Upcoming entertainment and cultural events in Vietnam's major cities on July 4-10/2022.

Kim Duyen - Vietnamese representative at Miss Supranational 2022 - qualified in the top 11 Supra Chat and was awarded the title of Supra Model Asia of Miss Supranational 2022.

Vietnamese businesses have many opportunities to increase export goods to Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, according to the Trade Promotion Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The newly-issued Law on Insurance Business is expected to positively impact the insurance market's long-term development.

The Ministry of Finance has issued a circular guiding the implementation of some articles of the Government’s Decree No. 121/2021/ND-CP on business in prize electronic games for foreigners in Vietnam.

Vietnamese photographers have won 13 medals and certificates of honour in travel, portrait and free categories at the 7th “Two Country Circuit” photo contest 2022.

True Italian Taste 2022, a project aiming to promote authentic Italian cuisine to the world, has kicked off in Vietnam.

“No need to worry that the country won’t have cadres to work," said Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has announced that the labour migration programme with South Korea will be temporarily suspended for eight districts, towns and cities.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has used the bill issue channel again to net withdraw money out of the banking system for the first time since June 2020.

Decree No.32/2022/NĐ-CP issued recently by the Government, which extends the tax payment deadline for payable excise tax, will not directly affect domestic car prices, according to industry insiders.

Climate change (CC) in Vietnam is increasingly complicated, with more extreme and severe disasters happening (heat waves, heavy rains, storms, tropical depressions).

Ho Chi Minh City aims to develop Tan Son Nhat Airport urban area with commercial and service streets associated with transportation.

If businesses don’t reduce carbon emissions, their exports to the EU will face a new kind of tax, which would make products more expensive, thereby affecting their competitiveness in the market.

The Ministry of Health has just asked health departments in localities to report on the rising number of resignations among health workers.

Hanoi's recent decision to mobilise vast financial sources to protect its heritage sites is promising to blow a new breath of life into hundreds of historical and cultural monuments after many years of effort without success.

Vietnam’s rubber industry is struggling to meet the criteria set by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), especially those related to the requirement of having at least 10 per cent of a conservation area.

Ho Chi Minh City's policy of attracting talents to the public sector has not been effective in recent years, experts say.

The country is projected to attract greater investment from the United States, Europe, and other major global enterprises under a recently approved strategy on foreign investment co-operation.

The amount of money in the case of giving and receiving bribes at the Consular Department (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) is up to hundreds of thousands of US dollars.

Thaco subsidiary exports car seat covers to RoK

With stable growth in the economy, infrastructure, urban management, tourism and investment attraction, the central city of Da Nang is challenging to develop into a ‘liveable’ city of regional and global status.

Vietnam aims to replant or transplant about 107,000ha of coffee in the 2021 – 2025 period, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered faster administration of the third and fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccine as part of measures against the unpredictable pandemic situation, especially when the sub-variant BA.5 has appeared in Vietnam.

The VN Trade Office in the UK and the British importer of oriental food EUTEK Group has hosted Meet Vietnam in Nottingham to introduce Vietnamese products and promote opportunities for trade and investment between the two sides.