HCM City aims to reduce water pollution by 90 per cent

HCM City authorities have ordered the city Department of Natural Resources and Environment to work with agencies and district authorities to strictly monitor the discarding of litter and untreated sewage in canals in the city.

HCM City develops wide-ranging AI strategy

HCM City is drawing up a wide-ranging plan to promote artificial intelligence (AI) development and research in the near future, Dương Anh Đức, deputy chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, has said.

Production reform, awareness of EU regulation needed among agriculture businesses for EVFTA: experts

With the EU - Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement coming into effect in August and eliminating most tariffs, agriculture, forestry and aquaculture businesses need to be aware of the EU’s stringent regulations, experts have said.

Implementation plan for ILO Convention 98 discussed

A workshop was held in Hà Nội on Monday to look into a draft implementation plan for the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Convention No 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining.

Guiding decrees needed to fight with transfer pricing Anti-transfer pricing measures were included in the law on tax administration for the first time, but a guiding decree has not yet been written. Experts said this could mean the rules are less effective.

Environmentally-friendly production and consumption to enhanced

The production and use of environmentally-friendly and recycled products will be encouraged in economic development plans for 2021-2030.

Online traffic fines struggle to make impact Colonel Đỗ Thanh Bình, deputy director of the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security, talks to the media about paying traffic fines online via the national public service portal

Banks step up bad debt resolution Some banks are speeding up the recovery of non-performing loans (NPLs) this year despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Chairman’s Statement of 36th ASEAN Summit

The following is the full text of the Chairman’s Statement of the 36th ASEAN Summit, which was held on June 26 in the form of video conference.