PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc held phone talks with his Japanese counterpart Abe Shinzo on May 4, during which they exchanged views on the prevention and control of COVID-19 in their respective countries.

Vice-Chairman and General Secretary of the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium Enterprises To Hoai Nam spoke about the Government’s support policies for enterprises impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

More measures and policies should be introduced to support enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in the context of a growing number of businesses temporarily ceasing operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Policies on planning, science-technology, finance, commerce and training human resources, have contributed to turning the country’s livestock industry into a strong commodity production sector.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on November 21 appreciated the World Bank (WB)’s comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam and its contributions to the country’s development in recent times.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Policies relating to smuggled tobacco, bank cards, child care and teachers’ probationary periods are set to take effect this month.

 The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council adopted resolutions to implement the National Assembly’s Resolution 54 on piloting special mechanisms and policies for the city’s development at the closing session of its seventh meeting on March 16.

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The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs should coordinate together more closely to advise the Government on policies and solutions to ensure the legal rights of OV.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 13th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee continued its 50th session yesterday (July 12), mapping out supervision and lawmaking programmes for 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has abundant human resources in agriculture, but has not utilised them properly, Nguyen Van Bo, director of the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, told Nong thon Ngay nay (Countryside Today) newspaper.

VietNamNet Bridge – Four of the five best-known retail websites in Vietnam belong to Vietnamese owners.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has yet to create clear incentive policies to encourage overseas professors to make contributions to the country’s education system, one official said.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Is there the existence of the interest groups’ power in building up the important policies for the national economy?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is implementing 17 policies to help the poor but these policies are not very effective. There should be stronger measures to assist needy people to escape poverty in a sustainable way.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed the Ministry of Transport to classify the airports into two groups for better calling for investment, and allow foreign investors to manage the airports.

Vietnamese rice exporters had delivered 1.45 million tons out of the total 3.57 million tons of exports by the end of the first quarter of the year, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam lacks the medium size businesses which can act as the bridge connecting enterprises and join the global supply chain.

Despite a lot of efforts, the watchdog agencies still fail to control the formula prices. The market remains chaotic because of low quality products and sky high prices.