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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu held online talks with Namibian Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Jenelly Matundu on October 24, affirming that Vietnam always attaches importance to the friendship and cooperation with the African nation . Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu (upper, left) and Namibian Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Jenelly Matundu (upper, right) hold talks via videoconference on October 24. Photo: VNA According to VNA, Deputy Minister Hieu valued the two countries’ cooperation at multilateral forums, especially the United Nations, and thanked Namibia for backing Vietnam’s candidacy for a seat in the UN Human Rights Council for 2023 -2025. Speaking highly of bilateral relations, Matundu underlined her country’s consistent support for Vietnam’s struggle for national liberation in the past as well as national development efforts at present. She also asked Vietnam to share

With this result, Vinh Phuc became one of the localities with the highest percentage of FDI enterprises wishing to expand in the country. According to the survey results of PCI 2021, up to 55.9% of FDI enterprises surveyed will definitely increase their business scale in 2021 locally. In November 1996, at the 10th session, the IX National Assembly issued a resolution to separate Vinh Phuc province into two provinces of Vinh Phuc and Phu Tho. Accordingly, on January 1, 1997, Vinh Phuc province was officially re-established and put into operation. At that time, Vinh Phuc was still a poor province, ranked 57/61 in economic development. However, after 25 re-establishment of the province, in 2021, the economic scale will reach 136.2 trillion VND, an increase of nearly 70 times compared to 1997. In April 2022, shared with the press at the launching ceremony of the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) 2021 organized by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and t