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Antibiotics are overused and misused widely in Vietnam, health experts have warned, calling for drastic measures to curb antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the country.

The northern province of Quang Ninh is intensifying efforts to meet its socio-economic targets and keep its gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth in the double digits this year.

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) must push up digital transformation to improve their competitiveness and operation efficency, Chairman of the Committee for Management of State Capital at Enterprises (CMSC) Nguyen Hoang Anh said.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung called for drastic measures to minimise the damage set to be caused by Etau and Vamco, the 12th and 13th storms to hit the East Sea this year, at a meeting in Hanoi on November 10.

The settlement of the consequences of the recent storms and flooding in the central region was high on the agenda at the Government’s monthly meeting on October 30, during which Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc demanded that efforts to compensate local residents for their losses be redoubled.

The settlement of the consequences of the recent storms and flooding in the central region was high on the agenda at the Government’s monthly meeting on October 30, during which Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc demanded that efforts to compensate local residents for their losses be redoubled.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 29 ordered competent ministries, sectors, and localities to take stronger actions to speed up the disbursement of official development assistance (ODA) and foreign loans for 2020, as disbursement remains at a critically-low level.

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide jogging around Hoan Kiem Lake in downtown of the capital city on October 20 morning, are astonished to see a foreign leader so close in their familiar area.

Commercial banks should diversify their loan products, lower interest rates and simplify procedures to improve accessibility to official credit channels in an effort to keep people away from illegal sources, Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Dao Minh Tu said.

Though the Government has taken decisive steps to curb the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still risks to the economy, economists said at a seminar in Hanoi on October 15.

The disbursement of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in localities has sped up from seven months to only three to four months, contributing to lowering loan interests on State budget.

A recent survey conducted by Jobstreet Indonesia showed that 35 percent of workers in the country had been laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while 19 percent had been forced to take unpaid leave.

The flexible and creative application of a strategy to prevent, detect, isolate, zone and control COVID-19 had played a decisive role in Vietnam’s successful battle against the pandemic, experts have said.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) is implementing a remote medical examination and treatment project for 2020-2025, with the aim of sustainable development of the health sector.

Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue ordered departments, sectors and localities to remove bottlenecks for local businesses with a view to realising the 4.5-5 percent GDP growth target this year.

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung underscored the role of social workers in the fight against formidable challenges like COVID-19 during the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting virtually held by Saudi Arabia on September 10.

Problems remain in the implementation of Hanoi’s middle-term public investment plan for the 2016-2020 period, Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council Phung Thi Hong Ha said.

The 13th National Party Congress needs to be well prepared and organised in order to bring the country to a new development period, Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong has said.

The Finance Ministry has asked for synchronous and drastic measures from the entire political system, ministries, agencies, and localities to step up the disbursement of public investment capital.

As of August 27, five out of 62 localities nationwide have submitted requests to give back official development assistance (ODA) totalingover 1.61 trillion VND (700 million USD). But in the remaining localities, the disbursement of the capital is predicted to be at a low level.