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The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) has been accelerating support for Vietnamese companies to promote technology transfer and develop new technologies for the creation of higher-quality and value-added products under the national technology innovation programme by 2030, according to an official.

Vietnam recorded 881 new COVID-19 cases on June 4, the lowest number in the past 11 months, the Ministry of Health said.

Two more vaccines against African swine fever (ASF), developed by AVAC Vietnam Co., Ltd. and Dabaco Group JSC, are expected to be licensed in Vietnam by the end of this year.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to speed up urbanisation of the four outlying districts of Can Gio, Cu Chi, Hoc Mon and Binh Chanh, making them cities by 2030 like it did to the erstwhile Thu Duc district.

France will provide technical assistance for Vietnam to streamline administrative procedures, improve its business environment and build the e-government and digital transformation under a cooperation programme between the Vietnamese Government Office and the French Embassy in Vietnam released on June 3.

The Vietnam Low Emission Energy Programme II (V-LEEP II), which is worth 36 million USD and funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), was kicked off in Hanoi on June 3.

The Vietnamese and Lao ministries of public security will work harder to raise the efficiency of cooperation in drug combat, heard a meeting in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue on June 3.

A centre for intensive surgery and interventional cardiology for children equipped with modern facilities and equipment was put into operation at the Children Hospital 1 in Ho Chi Minh City on June 3.

Vietnam Airlines Corporation coordinated with the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan and Thien Minh Group to organise a workshop themed “Fly Vietnam Airlines – Rediscovery” in Tokyo on June 3.

The draft Petroleum Law (amended) and the draft law on amendments and supplements to a number of articles of the Law on Radio Frequencies were among the matters tabled at the third sitting of the 15th National Assembly on June 3.

Vietnam has become the first country in the world to successfully research and produce a vaccine against African swine fever (ASF), and licence its commercial circulation.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received a delegation from the Vietnam Association of Historical Sciences (VAHS) in Hanoi on June 3, discussing general historical education - research and the VAHS’s development orientations.

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) will have a 150-ha multi-function park in Thanh Xuan Ward and Thoi An Ward in District 12.

(CPV) - Gaia Nature Conservation on June 2 kicked off the Dong Nai reforestation program 2022, which had the participation of nearly 150 Nestlé staffs, Gaia, and the guidance of Dong Nai Culture and Nature Reserve.

A seminar was recently held by the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs to discuss the role of overseas Vietnamese businesses in introducing and developing distribution channels for Vietnamese goods in foreign markets.

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De Heus group of the Netherlands has continuously been seeking to expand its investment in the Vietnamese market by partnering with Hung Nhon Group to develop the DHN Gia Lai High-Tech Agricultural Complex in the central highlands province of Kon Tum.

Ambassador Nguyen Van Thao, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the EU, has met with EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski to discuss ways for fostering agricultural cooperation between the two sides.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, all seven Vietnamese students who participated in the Vietnamese team at the Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad (APIO) 2022 have won prizes, bringing home three gold medals and four silvers.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue had a meeting with the Group of Young NA Deputies on June 2.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received visiting Lt. Gen. Khamliang Outhakaysone, Deputy Minister of National Defence and Chief of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army, in Hanoi on June 2.

Free trade agreements (FTAs) bring competitive advantages to Vietnamese exports, but also pose many risks due to the rise of trade barriers.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh paid an official visit to Australia’s Northern Territory from May 30 to June 2 at an invitation of Chief Minister Natasha Fyles.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia and the Overseas Vietnamese Association in the country welcomed and repatriated 11 Vietnamese people who had fleed from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine to Russia, from May 29-31.

A conference was recently held in Moscow by the Management Board of President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and the All-Russian Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (VILAR) to review their 30-year partnership in ensuring long-term preservation and absolute safety of the body of President Ho Chi Minh.

Da Nang city in central Vietnam welcomed 1,000 tourists joining a MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and events) tour on June 1 at the BNI Leadership Team Summit 2022 with the theme “Better Together”.

As many as 764,314 firms, or more than 92 percent of Vietnamese total, have registered to convert to electronic invoices, according to deputy head of the General Department of Taxation Dang Ngoc Minh.

One month after the launch of the contest on the Vietnam – Laos loyal special relationship, the Vinh Phuc Provincial Union of Friendship Organizations received 5,301 submissions. Three collectives and 8 excellent individuals were presented awards during a meeting to mark the establishment of the Vietnam – Laos diplomatic relationship (September 5), on June 1.

On May 30, the Government issued Decree 36/2022/ND-CP on supporting interest rate for loans at the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP), including loan capital, interest rate compensation and management fees for the bank to provide loans according to Resolution 43/2022/QH15, dated January 11, 2022 of the National Assembly, on fiscal and monetary policies to support the socio-economic developmen

The total state budget collection in Ho Chi Minh City continues to record positive results with a year-on-year 19.5% increase in the first five months of the year, according to the city Statistic Office.