The National Assembly (NA) on November 10 adopted a resolution on the state budget estimates for 2024, which targets next year’s state budget collection at over 1.7 quadrillion VND (nearly 69.8 billion USD).

The event in hybrid format attracted about 150 delegates from 27 ARF member countries, international and regional organisations, diplomatic representative agencies, research institutes, experts, reputable scholars, and ministries and branches.

Lawmakers will vote to approve two resolutions on November 10 as part of the ongoing sixth session of the 15th National Assembly (NA).

Vietnam appreciates the results that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has achieved in the field of nuclear inspection and its leading role in supporting countries, including Vietnam, to ensure nuclear security and safety, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations said at a debate on the 2022 annual report of the IAEA at the UN General Assembly on November 8-9.

The resolution on the socio-economic development plan for 2024, some other draft resolutions, and the draft revised Law on Organization of People’s Courts were high on the agenda of the parliament on November 9.

International visitors to Vietnam stood at nearly 10 million in the first 10 months of 2023, 4.2-fold higher than in the same period last year, but still just 69 percent of the figure in the first ten months of 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 9 coordinated with the embassies of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the EU to organize the 5th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Workshop on Implementing UNCLOS and other International Instruments to Address Emerging Maritime Issues in Hanoi.

The implementation of Environmental-Social-Governance standards is to play a key part in Vietnam's objective of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and the country's sustainable socio-economic development, heard participants at a seminar, themed: We walk the talk, on October 10 in Hanoi.

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

NA deputies focused on the reasons behind the delayed progress of the Long Thành International Airport project and the measures to address it.

The Government set 12 key socio-economic targets for next year, focusing on reaching the gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6.0 - 6.5 per cent.

Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang received Russian Minister of Emergency Situations Sen. Lt. Gen. Kurenkov Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich in Hanoi on November 9.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 9 coordinated with the embassies of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the EU to organise the 5th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Workshop on Implementing UNCLOS and other International Instruments to Address Emerging Maritime Issues in Hanoi.

Former Politburo members, former Deputy Prime Ministers Truong Hoa Binh and Pham Gia Khiem were conferred badges for their respective 50-year and 45-year Party membership at a ceremony on November 9.

President Vo Van Thuong and his wife will lead a high-level delegation from Vietnam to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Week in San Francisco, the US and have bilateral activities in the country from November 14-17.

Vietnam will maintain close cooperation and regular and effective communications channels with the US share information, increase understanding and tackle outstanding problems in bilateral ties, especially in economy and trade, to help bilateral economic ties meet both sides’ interests, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang told a regular press meeting on November 9.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has continued to urge Vietnamese citizens in Israel to leave the country in the face of recent complex developments in the Middle East.

Vietnam and Germany have signed an agreement on official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam in the 2024-2025 period.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) sent congratulations to the Central Committee of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Independence Day of Cambodia on November 9.

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General To Lam and Russian Minister of Emergency Situations Sen. Lieut. Gen Kurenkov Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich agreed on the urgent need to step up coordination between the two countries in order to raise the efficiency of firefighting, and search and rescue operations during their talks in Hanoi on November 9.