The Road Administration Department 3 under the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam is completing the procedures for the forced dismantling of five gate works in Kon Tum city worth VND8 billion ($348,000). The reason is said that these welcome gates…
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 13 called on China to open a border gate to receive Vietnamese exports, which has been stuck here for weeks due to Beijing’s „no COVID“ policy. Chinh made the offer during a…
Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly (NA) has just finished its extraordinary session on January 11. It is called „extraordinary“ because the rubber-stamped parliament meets twice a year, spring and autumn, around May and October. The content of this meeting…
Recently, the findings of news observers in Vietnam have pointed out many anomalies in an advertisement for the product of billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong. The state-controlled media’s efforts to advertise the „magical attraction“ of VinFast electric cars are being exposed…
On December 29, the Vietnamese government announced that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 increase only by 2.58%, lower than the 2.91% rate of 2020 and also the lowest increase in the past decade. The General Statistics Office…
The State Bank of Vietnam has just announced that the number of remittances sent to Vietnam in 2021 hit about $12.5 billion, up 10% on the year. Previous statistics in November 2021 of the World Bank said that, although the…
In Vietnam, over the past two weeks, the number of Covid-19 virus infections has continuously exceeded the threshold of more than 10,000 people a day. On December 10, 2021, the Ministry of Health recorded more than 14,000 cases, and the…
On January 11, Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly approved an economic support package worth nearly VND350 trillion ($15.4 billion) for the period 2022-2023, to support businesses and people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The information page of the National…
One year ago, on January 1, 2021, the revised Labor Law, passed by Vietnam’s legislative body National Assembly in November 2019, took effect. But so far, the establishment of independent trade unions, as provided for in the new Labor Law,…
Thousands of trucks carrying agricultural products, mainly fruit, are still stuck at the main border gate on the Vietnam-China border as Beijing authorities tighten import restriction measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Covid pandemic. In a report sent…
