Voters in Binh Dinh province have sent recommendations to the Ministry of Transport, asking “Continue to implement non-stop toll collection and direct investors to have a plan to reduce ticket prices through BOT toll stations to support businesses and people…
No decree for the Labor Code 2019 has been issued by the government so far. Vietnam’s revised Labor Code was passed by the National Assembly, on November 20, 2019, with an almost absolute approval rate of 90.6% and took effect…
Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has just released an official statement about the Triều Đại Việt (Vietnamese Dynasty) group, saying that this is a “terrorist” organization from abroad. Accordingly, the ministry said that this organization was originally called the “Provisional…
The development of the national multidimensional poverty line is the basis for the more accurate and comprehensive identification of the multidimensional poverty and near-poverty line, implemented by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs. According to the Ministry of…
The US State Department and the European Union (EU) both voiced a “harsh” sentence and called for the release of three members of the Independent Journalists’ Association of Vietnam (IJAVN), who were convicted at the trial on January 5. In…
Vietnam’s communist regime has set a target saying after 5 more years, from 2026-2030, talented people will account for at least 2-5% of the leadership positions of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, governments of provinces, and centrally-run cities in Vietnam. It was…
2020 can be seen as a successful year for Vietnam when it effectively controls the Covid-19 pandemic and maintains a positive GDP growth rate (2.4% according to IMF forecasts) in the context of the global economic recession, making many countries…
Just weeks before the opening of the 13th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party in Vietnam (CPV), the government issued a ranked list of “state secrets” which include the information regarding the party’s personnel and internal affairs, a move…
The Vietnamese government has proposed a “leading cranes” model for the new stage of economic growth, but critics say this is not something new, and the country needs to learn from “steel punches” once as they became an economic burden.…
According to observers and activists, the human rights situation in Vietnam in 2020 continues to decline. Many people believe that there are two main reasons for this trend: one is that the COVID-19 pandemic has made international focus on economic…
