The Ministry of Finance is amending Decree 132 of 2020 along the line of excluding the determination of affiliated relationships between banks and enterprises based on preset limits, thus avoiding the application of the 30-percent cap on loan interest expense on businesses having affiliated transactions.

The negative impacts of the geopolitical tension have indirectly hindered the global economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, preventing the M&A market in 2023 from unfolding as dynamically as anticipated following the less optimistic outcome in 2022.

By 2030, Vietnam will be able to meet 30-35 percent of the demand for domestic animal feed for which the country has such advantages as microbial products, enzymes, herbs, natural compounds, macro-minerals, trace minerals and natural minerals.

The Prime Minister has recently approved a master plan to ensure the efficient use of mineral resources, meeting the demand for raw materials for use as construction materials through 2030, with a vision toward 2050.

The socialist law-ruled state of Vietnam is the state of the people, by the people and for the people where the whole state power belongs to the people. The state power is exercised in a unified manner, with the assignment, coordination and control among state agencies in exercising legislative, executive and judicial powers, while upholding the people’s right to mastery, and protecting justice, human rights and citizen rights.

With rituals, performances, and dances reflecting religious concepts, Then Kin Pangis a major festival containing unique artistic values and clearly expresses the creative thinking of the Black Thai ethnic people in Lai Chau province.

The conical hats of Chuong Village are not only practical items but also works of art, meticulously painted and adorned with intricate patterns. They have gained recognition as diplomatic products of Vietnam and have been showcased at various celebration.

The Ministry of Finance has recently issued Circular 69, amending and supplementing several articles of Circular 57 of 2021, providing the roadmap of restructuring the stock trading market, bond trading market, derivatives trading market, and trading market for other types of securities.

NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on November 24 signed a decision to issue Resolution 103/2023/QH15, targeting that Vietnam will have 6-6.5 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) and USD 4,700-4,730 in per capita income in 2024.

The 2023 Law on Price will take effect on July 1 next year and supersede its 2012 predecessor with revisions made in 2014, 2020 and 2022.

The Government on November 16 set out several tasks on bio-tech development and application for ministers, heads of government agencies, and People’s Committee chairpersons of centrally run localities.

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.

In order to promptly detect and strictly address crimes, Vietnamese feudal dynasties adopted different measures to prevent and combat crimes. These efforts contributed to fortifying the state apparatus and ensuring the effect of state laws and the stability of people’s lives.

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.