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Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung answered National Assembly deputies on November 8, the third day of the Q&A session of the 14th-tenure NA’s 8th sitting.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is going to field legislators’ queries on November 8, the third and also last day of the question and answer (Q&A) session of the 14th-tenure National Assembly (NA)’s 8th sitting.

The northern province of Hung Yen will spare no efforts to turn it into the optimal investment destination for Japanese investors, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Phong said on September 27.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the Bank of the Lao PRD (BOL) held a conference on September 17 to share experience in macro-economy management, particularly in the finance-banking area.

Vietnam will become a leading digital country and economy in the ASEAN region by 2030 and allow testing of new technologies in the digital economy.

Hospital managers, renowned doctors and investors from the Republic of Korea’s Gyeonggi province attended a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on June 4 to study investment opportunities in the field of health care in the southern economic hub.

In Quang Ninh’s socio-economic development plan for 2020, with a vision to 2030, the province is determined to promote Ha Long city as a smart city.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has instructed relevant ministries and agencies to improve the efficiency of a programme to treat drug addiction by methadone therapy.

The Lao State has conferred the Labour Order and Labour Medal on several outstanding individuals and collectives of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Office in recognition of their significant contributions to Laos’ cause of information, culture, and publication in 2005-2013.

The State Audit will focus on a number of major projects in 2019, including the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line, as well as the 10-trillion-VND flood control project in Ho Chi Minh City and Cat Linh-Ha Dong railway line in Hanoi, according to Auditor General Ho Duc Phoc.

Orientations aimed at speeding up the restructuring process of Vietnam’s economy amidst the Fourth Industrial Revolution was the focus of a workshop held by the National Centre for Socio-economic Information and Forecast (NCIF) and the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Hanoi on November 22.

The processing time for tax credit claims has now been cut down by 75 percent compared to the procedures in 2015.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung on October 15 hosted a reception for Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintila and a business delegation.

Ho Chi Minh City is confident of fulfilling its 2018 budget collection goals, as its economy saw stable and positive development in the first three quarters of this year, according to Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong.

The Study Promotion Association of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and the municipal Department of Education and Training launched a life-long learning week on October 1.

Vietnamese Auditor General Ho Duc Phoc held talks with his Malaysian counterpart Madinal Binti Mohamad who is in Vietnam to attend the 14th Assembly of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc gave an interview to The Straits Times of Singapore on Vietnam’s policy making and stance on protectionism, ASEAN’s urgent issues and solutions to digital economic development of Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has become Chairman of the freshly-established National Committee for E-Government.

With the resolve of the whole political system and the will of the people, Vietnam is ready to overcome any challenges ahead, moving forward to grasp opportunities presented by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will join hands to develop e-government system in Vietnam under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked on May 25 between Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung and RoK Minister of Interior and Safety Kim Boo-kyum.