Special news on Hanoi Moi newspaper on April 16, 2025

Inheriting and promoting tradition, continuing to strive to achieve new feats in the future.

Speaking at a meeting with veteran revolutionaries, meritorious people, and typical policy families in the Northern region on the afternoon of April 15, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), General Secretary To Lam emphasized: “History has shown that the future belongs to those nations who know how to cherish great aspirations and join hands to act for the common good. Under the leadership of the Party, our people have united, joined hands, and achieved many miracles in the cause of national liberation, national reunification, building and defending the socialist Fatherland; we will definitely inherit and promote the traditions of our ancestors, continue to strive to achieve new miracles in the future”.

General Secretary To Lam and delegates attended the meeting with veteran revolutionary cadres, meritorious people, and typical policy families in the Northern region. Photo: Viet Thanh

"Raising the bar" for international integration

Despite the sabotage of hostile forces, Vietnam has created great achievements in foreign affairs, affirming its increasingly solid position in the international arena. Consistently and courageously, we are inheriting and strongly developing foreign policy with revolutionary viewpoints and the determination to "raise the level" of international integration.

Engineer Team No. 3 and Field Hospital 2.6 depart for a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Abyei region and South Sudan, September 2024. Photo: Tuan Minh

Vietnam - China Relations: New Milestones, New Prospects, New Stature

General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping is the highest-ranking Chinese leader to visit Vietnam the most times in the history of Vietnam-China relations. Vietnam is the first destination of General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping's first foreign visit in 2025. During this meaningful visit, Vietnam and China signed 45 bilateral cooperation agreements in many fields. The deep consensus between Vietnamese leaders and General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping on the orientation for developing friendship and cooperation between the two countries, the very high level of political trust and the very wide scope of bilateral cooperation. All of these have created a new milestone, opened up new prospects and brought new stature to the friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and China.

Review and comment on 5 draft laws

Yesterday (April 15), continuing the 44th session, chaired by Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on the draft Law on Science, Technology and Innovation and four other draft laws.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man speaks at the 44th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee on April 15. Photo: Nghia Duc

People evaluate government performance through PAPI Index 2024

The 16th PAPI Index Report (2024) recorded the opinions of 18,894 randomly selected citizens nationwide. The results showed that citizens rated the performance of the government in 7/8 PAPI content indicators measured in 2024, higher than in 2023. Of the 8 content indicators, 4 indicators recorded significant progress: "Transparency and transparency in local decision-making" (Content index 2), "Control of corruption in the public sector" (Content index 4), "Environmental governance" (Content index 7) and "E-governance" (Content index 8)...

Handling administrative procedures for people at Hanoi Public Administration Service Center - Branch No. 12 (Son Tay town). Photo: Trung Nguyen

Unleashing creativity in businesses

On the path to creating new knowledge as well as developing that knowledge into technology, solutions with potential for application and transfer from laboratories to businesses... research institutes encounter many obstacles, the core cause of which is the lack of synchronization in terms of policy mechanisms. In that context, Resolution No. 57-NQ/TU of the Politburo was issued, setting an important goal of removing barriers, liberating creative capacity from the research sector to transform into innovation capacity in businesses.

Scientific research at the laboratory at Ho Chi Minh City National University.

Banks support businesses in coping with tariff changes

In the first months of the year, credit increased quite strongly compared to expectations. However, when the US reciprocal tax policies were announced, the entire economy, including the banking sector, had to prepare all plans to respond in the best way. To support businesses and people in borrowing capital, banks are implementing many policies as well as preferential loan packages.

Customers transact at the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam. Photo by Nguyen Quang

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