During the investigation, the police found that while Thăng Long company was implementing the Vinh Tường wholesale market and urban area project in Vĩnh Phúc, Nguyễn Văn Hậu, who is Chairman of the company and also Chairman of the Phúc Sơn Group JSC, repeatedly met, gave money to, and asked some officials to create conditions for his company to gain favourable land use prices.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the eighth meeting of the National Committee for Digital Transformation on April 24, which aims to assess digital transformation efforts and development of the digital economy in recent times and discuss tasks and solutions for accelerating the work in 2024.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Hoàng Xuân Chiến and his RoK counterpart Kim Seon Ho co-chaired the event.

Both officials expressed their delight at the positive development of the Việt Nam-Brunei Comprehensive Partnership over the past time and agreed to facilitate all-level visits in the coming time, with a particular focus on preparations for the Việt Nam visit by the Sultan of Brunei.

A delegation of the State Audit Office of Vietnam led by Deputy Auditor General Nguyen Tuan Anh attended the 26th symposium co-organized by the United Nations and the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions in Vienna, Austria, as part of their working trip from April 15-21.

The ASEAN Future Forum 2024 (AFF 2024) wrapped up in Hanoi on April 23 after a day of productive discussions.

Officials, Party members, and people are concerned about how the Party will select the leadership capable of shouldering the immense revolutionary tasks entrusted by the history, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said at the first meeting of the sub-committee on personnel affairs of the 14th National Party Congress on March 13.

The AFF 2024, themed “Toward Fast and Sustainable Growth of a People-Centered ASEAN Community”, was an important initiative proposed by Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính at the 43rd ASEAN Summit last September.

PM Chính affirmed that Việt Nam always attaches importance to and wants to continue deepening and developing its traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia, contributing to peace, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

Politburo member, permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and Chairwoman of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission Truong Thi Mai on April 23 received outgoing Japanese Ambassador Yamada Takio.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Dato Pehin Erywan Yusof in Hanoi on April 23, as the latter has been in Vietnam to attend the ASEAN Future Forum 2024.

The 11th Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) defence policy dialogue took place in Hanoi on April 23, reviewing results of the countries’ cooperation in the field, discussing matters of shared concerns, and agreeing on orientations for joint work in the time to come.

The 32nd session of the National Assembly Standing Committee concluded in Hanoi on April 23 after four and a half days of work.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh spoke highly of cooperation between the Russian Federal Bar Association (RFBA) and the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association (VLA) while receiving RFBA Chairman Sergey Stepashin, who is also former Prime Minister of Russia, in Hanoi on April 23.

A delegation of the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) led by Deputy Auditor General Nguyen Tuan Anh attended the 26th symposium co-organised by the United Nations (UN) and the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) in Vienna, Austria, as part of their working trip from April 15-21.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 23 hosted a reception for ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn who is paying a working trip to Vietnam and attending the ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) 2024 from April 21-24.

A delegation from the Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper led by member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Editor-in-Chief Le Quoc Minh is paying a working trip to China from April 21-26 as guests of the People’s Daily - the organ of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

Vietnam's economy is showing mixed signs of recovery in early 2024, with growth forecast to reach 5.5 percent in 2024 and gradually rise to 6.0 percent by 2025, according to the latest World Bank Taking Stock bi-annual economic update released on April 23.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 23 proposed breakthrough orientations to make ASEAN a model in digital transformation globally, while co-chairing a business roundtable with his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone in Hanoi.

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.