Drink-driving sanctions are having an effect

Khuất Việt Hùng, vice chairman of the National Committee on Traffic Safety, talks to Sài gòn Giải phóng (Saigon Liberation newspaper) about Government Decree 100 on how to prevent drink-driving during the Lunar New Year festival

Thailand’s SEC Grants License to Crypto Exchange Platform Zipmex Thailand’s SEC Grants License to Crypto Exchange Platform Zipmex

Many break-throughs are to happen in the transport sector

Nguyễn Văn Thể, Minister of Transport talks to the news paper Thời báo Kinh tế (Economics Time) that the transport sector will do its best to achieve many break-throughs to take the sector to a high level

PM asks for sufficient supply of goods for Tết

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has assigned agencies to ensure enough good quality and reasonably priced commodity supplies for all people, especially those in mountainous and disaster-hit areas.

Ministry eyes tightening corporate bond issuance amid market’s overheating

The Ministry of Finance will tighten regulations over corporate bond issuance because of an overheating market to protect investors and prevent risks which might arise from the abuse of this capital raising channel.

Traffic accidents drop after drink-driving law takes effect

The number of traffic accidents has fallen dramatically, just two weeks after the drink-driving law took effect, according to Lê Xuân Đức, deputy head of the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS).

Project to leave 20,000 civil servants redundant

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Trần Anh Tuấn, speaks to Tuổi trẻ (Youth) newspaper about the project on administrative unit rearrangement in 45 cities and provinces from 2019-21 that expects to reduce 20 districts and nearly 600 communes nationwide

MoF announces 13 market makers for debt market Thirteen commercial banks and securities firms will be allowed to join the debt market or Government bonds (G-bonds) market in Việt Nam this year.

Over 3,700 drink driving cases dealt with in a week Up to 3,785 cases of drink driving have been handled in the first seven days of 2020, with total fines of more than VNĐ12.5 billion (US$539,400).

Government decree drafted to protect personal data The Ministry of Public Security is drafting a governmental decree on personal data protection in order to protect the legal rights and interests of individual and organisations.