Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Phu Quoc have made it onto the global list of 100 greatest places to explore on Earth as voted by Time magazine.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is collecting feedbacks from the public on a draft Decision of the Prime Minister approving the 2021-2030 cooperative and collective economic development strategy

The northern province of Quang Ninh continues topping the 2020 Public Administration Reform (PAR) Index, the Government’s Steering Committee for Administrative Reform announced on June 24.

Digital government is oriented to be open for people, firms and other organisations to properly participate in the activities of and interact with state agencies, in a bid to jointly improve transparency and service quality, solve problems, and create value for society together.

The State Bank of Vietnam continues topping the 2020 Public Administration Reform (PAR) Index, the Government’s Steering Committee for Administrative Reform has announced.

The projects on national population database and on citizen ID card production, issuance and management have basically completed set targets.

Pfizer, a US multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation, has pledged to provide Vietnam with 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12-18 in the fourth quarter to help with its vaccination rollout.

Vietnam's total import-export revenue was estimated at more than 316.7 billion USD in the first six months of 2021, according to the General Statistics Office.

Vietnam is marching towards becoming a cashless society with new methods of electronic payments being deployed widely.

Hanoi sets a target of jumping five steps in the Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) rankings every year.

Vietnam attracted nearly 14 billion USD in FDI in the first five months of this year, up 0.8 percent over the same period last year.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) in May increased by 0.16% compared to that of the previous month.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has highlighted the ultimate goal of protecting people’s health, driving back COVID-19 pandemic, especially in key areas, to ensure socio-economic development and social welfare during a nationwide teleconference in Hanoi on May 29.

Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Major natural disaster prevention and resilience projects

Results of genetic sequencing of specimens from imported cases into Vietnam show seven new SARS-CoV-2 variants causing the COVID-19 epidemic.