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The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak raised more than 6.5 million USD worth of foreign aid during 2020-2021, as heard a conference on September 28.

The Laos - Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore Power Integration Project (LTMS-PIP) has been officially approved by governments of the ASEAN member countries involved in the ASEAN Vision 2020, opening up prospects of establishing an intra-bloc power grid system.

Ho Quang Tri Private Enterprise on September 9 signed a contract for ST25 rice with UK-based EUTEK Group Limited to distribute Ong Cua ST25 fragrant rice to the UK market.

A workshop was held by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MoNRE) in Ho Chi Minh City on August 15 to promote the Extended Producer Responsibility (ERP) Act among manufacturers and importers under the 2020 Law on Environmental Protection.

Investment in education in Vietnam tended to increase steadily over the past decade, according to a report by the Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences (VNIES).

The numbers of enterprises and employees working in the non-state and FDI sectors increased rapidly, but reduced markedly in the state-owned sector during 2016-2020, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO)’s freshly released 2021 economic census.

The competitiveness of Mekong Delta localities fell last year from the previous year as the COVID-19 pandemic undermined labour quality.

A total of 120 postage stamp collections and 500 stamp frames are on display at the 2020 Vietnam Stamp Exhibition (Vietstampex 2020), the biggest of its kind in the country to date which began in Hanoi on June 24.

Powerlifter Le Van Cong pocketed a silver medal in the men’s 49kg category at the 2022 Asia Oceania Open Championships taking place in Pyeongtaek, the Republic of Korea, from June 15-20.

The National Assembly (NA) is set to vote on a resolution approving the 2020 state budget final accounts and work on several draft revised laws on June 15, part of its ongoing third session in Hanoi.

The third session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) entered the third sitting day on March 25 under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

The State budget overspending in 2020 stood at over 216.4 trillion VND (9.3 billion USD), equivalent to 3.44 percent of GDP, statistics showed.

Vietnam’s Human Development Index (HDI) advanced to 0.706 in 2020 from 0.682 in 2016, enabling the country to join the High Human Development group, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on March 28 signed Decision No. 390/QD-TTg approving a project to build a national database on asset and income, aiming to promote digitalisation and modernisation in the management of assets and incomes.

Four out of 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states’ pavilions were presented with awards at the World Expo 2020 Dubai on March 30 by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), before the expo closed on March 31.

Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob witnessed the signing and exchange of nine cooperation agreements between Malaysian companies and their international business partners at the World Expo 2020 Dubai in the UAE on March 30.

Do Thi Ha from Vietnam was the first contestant qualifying for top 13 of the Miss World 2021 Grand Final which was held in Puerto Rico on March 17 morning (Vietnam time).

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has signed a resolution to approve the inking of an economic and technical cooperation agreement on the provision of non-refundable aid between the Vietnamese and Chinese governments in fiscal year 2020.

The Vietnam Pavilion at the Expo 2020 Dubai recently welcomed Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai and Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The 2020 Law on Environmental Protection stipulates that before December 31, 2024, all households must sort domestic waste prior to discharge.