Ho Chi Minh City on December 31, 2022, announced its ten prominent events in 2022, with the covered bright spots including the success in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, the strong economic recovery with a GRDP of 9.03%, the estimated export turnover of 49.5 billion USD (up 10.3%) and a total state budget revenue of 457.5 trillion VND (nearly 19.4 billion USD).
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a national hybrid conference on November 29 to disseminate and launch the implementation of the 13th-tenure Politburo ’s resolution on orientations for socio-economic development and defence - security safeguarding in the Red River Delta.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong stressed that many major issues have been implemented for a long time but the results have not met expectations, thus requiring new resolve and new measures to address them at a different scale to meet the requirements of the new situation.
Vietnamese Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on April 25 sent a message of congratulations to Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko on his election as the chair of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly.