Officials quizzed on hot topics Government officials yesterday provided further details to the media at the Government meeting for August, regarding matters of concern among the public recently.

Mercury levels after Rạng Đông fire deemed safe The level of mercury found in various samples collected in the vicinity of a destroyed light bulb factory in a densely-populated area of Hà Nội has been deemed safe to human health, Việt Nam Environment Administration under the environment ministry said late on Wednesday.

More needs to be done to improve business environment The Prime Minister's working group on Wednesday said that ministries had drastically cut business conditions and administrative procedures in order to facilitate businesses’ activities, but more still needs to be done.

PM chairs Gov’t meeting on law building

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Monday chaired a Government meeting on law building with the participation of representatives from the Government Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs as well as National Assembly committees, the Vietnam Fatherland Committee and ministries.

PM urges ministries to avoid power cuts Many key electricity projects, especially large-scale projects that are expected to be completed in 2023, have been delayed, leading to a risk of electricity shortages from 2021.

Gov’t urged to stay alert in management  Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc also bemoaned the slow introduction of some legal documents.

PM inspects construction of HCM City’s Metro Line No.1

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and leaders of some ministries and agencies inspected the construction of Metro Line No.1 in HCM City on April 12. 

Government meeting discusses BT projects, planning law Cabinet members agreed that BT projects, which are invested in by businesses that will be paid with assets and goods rather than money, are necessary considering limited State budget resources

MoNRE rejects Hà Nội pollution report

Earlier this week, the 2018 World Air Quality and Greenpeace and IQAir AirVisual’s Report reported that Hà Nội stood second in Southeast Asia in terms of air pollution, just behind Indonesia’s capital Jakarta

PM Phúc puts focus on institutions

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked ministries and agencies to focus and spend more time to strengthen their institutional building activities with direct involvement of the ministers in this work.