Grassroots healthcare clinics to be upgraded Việt Nam is one of the few countries with a complete healthcare network which had been widely expanded to villages to provide primary treatment to local people, Deputy Minister of Health Đỗ Xuân Tuyên said.

Seoul mayor in apparent suicide after #MeToo allegations Seoul mayor in apparent suicide after #MeToo allegations

ASEAN needs to collaborate for better tax policy: report ASEAN and all member states must collaborate to establish a better tax policy system to build sustainability and resilience across the region, found a report launched on Thursday in Hà Nội.

Việt Nam faces increasing tax evasion and avoidance Việt Nam faces increasing tax evasion and avoidance as policies have not kept up with reality, according to a report by Việt Nam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) and Oxfam.

To tackle COVID-19, a united ASEAN must deliver urgently

The number of active COVID-19 patients in ASEAN passed 10,000 at the beginning of this week. As a collective, ASEAN represents nearly 650 million people, and with more people continuing to be infected with each passing day, the ASEAN, it’s people, economy and way of life are hit increasingly harder.

Oxfam urges rescue to stop 'half a billion more' in poverty International aid group Oxfam on Thursday urged world leaders to agree a comprehensive rescue package to muster some US$2.5 trillion needed to prevent half a billion more people being pushed into poverty by the coronavirus pandemic.

Realising women’s rights towards gender equality According to the Global Gender Gap report 2018, which benchmarks 149 countries on their progress towards gender parity on a scale from 0 (disparity) to 1 (parity) across four thematic dimensions—the sub-indexes Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment.

Billionaires richer than 60 percent of the world's population: Oxfam

MoU signed for building sustainable clam supply chain in Mekong Delta

More than 20,000 clam farmers in Bến Tre, Tiền Giang and Trà Vinh are expected to benefit from a memorandum of understanding the three provinces signed with Lenger Seafoods Vietnam on Wednesday (Jan 8) to supply clams to the processor.

Việt Nam should cut tax incentives for long term development Tax incentives had led to a decrease in State revenue in Việt Nam over recent years, said Nguyễn Đức Thành, director of the Việt Nam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR), at a conference yesterday in Hà Nội.