Major transport projects in Mekong Delta to be completed before Tết

Contractors and workers expect to complete construction of several major transport projects in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta before Tết (Lunar New Year Festival), which falls on February 12 next year.

Transport infrastructure works progress slowly, official admits Lack of funds is the main reason for the slow progress of several major transportation works in HCM City, the city People’s Council heard at a session last week.

Law on international agreements and thrift practice report debated by NA deputies

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Wednesday discussed which agencies should be given authority to sign international agreements.

Bình Thuận speeds up work on investment projects The Bình Thuận Province People’s Committee has asked departments and districts to work with investors to hasten the progress of projects that received in-principle licences or signed memorandums of understanding with the province last year.

Pompeo slashes aid, meets Taliban on surprise Afghan mission US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday slashed aid to Afghanistan's government after a mission to Kabul failed to bridge a divide between feuding leaders as he moved forward with the Taliban on a deal to pull troops.

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.

Vĩnh Long to spend $111.9m for public projects in 2020 Vĩnh Long Province will spend more than VNĐ2.6 trillion (US$111.9 million) for public projects this year, focusing on areas such as agriculture, social security, urban and rural development.

Đồng Nai pulls the plug on 531 tardy foreign projects The southern province of Đồng Nai last year scrapped the licences it had issued for 531 proposed foreign projects due to slow progress.

EC recognises Việt Nam's improvements in combating IUU fishing

The European Commission’s (EC) inspection delegation has acknowledged recent improvements made by Việt Nam in the fight against illegal, unreported an unregulated fishing (IUU).

Việt Nam's agriculture sector sets goals for 2020 Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged Việt Nam's agricultural sector to improve its production quality and expand markets to other countries, especially the EU, next year.