Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 15 applauded efforts by relevant units in maintaining and renovating both the President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and the Monument for Heroic Mothers in Hanoi.
As many as 200 foreign delegates – including heads of the world’s leading real estate associations, developers, and speakers – and nearly 1,000 domestic officials, economists, and enterprises, have registered to join the International Real Estate Conference 2018 that will take place in Hanoi from September 5-7.
The High-Level People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City on August 15 pronounced sentences to former leaders of Navibank, known as National Citizen Bank, on the charge of “intentionally violating State regulations on economic mismanagement, causing serious consequences.”
The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), National Traffic Safety Committee and Honda Vietnam Co. Ltd. on August 15 inked a cooperation programme on traffic safety education for the 2018-2023 period.
President Tran Dai Quang has called on the whole Party, people and army to heighten revolutionary vigilance and combating spirit to firmly defend national security and ensure social order and safety.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has decided to spend 325 billion VND (nearly 14 million USD) to carry out a project on development smart urban services to 2020, with a vision to 2025.
Hanoi is taking the first steps on its way to become a smart city, aiming to help turn Vietnam into a modern-oriented industrial country by 2020.
Four former senior members of the Petrovietnam Petrochemical and Textile Fiber JSC (PVTEX) will be tried for allegedly violating State regulations on economic management on August 28.
The 42nd Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS-42) is scheduled to take place in the capital city of Hanoi on August 19-24.
Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has issued a directive on enhancing State management of scrap imports in order to implement the Prime Minister’s guidelines on strengthening the management of the import and use of scrap.
The Vietnamese Government plans to reduce the cash payment proportion to less than 10 percent by 2020 and 8 percent by 2025, which can be done by expanding the network of automatic teller machines (ATMs) and points of sale (POS) nationwide.
The forest protection department of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang released two reticulated pythons back to nature at the Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve in Phung Hiep district on August 14.
The Ministry of Home Affairs of Laos will join hands with relevant agencies to implement legal documents related to the issuance of ID cards for civil servants and officials.
The Vietnam Renewable Energy Week 2018 will take place from August 21-26, aiming to seek solutions to promote the development and use of renewable energy in the country.
Permanent Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem welcomed a Lao delegation led by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Sundara Sourioudong during a reception in the city on August 14.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) Nguyen Phu Trong on August 14 attended and delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of a training course providing updated knowledge for CPVCC members.
Minister of Public Security To Lam has answered questions on major issues of public concern such as black credit activities, hi-tech crime, online gambling, organised crime and violations committed by officers working in the security sector.
Only 15 percent of business and investment conditions have been cut or simplified since the start of the year despite the fact that a deadline set by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is approaching.
