an ASEAN of solidarity, consensus, and unity in diversity, and to foster a fast and sustainable development path for ASEAN, grounded in science, technology, and innovation, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Party General Secretary To Lam called on the criminal police force to accelerate the application of science, technology, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation in criminal investigation tasks such as crime prevention, detection, tracking and verification, ensuring that no area remains out of their reach.
Many Koreans living, studying, and working in Hanoi see the upcoming state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) by Party General Secretary To Lam as an opportunity to generate strong synergy in economic cooperation, people-to-people exchanges, and cultural understanding.
The achievements of the five decades of Vietnam–Angola cooperation provide a strong and enduring foundation, as well as momentum for the two sides to consolidate, expand, and bring their partnership into a new phase of development.
At the press conference (Photo: VNA) 
