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Vietnamese and Chinese authorities have said the two nations do not have any specific cooperation mechanism on water resources and basic principles of using water resources under the Mekong – Lancang Cooperation framework.Keep reading ...

The Government is considering withdrawing a proposal from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to increase environmental taxes on fuel products to the maximum of VND8,000 (US$0.35), stating the move requires further consideration.Keep reading ...

The National Assembly Standing Committee approved a resolution on Wednesday, creating legal foundations for reduction of administrative units at district and communal levels. At present, Viet Nam’s administration is devided into central, provincial, district and communal levels. Keep reading    ...

Vietnam has created its first regimen for treating synthetic drug addicts, and it combines medication with psychological support. The addiction in Vietnam is being treated solely with psychological methods, but the new regimen by the Health Ministry suggests that it should go along with using ...

Open Development Vietnam (ODV) wants to understand how women are engaging in open data movements across the Mekong countries. ODV is particularly interested in understanding why and how women participate and what some of the barriers to their participation are. Most importantly ODV wants to ...

Vietnam has seen decreases in the number of violation cases related to forest protection and development, as well as the area of forest lost by deforestation. After three years of implementing Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s directions, an average of 16,980 violation cases have been ...

The Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment held a ceremony on March 5 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to put an environmental monitoring station in the southwest region into operation.Keep reading ...

The Asian Institute of Management – Stephen Zuellig Graduate School of Development Management will conduct the Leadership 4.0 in Development and Disaster Resilience masterclass, for the AIM Roadshow in Vietnam where leadership masterclasses on business, development, innovation, and data science will be presented. The program will ...

Hà Nội had been pulling out the stops to prepare for the second Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) – United States (US) Summit which will take place from February 27 to 28.Read more  ...

ViEF – Vietnam Economic Forum is a national and international economic forum which aims to discuss key issues and strategy regarding Vietnam’s macroeconomy. At the same time, the forum maintains constructive dialogues on public and private policies between the private sector, the government and stakeholders. The forum ...