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The UN Security Council expressed concern over growing violations of the ceasefire in Yemen during its monthly meeting on this Middle Eastern country on July 28.

Concerns related to information security, complex administrative procedures and lack of transparency in processing applications mean many individuals and organisations are still reluctant to use online public services in Ho Chi Minh City, local authorities said.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee convened an unscheduled meeting in Hanoi on April 8 to discuss support to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Experts and managers discussed solutions to improve the quality and efficiency of auditing public-private partnership (PPP) projects during a conference themed “PPP projects and the role of the State Audit” held by the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV) in Hanoi on March 3.

Local property experts have forecast that the domestic real estate market will recover this year.

The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) has received dozens of documents from listed companies asking to extend the deadline for the disclosure of this year's financial statements.

Vietnam has been in short of supply chain finance solutions, which help local firm expand their business and penetrate into new markets, heard a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on November 11.

Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has affirmed that former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government led by the National Front showed the lack of transparency in property transactions worth over 4 billion USD during the 2010 – 2017 period.

The value of the merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in Vietnam reached 5.43 billion USD in the first seven months of this year, according to data released on July 23 by the AVM Vietnam, a co-organiser of the Vietnam M&A Forum 2019.

Eliminating the State monopoly and engaging the private sector in public service provision is an urgent need, according to Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Vu Tien Loc.

A meeting held in Hanoi on May 10 discussed financial solutions for businesses amid the current context in which roughly 20 percent of firms in need of funding still have problems gaining access to credit.

The banking sector pledged to meet the capital demand for production and business, especially in five prioritised sectors, Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dao Minh Tu said at a conference connecting enterprises and banks in Hanoi on April 16.

The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam (DRVN) is planning an investigation into toll collection activities of the State-run Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) on all highways over concerns of a lack of transparency.

Despite formidable challenges, most of the Vietnamese workers said that they are able to cover basic living expenses with average monthly income of 5.53 million VND (237.79 USD), according to a survey released on July 12 by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL).

Cabinet members were grilled about Mobifone’s acquisition of AVG and fire safety at apartment blocks, which are hot-button issues recently, at a press conference held following the Government’s regular monthly meeting on April 2.

The wrongdoings in State-owned Mobifone’s acquisition of the Audio Visual Global Joint Stock Company (AVG) are attracting public attention, with wide expectations that the case should be handled strictly and lost State asset must be recovered.

The Ministry of Transport plans to install e-tags on 3.2 million motorised vehicles by the year-end in a bid to conduct electronic toll collection (ETC) at build-operate-transfer (BOT) stations in 2019.

As the world faces a crisis in wealth distribution, some experts doubt if the accumulation of capital will encourage innovation and investment, but instead, lead to multiple tax burdens and increase the gap between rich and poor.

Transparency in the equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) must be enhanced to attract foreign strategic investment in the process, experts said.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue emphasized that salary reform is an urgent demand at a conference in Hanoi on December 13 to discuss experience of the world and Vietnam in renovating salary policies.