Businesses, policymakers discuss taxation and customs rules Business leaders and policymakers reviewed the latest administrative and regulatory changes in taxation and customs during a meeting yesterday in Hà Nội. 

Digital transformation offers better access to health services

Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tiến Dũng talks to the press about the role of digital transformation in the health sector

Central city to become ‘smart’ in 2025

Having launched an e-Government system in 2014, the central city has completed 1,632 out of 1,682 online administration procedures, marking a crucial step in becoming a ‘smart city’ and the first in Việt Nam to join the ASEAN ‘smart’ city network by 2030.

NGO begins to provide legal aid to people with disabilities NGO HCM City Disabilities Research and Capacity Development Centre has launched a project to provide legal aid to and safeguard the rights of people with disabilities.

HCM City to abolish People’s Councils at district and ward levels next year

With 87.14 per cent of votes, National Assembly deputies on Monday morning passed a resolution on urban administration in HCM City to eliminate People’s Councils at district and ward levels in the city.

Enterprises need to be pro-active during the pandemic Nguyễn Bich Lâm, former director general of the General Statistics of Việt Nam, talked to Vietnam News Agency on what Vietnamese enterprises need to do to maintain their business production during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Việt Nam targets private-sector development

Việt Nam needs to develop a strategy to promote the development of the private sector over the next decade to maintain growth, speakers said at a conference on socio-economic development from 2021 to 2030 held in HCM City last week.

Communes in An Giang see less crimes thanks to regular police force Since regular police were mobilised to work in communes in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, the area has seen a significant drop in crime.

HCM City expands e-government services HCM City authorities provided 668 online public administrative services at level 3 and 4 in various fields in the first quarter of the year, and more than 80 per cent of local residents and organisations said they were satisfied with the services.

Finance ministry works with localities to boost WB-financed projects

Deputy Minister of Finance Trần Xuân Hà expected the World Bank (WB) to simplify administrative procedures to accelerate the implementation of projects financed by WB in Việt Nam.