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The Government Office has recently released Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s conclusions at a conference promoting foreign tourist arrivals in Vietnam.

The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed many developments in society, and even threatens Vietnam’s progress on gender equality. To respond, the Government has integrated gender-based programmes into all policies to aid socio-economic recovery.

Vietnam remains the sixth leading country of origin for all international higher education students in the US, with 21,631 students studying at American institutions in the academic year 2020-2021, the Vietnam Government Portal (VGP) reported.

The World Bank (WB) and partners on September 29 launched a project aiming to reduce economic and health vulnerability of older persons in Vietnam, under a 2.75-million-USD grant, funded by the Government of Japan through the Japan Social Development Fund.

Despite COVID-19, foreign investors’ new capital registered in Vietnam reached 22.15 billion USD in the first nine months, up 4.4 percent compared to the same period last year, as heard at the Government Portal’s online conference held on September 27 with the participation of a number of localities housing foreign direct investment (FDI) projects.

The national population database launched recently is the most important of six national databases helping to form an e-government, a digital society, and a digital economy. The introduction of the database reflects the Government’s determination to shift from paper-based to electronic document management.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has just announced the results of assessing and ranking the level of information technology application by state agencies in 2019. According to the rankings, Vietnam News Agency ranks third in IT application.

The northern province of Bac Ninh licensed 119 new foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth 334.8 million USD in the first eight months of 2020, according to the provincial Statistics Office.

More than 400 billion VND (around 17 million USD) have been mobilised for COVID-19 prevention and control work after Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called for public support to the fight against COVID-19.

The Ministry of Home Affairs on February 19 hosted a conference on recommendations for the Government restructuring in the next five-year term of 2021-26.

A workshop was held in Hanoi on November 13 to discuss the enhancement of businesses’ engagement through promoting their integrity pledge, which is said to be useful to create a fair and transparent business climate in Vietnam.

The Christian Fellowship Church of Vietnam (CFCV) convened its sixth congress in Hoc Mon district, Ho Chi Minh City on November 13 with the participation of more than 700 delegates from more than 40 localities across the nation.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the Government's regular monthly meeting in Hanoi on October 2.

The Government has adopted an intellectual property strategy setting goal to further improve Vietnam’s global innovation index (GII), Vietnam Government Portal (VGP) reported.

As many as 1,609 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects, worth 22.3 billion USD, landed the Mekong Delta in the first half of 2019, reported the Vietnam Government Portal (VGP).

The State Treasury of Vietnam on July 24 mobilised more than 7.02 trillion VND (302.04 million USD) via auctions of Government bonds at the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX).

The State Treasury of Vietnam recently mobilised a total of 8 trillion VND (344.9 million USD) via auctions of Government bonds at the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX).

The State Treasury of Vietnam raised 1.8 trillion VND (78.2 million USD) through a Government bond auction on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) on April 10.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held a working session with the Foreign Ministry in Hanoi on February 24 to direct preparations for the upcoming DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam slated for February 27- 28.

The Vietnamese Government and National Assembly aim to achieve gross domestic product growth of 6.6- 6.8 percent while maintaining inflation under 4 percent in 2019.