Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 1 visited former President Le Duc Anh and former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh in Hanoi on the occasion of the coming traditional lunar New Year.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visits former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc onJanuary 1 visited former President Le Duc Anh and former Vice President Nguyen ThiBinh in Hanoi on the occasion of the coming traditional lunar New Year.
He was accompanied by Politburo members Truong Hoa Binh, PermanentDeputy Prime Minister; and Pham Minh Chinh, head of the Party Central Committee’sCommission on Organization.
Visiting Anh, the PM extended his best regards to the formerPresident and stressed that the talented General, who experienced variousresistance wars, had made special and important contributions to the liberationof the Cambodian from the genocidal tragedy 40 years ago.
During the visit to Binh, the Government leader recalled hergreat contributions when she was serving as the Foreign Minister of theProvisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of the South of Vietnamand head of its negotiation delegation in Paris on Vietnam from 1969 to 1973.
PM Phuc wished both of them good health and further contributionsto the national construction and development.-VNA
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh presented 300 Tet gift packages to social policy beneficiaries, families and children with disadvantaged backgrounds in An Luc Long commune, southern Long An province on January 28.
Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hanoi Nguyen Duc Chung extended his Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) while visiting its headquarters at Quan Su Pagoda in the city on January 31.
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on January 31 visited and offered Tet greetings to religious dignitaries and followers in the city on the thresholds of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
Foreign Ambassadors to Vietnam have extended Lunar New Year (Tet) wishes to Vietnamese people on the threshold of the country’s biggest traditional festival.
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Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien welcomed the proposals put forward by the US side and reiterated Vietnam’s request for consideration of key areas of interest, including reciprocal tariff policies and access for Vietnamese key export products to the US market.
Deputy PM Le Thanh Long proposed countries promote shared values, including building trust, sincerity, and solidarity among nations and peoples; fostering cooperation spirit and responsible behaviour as well as upholding international law and the UN Charter; and placing people at the centre and as the goal, the key player, and the driving force of all policies.
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The country is willing to participate in collective efforts to promote cooperation and mobilise resources to advance the current priority issues of developing countries, such as trade, investment, infrastructure connectivity, making the most of scientific and technological advances for development, and people-to-people exchanges, Hang said.
During the negotiations, the US highly evaluated Vietnam’s goodwill and efforts, affirmed its appreciation for the bilateral relationship, acknowledged Vietnam’s proposals and concerns, and considered these an important basis for continuing discussions and moving towards a final agreement.
The Chairman stressed the need for stricter fiscal discipline, faster digital transformation, and more efficient management of State budget revenues and expenditures.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visits former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh. (Photo: VNA) 
