The 15th National Assembly (NA) wrapped up its 8th session on November 30 afternoon after 29.5 days of working.

The agenda of the 4th working week of the 15th National Assembly (NA)’s 8th session from November 11-13 will focus on many important issues, with the highlight being a question-and-answer (Q&A) session taking place on November 1 and 12.

Amid the fourth Industrial Revolution, information and communications has had an important position and played an increasingly significant role as one of the driving forces for the country’s development and innovation in the digital era, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Ho Chi Minh City licensed 807 foreign invested projects worth 3.54 billion USD in the first 11 months of this year, up 3.3% in value from a year earlier, according to the General Statistics Office.

Lawmakers highlighted the role of information and communications in the fight against COVID-19 and economic development during the ongoing second session of the 15th National Assembly in Hanoi on November 9.

Vinh Phuc’s information and communications sector has been striving to develop telecom infrastructure and improve service quality in the province over recent years, which in turn has had positive effects on the growth of all other sectors.

Ho Chi Minh City attracted 480.6 million USD in foreign direct investment, including new and additional capital and share purchase by foreign investors, in the first two months of this year.

The National Assembly will focus on four groups of issues during the question-and-answer sessions as part of its ongoing eighth session, said NA General Secretary and Chairman of the NA Office Nguyen Hanh Phuc said on October 28.

The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) is willing to help the Venezuelan government with professional, theoretical and political training, HCMA Vice President Nguyen Viet Thao has said.

National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu met with Chairwoman of the Cambodian Senate’s Committee for International Cooperation, Information and Communications Ty Borasy in Hanoi on November 13.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has emphasised the need for Cambodia and Vietnam to intensify information sharing to develop relations.

Malaysia and Singapore inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to intensify cooperation in the fields of information and communications on February 19.