WEEK IN REVIEW (From May 6 to May 12, 2024)

During April 2024, Thai Nguyen Management Board of Industrial Parks issued new investment registration certificates for 2 FDI projects, including: Lide Vietnam's mold production and processing project (with an investment capital of 5 million USD) in Diem Thuy industrial park; PCY Thai Nguyen's new material manufacturing plant project (with an investment capital of 2.5 million USD) in Song Cong II industrial park.

According to the announcement by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on May 9 in Hanoi, Thai Nguyen's PCI reached 67.48 points (up 1.38 points), ranking 23rd (up 2 levels) compared to 2022.

Facilitative visa policies and attractive tourism stimulus programmes have proven effective in attracting a high number of international visitors to Vietnam compared to the same period last year.

Although it is currently the tourist season, Pling Island in Southern Thailand has been closed since May 9 to allow the natural environment to have more time to recover after the discovery of extensive coral bleaching.

Hundreds of families have seen their lives positively changed thanks to the economic recovery fund established by Nui Phao Mining through the Dai Tu Bank for Social Policies, in Thai Nguyen province.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh recently signed Decision No. 369/QD-TTg approving the Master Plan for the Northern Midlands and Mountainous Region for the period of 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050.

On the afternoon of April 5, a working delegation led by Mr. Nguyen Dac Vinh, Member of the Central Party Committee and head of the Culture and Education Committee of the National Assembly, held a working session with Thai Nguyen province to gather comments for the construction and completion of the orientation for the national target program on culture development from 2025 to 2035 (the Program).