The Indonesian Government is planning to expand its social aid programme and incentives for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in an effort to boost consumer spending and revive the economy in the second half of this year.
Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh urged the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to accelerate administrative reform, focusing on institutional development and ensuring a uniform institutional system to meet State management requirements in the fields that it is responsible for.
The investigation into the Japanese-invested Tenma Vietnam company’s allegation of bribing civil servants and tax and customs officers of northern Bac Ninh province is still ongoing, according to a police official.
Ho Chi Minh City has made continuous efforts in administrative reform over the past time, with public satisfaction considered a gauge of operational efficiency.
As many as six administrative units at the district level and 546 units at the communal level have been streamlined under a plan of rearrangement of administrative units for the 2019-2021 period, according to Vu Dang Minh, chief of Office of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA).
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho wishes to receive continued support from Switzerland and the World Bank in climate change response, urban development, and tourism-trade-service development, said a local official.
As many as 144 people, both children and adults, were granted with the first-ever “Learning never ends” scholarship by the Vietnam Association for Promoting Education (VAPE) in Hanoi on June 14.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a meeting in Hanoi on May 28 between permanent Government members and the central steering committee for the reform of wage and social insurance policies and the one on benefits for national contributors.
GAVI, an international organisation that works to improve access to new and underused vaccines for children in the world's poorest countries, has published an article on its website gavi.org, highlighting the four ways Vietnam has managed to control the COVID-19 pandemic.
The northern province of Bac Giang will continue stepping up its administrative reform efforts between now and the end of the year to better serve the public, its Department of Home Affairs has announced.
Hanoi maintained second place among Vietnam’s 63 centrally-run cities and provinces in the Public Administration Reform (PAR) Index 2019, which the city’s leader attributed to firm moves made over recent years.
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong recently wrote an article that highlights some issues that need special attention in the personnel preparation for the approaching 13th National Party Congress.
As the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly and causing devastating impacts in the world, Vietnam has emerged as an example in the fight against the disease and earned praise from the international community for its efforts.
Indonesian Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Tjahjo Kumo on April 20 said his Government has decided to extend the time of work-from-home for civil servants until May 13 to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnam has lodged an official complaint with China following the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing vessel near the former’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said on April 3.
The Royal Thai Armed Forces Command has set up 357 checkpoints nationwide to check inter-provincial travellers as an effort to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.
Vietnamese women are urged to wear ao dai (traditional dress) from March 2-8 as part of a national event titled “Ao dai-Vietnamese Cutural Heritage” being held across the country.
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