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The first Vietnam - Australia conference on cooperation in drug prevention and control took place in Nha Trang city, the central province of Khanh Hoa, on September 26.

The Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City on September 13 coordinated with the French Embassy in Vietnam and the French Consulate General in HCM City to organise a celebration ceremony and a photo exhibition featuring the life and career of French scientist Louis Pasteur as well as his contributions to the science of humanity and Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested providing timely material and spiritual support for the family of Lieut. Col Truong Hong Ky, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Military Command of Song Cau town, the south central coastal province of Phu Yen, who sacrificed his life while rescuing two drowning persons.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will give specific instructions to each coastal locality on the prevention and combat of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing instead of general directions for all 28 coastal cities and provinces, according to Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien.

The Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC), in collaboration with the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Vietnam, held a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on August 28 to provide guidance on HIV/AIDS prevention and control for workers.

Chief of Mission of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to Vietnam Park Mihyung has spoken highly of the Vietnamese Government’s commitments to preventing and combating human trafficking, affirming that the organisation will continue to support Vietnam in assisting victims of human trafficking.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has issued a circular guiding certain provisions of the Law on Money Laundering Prevention and Control.

The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a circular guiding certain provisions of the Law on Money Laundering Prevention and Control.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 31 issued a dispatch requesting efforts to overcome the consequences of a landslide in Bao Loc Pass, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, and preparedness against heavy rains in the Central Highlands and the south.

Talim, the first storm to hit Vietnam this year, was about 140km east-southeast of Mong Cai, the northern province of Quang Ninh, with a velocity of 89-117km per hour as of 4am on July 18, reported National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Police in Laos' Xayaboury province have arrested six Lao nationals in Hongsa district for involving the transportation of 12 million methamphetamine pills.

The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has agreed with the Health Ministry’s proposal of bringing the COVID-19 from a Class A infectious disease, deemed as “especially dangerous”, to Class B "dangerous".

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong asked provincial-level Steering Committees on Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena to take drastic actions in combating corruption in their locality without relying on higher-level agencies, while addressing a conference in Hanoi on June 19.

The National Assembly (NA) will pass several laws and resolutions during the last working week of its fifth sitting from June 19-24.

COVID-19 patients will not be given free treatment when the disease is downgraded from its current placement in Class A infectious diseases to Class B, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasised the spirit of preventing drug crimes early, from afar, and from their sources, while addressing a programme held in Hanoi on June 14.

President Vo Van Thuong on June 14 met with 140 role models in the fight against drug crime nationwide and representatives of families of the 28 persons falling down in the fight.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, chaired the committee's 20th meeting via teleconference with all 63 provinces and centrally-run cities of the country.

The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU), the Health Ministry’s Fund for Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms and the Global Public Health Organisation Vital Strategies held a symposium in Hanoi on May 31 to discuss the harmful effects of e-cigarettes in schools.

Amid the increasing use of tobacco, especially e-cigarettes, Vietnam has rolled out measures to minimise tobacco harms.