E-passports for Vietnamese citizens expected by 2020
Vietnamese citizens are set to enjoy faster, more convenient and more secure border crossings with new biometric passports to be rolled out by 2020.
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Vietnamese citizens are set to enjoy faster, more convenient and more secure border crossings with new biometric passports to be rolled out by 2020.
A ceremony was held at the Embassy of Vietnam in Moscow, Russia on November 13 to present the Friendship Order and Friendship Medal to several staffers at the Federal Protective Service (FSO) of Russia for their contributions to Vietnam’s information security sector.
A delegation from the Government Committee for Religious Affairs led by its head Vu Chien Thang recently visited Russia to share experience in State management over religious affairs with local agencies and organisations.
Brand Finance, the world’s leading independent branded business valuation and strategy consultancy, has valued Vietnam’s national brand at 235 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 16 percent.
Kon Tum province has been to focus on synchronously launching measures to improve capacity and quality, expand production scale, enhance agricultural restructuring and striving to make the province become the nation’s key pharmaceuticals region.
The total import-export tax revenue through e-tax payment of the customs sector reached 191.145 trillion VND , accounting for 95 percent of the total revenue to the State budget, from January 1, 2018 to September 5, 2018.
By the time they arrive at university, it is too late for students to start learning programming, according to Google Brain Research Scientist Le Viet Quoc, who argues that coding should be taught at high schools and become a larger part of the curriculum.
Government Inspector General Le Minh Khai on August 23 called for Japan’s support to Vietnam’s administrative reform, e-Government building, and personnel training.
Moody’s Investor Services projected Vietnam’s annual GDP growth to stay at around 6.4 percent during the 2018-2022 period in its latest report issued on August 10.
Experts have called on the Government of Vietnam to make salt iodisation mandatory once again or at least promote the production and use of iodised salt in food processing and breeding.
The sixth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) concluded on June 28 in the central city of Da Nang with 29 countries pledging to provide 4.1 billion USD for the next four years for numerous global environment-related programmes.
Vietnam’s Government bond market needs to be made more appealing, as recent years have seen a lack of foreign participation.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States Pham Quang Vinh has met with a high-level delegation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church), including Elders Gary Stevenson and Gerit Gong, in Washington DC, the US.
A Czech trade official has said Vietnam and the Czech Republic share huge room for trade and investment cooperation.
A collection of objects and documents affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos are being on display in Lac Thuy district, the northern province of Hoa Binh.
More than 100 experts from Vietnam’s government agencies and international and domestic organisations discussed how to create a better environment for female migrant workers to access decent work.
Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has stressed that cooperation between Laos and Vietnam, particularly in inspection, will effectively contribute to preventing corruption in the two countries.
Dutch businesses have shown interest in Vietnam’s agriculture sector in general and the vegetable processing industry in particular as the industry has grown well in recent years.
