Total investments in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh enjoyed a year-on-year surge of 10.1 percent to the tune of 60.6 trillion VND (2.68 billion USD) in 2017 thanks to improved business climate.

President Tran Dai Quang in an interview said that what Vietnam has achieved in 2017 have created important prerequisites for the country to continue implementing successfully objectives and tasks set by Vietnam`s Party.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that the Vietnamese Party, State and people attach importance to the relationship with Cuba at his meeting with newly-appointed Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Lianys Torres Rivera on December 26 in Hanoi.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Hanoi investment, trade, and tourism promotion agency on December 25 held a seminar to boost ties among producers, distributors and consumers in agriculture.

The Vietnam-South Korea Friendship Association and the South Korean Embassy in Vietnam hosted an exchange in Hanoi on December 22 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations.

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith started his three-day official friendly visit to Vietnam on December 19 at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and President of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang.

The Office of the State President convened a press conference to announce the State President’s orders to publicize six new laws which were passed at the recent fourth session of the 14th National Assembly.