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An agreement to provide USD432.239 in non-refundable aid to Vietnam to implement five projects was signed at Consulate General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh city on December 16th.

"Even if the two-way trade volume has until now failed to reach its potential and meet our expectations, it is expanding year after year. Our common aim is to bring our trade exchange to 1 billion USD shortly," said Mr. Jamale Chouaibi, the Ambassador of Morocco to Vietnam in an interview with the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper.

The Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport will be expanded to serve 100 million passengers per year, becoming more suitable to the development space of Hanoi and minimising impacts on related planning schemes.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has called on countries to speed up global governance reform, firstly multilateral institutions, in order to effectively deal with global issues.

The Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park must serve as the country’s hub for hi-tech workforce training, said Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan during her visit to the Hanoi-based park on November 23.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has called on companies of the Republic of Korea to increase their investment in Hanoi in the time to come.

Legislators adopted a resolution on the socio-economic development plan for 2020 on November 11th - the 16th working day of the 14th National Assembly’s eighth sitting.