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Ninh Binh recorded continuous positive achievements in its external relations in 2015. The province's images have been spread far and wide through relations exchanges with other countries, earning high estimation for its position.

Infrastructure development appeared as the most outstanding achievement of the national target programme on new-style rural area building in the 2010-2015 period, according to Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat.

The ninth National Patriotic Emulation Congress was opened in Hanoi on December 7 on the theme of promoting solidarity, creativity and emulation for national construction and protection.

Ninh Binh has reviewed 5 years of implementing the national target program on building new rural areas.

The movement "Tet for the poor and Agent Orange victims" during the 2016 lunar New Year was started on November 1st, 2015 and will conclude on February 5th, 2016, aiming to collect one million presents worth VND300,000 each to present to one million families, according to its organizer - the Vietnam Red Cross (VRC).

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, together with Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Vice President of the World Bank Laura Tusk, co-chaired a high-level dialogue on responding to climate change in the Mekong Delta region held in Paris on November 30.

The Ninh Binh Union of Science and Technology Associations, since its establishment, has upheld the province's tradition of sacred land and talented people.

Hoang Van Hiep from Luong Van Tuy gifted school in Ninh Binh province won a silver medal at the 2015 International Exhibition of Young Inventors (IEYI) held recently in Taiwan (China).

Experts from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre have paid a visit to Trang An landscape complex to evaluate the conservation work and provide recommendations on the long-term protection of the complex.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on November 22 attended the 18th ASEAN-Japan Summit, the 17th ASEAN-Republic of Korea (RoK) and the seventh ASEAN-UN Summit, which took place in the framework of the 27th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend the 27th ASEAN Summit and other related meetings later this week at the invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Abdul Razak.

The authorities of the northern province of Ninh Binh and Asan city of the Republic of Korea signed an agreement on friendship and cooperation in Ninh Binh city on November 13th.

National Assembly deputies adopted a resolution on the 2016 socio-economic development plan during their plenary session in Hanoi on November 10.

The Prime Minister has directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to allocate over 2,000 tonnes of various seeds from the national reserve to 11 disaster-hit provinces.

Officials from the Overseas Vietnamese investment promotion bureau paid a working visit to the northern province of Ninh Binh to survey investment climate on November 6.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has affirmed that the Vietnamese Party, State and people have continually treasured the amity with China and are willing to work with the neighbour to deepen the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

The National Assembly (NA)'s Committee for External Relations had talks with a group of members of the European Parliament (EP)'s Delegation for relations with Southeast Asia and ASEAN countries (DASE) in Hanoi on November 4.

The visit is made at the invitation of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Truong Tan Sang.

Vietnam is ranked 55th among 142 countries in this year's Prosperity Index, according to a report released by the UK think tank The Legatum Institute on November 2.