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Nearly a decade ago, former Ninh Binh and Ha Nam provinces and localities in the Republic of Korea (RoK) established several bilateral cooperation relationships, forming an important foundation for enhancing exchanges, visits, and cooperation in many fields. Immediately after the merger to form new Ninh Binh province, this cooperative relationship continued to be strengthened, opening up many opportunities for deeper cooperation in various fields in the future.

Ninh Binh is currently one of the localities nationwide that has completed the task of building new-style rural areas. This is not just a result of numbers, but a story of transformation for an entire region where faith, unity, and aspirations for progress are increasingly being ignited, beautifying the homeland day by day.

The session recorded substantial law-making work, accounting for nearly 30% of all laws and resolutions passed during the entire term. The laws and resolutions adopted not only address immediate practical requirements but also establish a legal framework for the new phase of development.

Party General Secretary To Lam, who is also head of the Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Corruption, Wastefulness and Negative Phenomena, chaired a conference in Ha Noi on December 11 to evaluate the country’s anti-corruption combat throughout the 13th National Party Congress’s term.

The dialogue aims to review the results of the four previous sessions during his term, put Resolutions 57-NQ/TW and 68-NQ/TW into practical action and, particularly, review the recent natural disasters and the steps taken to mitigate their effects.

With a majority of votes in favour, the National Assembly (NA) adopted the amended Law on Tax Administration, the amended Law on Personal Income Tax, and the Law on Thrift and Anti-Wastefulness on the morning of December 10.

After two days of working in a serious, democratic and responsible manner, the year-end session of the 15th People's Council of Ninh Binh province successfully completed its agenda on December 9.

The Ninh Binh Provincial People's Council for the 2021-2026 tenure officially opened its year-end session on December 8.

The PMs agreed that the two sides should strengthen coordination in maintaining security and order in border areas, and preventing cross-border crimes, smuggling, and illegal activities while accelerating the signing of the agreements on border gate management and on border management regulations.

Ninh Binh’s outstanding outcomes in sustainable poverty reduction in the period of 2021-2025 has laid a solid foundation for the province to reach the target of reducing its poverty rate below 1% by 2030 and accelerate the building of new-style rural areas in a more modern, inclusive and humanitarian manner.

Domestic Government convenes meeting to review 11-month situation Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the Government’s regular meeting on December 6 to discuss the socio-economic situation in November and the first 11 months of 2025.

Secretary of the Ninh Binh provincial Party Committee Dang Xuan Phong on December 5 had a working session with a delegation of China’s Pacific Construction Group, led by its Founder and Chairman Yan Jiehe, who came to explore the investment climate and seek cooperative opportunities in potential fields in Ninh Binh province.

The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), in coordition with the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Agency (NBCA) of Vietnam, is organizing the Eighth ASEAN Heritage Parks Conference (AHP8) in the northern province of Quang Ninh on December 3rd.

As of April, Vietnam had invested in 267 projects in Laos, with total registered capital of 5.63 billion USD. In the first 10 months of this year, Vietnam’s investment reached 566.1 million USD, focusing on high-quality, sustainable projects in key sectors where Laos has strengths, such as clean energy, mining, and agriculture.

A delegation from the Ninh Binh Provincial People’s Council led by its Vice Chairman Bui Hoang Ha paid a working visit to Norway from November 24 to December 2.

To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, together with his spouse and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, has successfully concluded a state visit to Laos, which included attending a ceremony marking the 50th National Day of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and co-chairing the high-level meeting between the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP).

The Government proposed raising the revenue threshold exempt from tax for business households from 200 million VND (over 7,580 USD) to 500 million VND per year.

A delegation of the Lao Women’s Union, led by Director-General of the International Relations Department of the President’s Office Ammaly Chanthaphone, paid a working visit to Ninh Binh province on December 1.

Party General Secretary To Lam suggested several measures to strengthen ties between the two NAs, including continued exchanges and sharing of experience in areas of shared concern, especially in institutional building, legal system development, supreme oversight and decision-making on significant national matters.