PM urges Nghệ An to form scientific complex of national standards Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Saturday urged the central province of Nghệ An to form a complex of scientific research and transfer that meets national standards in the next five years, as part of measures to realise the goal of becoming a development hub of the north central region.

Bringing a measure of happiness to Yên Bái For the first time ever in Việt Nam, a happiness index has been included in a provincial plan for socio-economic development as a key indicator besides conventional metrics such as GDP, poverty rate, employment and social investment.

Quảng Ninh aims for processing and manufacturing industry to be key pillar The northern coastal province of Quảng Ninh has targeted to make the processing and manufacturing industry become one of the main pillars of the province’s industry.

Land prices frame proposed to be more market-based HCM City People’s Committee recently proposed the land prices frame be more market-based because large gaps with the market prices have caused significant losses to budget collection.

Construction begins on two wind power projects in Sóc Trăng Construction started on two wind power projects in Vĩnh Châu town of the Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng late last week.

Hà Nội needs to set example in all fields: top leader Party General Secretary and State President Nguyễn Phú Trọng has urged Hà Nội to improve efforts in Party building, personnel development and rule building, in order to confirm its position as the national centre of politics and culture.

Key economic regions urged to promote innovation for breakthrough development Key economic regions were urged to maximise their potential and competitive advantages as well as promote innovations to drive regional and national growth, according to the recent Government resolution on solutions to strengthen the development of key economic regions.

Bắc Ninh attracts 119 foreign-invested projects in January-August

The province also allowed 1,602 existing foreign-invested projects to increase their capital by $19.64 billion.

Enterprise revenue tax cut a double-edged sword

Professor Đinh Trọng Thịnh, a senior lecturer at the Academy of Finance, talks to Hải quan (Customs) newspaper on revenue tax reductions for enterprises in 2020

PM checks disbursement of public investment in Ninh Bình

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc had a working session with authorities from the northern province of Ninh Bình on Sunday to check the implementation of socio-economic development in 2020, including the disbursement of public investment.