PM requests tighter inspections to prevent corruption

Health minister Nguyen Thanh Long has urged localities to expedite the vaccination of people aged 12 and over, and complete administration of the primary series of vaccines, before the end of January.

The required customs procedures related to imports and exports have been simplified but enterprises are far from satisfied.

The increasing demand for services for the elderly has created investment and business opportunities for local and foreign investors.

How to treat used face masks is a new problem emerging during the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

After the Circular issued by the State Bank of Vietnam on debt restructuring, many bad debts of commercial banks have become non-bad debts because they do not have to change the debt groups.

The photo “Afternoon on the Cat Ba Bay” by Vu Manh Cuong has won the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) gold medal at the international photo contest RGB 2021.

The draft Power Development Plan VIII is being revised again and expected to be submitted to the Prime Minister for approval in the first quarter of 2022.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to complete the vaccination of people at risk from COVID-19 by January 20 while pressing on with rapid testing for this group.

While affordable apartments are no longer seen in Hanoi and HCM City, apartments priced at hundreds of billions of dong are becoming popular.

The Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) market in Viet Nam has been going through a downturn due to the pandemic, but the technology sector is bucking the trend.

Chuoi nep nuong (grilled banana wrapped in sticky rice crust) is a popular dish in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho. 

Vice-Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Duong Duc Tuan has just approved a plan on renovating and rebuilding old apartment buildings in the capital.

Land fever has attacked not only large cities but also rural areas, leaving young people without hope of buying a house.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed mobilizing private resources under the public-private partnership model for new airport projects, such as Quang Tri, Sa Pa and Cao Bang.

The Vietnamese Red River Delta has been named among the list of the top 52 Places for a Changed World in 2022, as selected by the New York Times of the United States.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked agencies to continue conducting rapid testing for all air passengers upon entry to Vietnam, who are from or have transitted in countries with new cases of Omicron.

A Policy Dialogue on “Auction Mechanism for Sustainable Development of the Renewable Energy Market” was held via an online format on January 11 by independent think tank Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition (VIETSE).

Many banks made a high profit in 2021 thanks to high lending interest rates. However, they have been warned of ‘making a rod for their own back’.

The Government has issued Resolution 01/NQ-CP on socioeconomic targets for 2022, following which the Government targets a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6%-6.5% and GDP per capita at US$3,900.