In Hoi An ancient town, lanterns have not only become familiar with locals but also left good impressions on every visitor. Not only lighting up the night sky, traditional handmade lanterns with diverse shapes, sizes and colors are an attractive decorative addition to any home, street, public space and convey a lot of meaning.

Decree 13/2023/ND-CP on personal data protection (“Decree 13”), since its official announcement, has strongly attracted the public’s attention. Decree 13 has become effective on 1 July 2023. It is the first comprehensive set of rules on personal data protection to prove Vietnam’s ultimate effort to achieve international legal standard.

The Ministry of Public Security has recently released a draft Law on Extradition, proposing the application of urgent arrest of criminals for extradition upon requests of foreign countries, adding cases of refusal of extradition to foreign countries and providing commitments to refraining from imposing the capital punishment on persons extradited to or from Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 11 issued Dispatch 1087/CD-TTg, requiring the strengthening of management over the implementation of auctions for mining rights, especially for minerals used as common building materials.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MOIC) has released a draft revising the 2016 Press Law with six new policies, in which the proposal on development of a state-owned press group model is highlighted.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) is considering to diversify supplementary health insurance packages to offer insured patients with more benefits than the basic package provided currently, such as regular health checkups, screening for early diagnosis of some diseases, elderly healthcare services, among others.

Nguyen Anh Duong, Director of the Department for General Economic Issues and Integration Studies under the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), has granted an interview to a Viet Nam News reporter about impacts of businesses' ESG (environmental-social-governance) practices on the process of the country's circular economy development

By 2030, Vietnam will be among three leading ASEAN countries in labor productivity growth rate, according to Prime Minister Decision 1305/QD-TTg issued on November 8.

I am an American citizen and have been married to a Vietnamese woman for two years. My wife has an eight-year-old daughter from her previous marriage. Am I allowed to adopt my stepdaughter?

The draft revised Law on the Capital has been submitted to the National Assembly at the 6th session for debate and will be approved at the 7th session next year. The draft aims to develop the Capital’s cultural identity and social security, thus making the Capital’s culture and people become its internal strength for promoting its sustainable development. The VietNamNet talks with Deputy Minister of Justice Tran Tien Dung on this issue.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed a mechanism under which large buyers can purchase electricity from renewable energy producers through direct power purchase agreements .

Vietnamese entrepreneurs constitute a social group with a long history, distinctive traditions and valuable contributions, which has played a pivotal role in different periods of the country’s socio-economic prosperity.

The National Data Center must become an important part of the country’s digital infrastructure serving economic development and social management in conformity with Vietnamese characteristics.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is seeking public opinions on a draft circular on choice of textbooks for use at general education institutions to replace Circular 25/2020/TT-BGDDT.

From December 3, when seeking medical examination and treatment, a health insurance participant will be allowed to produce his/her citizen identity card instead of his/her health insurance card stuck with his/her photo.

By 2030, Vietnam will become a center for manufacturing or processing of, and transfer of technologies for, brand-name medicines in the ASEAN region.

The Prime Minister has recently called for the drastic implementation of measures to develop the real estate market in a safe, healthy, and sustainable manner.

Taking effect on July 1, Decree 45, guiding a number of articles of the Law on Oil and Gas, is expected to facilitate the petroleum sector’s oil and gas exploitation and prospecting activities, thus contributing to its rapid and sustainable development.

Located about 30 kilometers from the center of Hanoi, Chang Son is a typical wet rice farming village in the north of Vietnam but it has long been well-known for the craft of making folding fans.

By 2026, Vietnam will build and put into operation a portal of open educational resources, providing learning, teaching, and research materials for learners, officials, lecturers of higher education institutions and those who need to update higher education knowledge, according to Decision 1117/QD-TTg.