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Current events
Resolution of 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (All dailies, p1).

Congratulations come for Party General Secretary, State President Nguyen Phu Trong on re-election (All dailies, p1).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends launch ceremony of national database on population, citizen ID card issuance and management system (All dailies, p1).

Vietnam advocates open, transparent and rule-based multilateral system: Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson (Nhan dan, p8; Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).

Safeguarding, enforcing countries’ sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction in the East Sea: Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson (Ha Noi Moi, p8).

Vietnam re-nominates candidate for seat in International Law Commission (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).

Virtual conference held to inform Russia’s Saint Petersburg on results of 13th National Party Congress (Nhan dan; Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).

Socio-economic affairs
Ministry of Health prepares to launch Vietnam’s largest-ever vaccination drive (Quan doi Nhan dan, p1). At a meeting on holding COVID-19 vaccination campaign, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long underlined that it is the largest of its kind ever in Vietnam with over 100 million doses to be administered.

Some services in HCM City allowed to resume starting from March 1 (Sai Gon Giai phong, p7).

Vietnam lures 5.46 billion USD in foreign investment in first two months (Nhan dan, p1). The figure was equivalent to 84.4 percent of the figure recorded in the same time last year.

New Zealand, Vietnam boost agricultural cooperation (Lao dong, p8). The flourishing agriculture relationship between New Zealand and Vietnam was lifted to a new height with the signing of an agriculture cooperation arrangement at the first New Zealand – Vietnam High-Level Dialogue on Agriculture Cooperation (Lao dong, p8).

Vietnam, West Virginia bolster bilateral cooperation in trade, energy (Sai Gon Giai phong, p2). Representatives from the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade and the US state of West Virginia sign a memorandum of understanding to accelerate cooperation in economy, trade, and energy.

Right to host 11th ASEAN Para Games officially handed to Vietnam (Nhan dan, p8). The ASEAN Para Sports Federation announces the cancellation of the 10th ASEAN Para Games in the Philippines and handed over the right to host the 11th ASEAN Para Games to Vietnam.

Petrol prices surge in latest review (Ha Noi Moi, p1).

Binh Duong among world’s outstanding smart cities for third consecutive times (Ha Noi Moi, p6).

Bolstering private economy (Dien dan Doanh nghiep [Business Forum], No. 16, p4). During 35 years of the “Doi Moi” (Renewal) policy, the private economic sector has been growing, but yet to match its potential. The Government is working on a blueprint for comprehensive reforming State management in economy with strong policies to stimulate the growth of the sector on a national scale.

International affairs
Warnings about third COVID-19 wave in Europe (Nhan dan, p8).

5,000 reporters in Indonesia receive COVID-19 vaccine shots (Sai Gon Giai phong, p5)./.