The Vietnam-Romania Friendship Association under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) held a get-together in Hanoi on November 30 by to mark the 101st Great Union Day of Romania (December 1).
The Hanoi-based Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) on November 27 presented the “For the cause of political theory training” insignia to Venezuelan Ambassador to Vietnam Jorge Rondon Uzcategui, in recognition of his contributions to the academy’s political theory training.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has taken steps to tighten regulations over banks’ use of short-term deposits, reducing its ratio used to finance medium and long term loans from 60 percent now to 40 percent by September next year.
Land subsidence in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta has ranged from 0.1 to 81 centimetres in the last 10 years, according to the Water Resources Management Department at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Antonio Alessandro on November 23 presented his country’s Order of Merit to Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) plans to lower the foreign ownership rate in the payment intermediary service sector to 49 percent instead of leaving it unrestricted to avoid manipulation by foreign investors in the field.
The Party and State of Vietnam attach importance to the extensive strategic partnership with Japan, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has told Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance.
The granting of licences for internet-based news aggregators by enterprises and organisations has been temporarily suspended from November 1, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has announced.
The southernmost province of Ca Mau will promote its key agricultural products, especially collective brand names, to increase their value and competitiveness.
More than 3,800 plastic waste containers have piled up for more than 90 days at Vietnam’s three major ports of Hai Phong, Vung Tau and HCM City’s Cat Lai, according to the latest report by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
Singapore will become the first country in the world to ban advertisements of packaged drinks with very high sugar content, announced Senior Minister of State for Health Edwin Tong on October 10.
The General Department of Vietnam Customs and the UK Border Force (UKBF) will further their collaboration under a Memorandum of Understanding inked between the two sides in Hanoi on October 2.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev expressed their countries’ wish to enhance bilateral cooperation during a meeting in Sofia on October 1.
The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) always wants to consolidate and promote traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Hungary, NA Vice Chairman Phung Quoc Hien said on September 30.
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