National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and deputies representing the Mekong delta city of Can Tho met with local voters on September 26 in the run-up to the fourth session of the 14th National Assembly.
Dep PM Vuong Dinh Hue has called on the German Government and GIZ to continue helping Vietnam with building policies for regional connectivity and response to climate change in the Mekong Delta.
More than 1,000 people engaged in activities in the northern province of Hoa Binh on September 23 in response to the “Clean Up the World 2017” campaign, which focuses on waste management for sustainable rural environment.
The Vietnam-China Border Friendship Cultural House was inaugurated in Po To hamlet, Huoi Luong commune, Phong Tho district, the northern province of Lai Chau on September 23.
The Ha Giang provincial administration and the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations held a conference in Hanoi on September 22 in an effort to beef up cooperation between the northernmost locality and foreign non-governmental organisations.
Denmark is willing to share its experience regarding technologies and products with Vietnam to help the country achieve goals of energy and sustainable growth, said a Danish official.
Belgian leaders told Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue that they attach importance to the relationship between the two countries.
Vietnam proposed a resolution on strengthening intra-regional cooperation to build an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) of equal development and inclusive growth at the second plenary session of the 38th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) General Assembly in the Philippines on September 19.
A Vietnamese government delegation on September 15 visited Vietnamese expatriates and Cambodians in Kampong Luong commune of Kro Ko district, Pursat province, which is located on Tonle Sap Lake of Cambodia.
The National Assembly Standing Committee has not approved the Ministry of Finance’s proposal to almost triple the environmental protection tax on oil and gas consumption, citing potential harm to consumers.
The Government Inspectorate has found irregularities in the management of BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) and BT (Build-Transfer) projects in HCM City, including the use of inappropriate contractors.
The central province of Quang Ngai should turn its Ly Son island district into a distinctive geomorphological tourism site.
A conference was held in Can Tho City on September 12 to boost ties among enterprises operating in environment treatment in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region and Hiroshima prefecture of Japan.
Hanoi’s air quality has been at an acceptable level less than two days a week, according to a newly released document.
A master plan on the use of Vietnam’s sea is being built by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, a move described by experts as necessary.
Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Truong Hoa Binh had a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli in Nanning city, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on September 11.
Vietnam has shared its policies to cope with arising environment challenges facing Asia-Pacific countries at the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Summit on the Environment which took place in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 5-8.
The Ministry of Finance has proposed to lower import tax on bio-fuel ethanol from 20 to 17 percent so as to make E5 petrol cheaper.
