Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra says that the state apparatus is overly cumbersome with too many levels of hierarchy and an overlapping structure in ministries and ministerial-level agencies.

Four more COVID-19 deaths were announced on Tuesday morning, all of them elderly women with serious underlying health issues in Hanoi, Nghe AN, Ha Tinh and HCM City.

Seaports must go green since 2030

Vietnamese banks are still attractive to foreign investors thanks to the country’s economy and strong resilience to unprecedented difficulties and challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam from 2022 will produce gas emission inventory for five major fields. 

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training has proposed municipal authorities allow students to return to schools between July 10-24, after a two-month-long pause to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.

Vietnam’s No. 1 chess player Le Quang Liem is due to play Dutch GM Benjamin Bok in the quarterfinals of the Banter Blitz Cup online chess tournament on July 5.

Notice for automatic stay extension for foreigners stranded due to COVID-19

Hanoi began piloting an urban governance model on July 1 in all wards of its 12 districts and Son Tay township under a National Assembly resolution, in which People’s Councils at the ward and commune levels will no longer exist. 

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on July 5 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on political consultation between the two ministries.

The reported CPI only reflects 60-70 percent of the real situation, according to the former Chair of the Hanoi Supermarket Association Vu Vinh Phu.

Vietnam have reached the final qualifying round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, among the 12 strongest teams of the continent.

The rare Annamite striped rabbit has been found in Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park (Bidoup NP), located just 20km from Da Lat City.

The Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) is experiencing its toughest days in history as many trains have stopped running during Covid-19. Many workers have had to take unpaid leave.

As part of the training programme at sea in the first phase of 2021, the Navy Region 2 Command organises K2 training with live ammunition firing, and instructs units of the Naval Region 2 on how to coordinate with each other.

Renewable energy output is being reduced even as Vietnam is seeing blackouts as power consumption is off the charts.

Although all theatres have had to close to prevent COVID-19, artists still rehearse for new plays, waiting for the day they can return to the stage.

The Vietnamese Prime Minister has approved a plan to create a new network of cultural and sports facilities over the next ten years.

The National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control at noon on July 5 announced four deaths related to the coronavirus in some southern provinces.

Vietnamese boxer Nguyen Thi Tam has become the country’s latest Olympian to qualify for the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women’s under 51kg category, taking the total number of Vietnamese participants in the global competition up to 18.