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 VietNamNet talks with Deputy Minister of Justice Tran Tien Dung on the draft revised Law on the Capital, which has been submitted to the National Assembly at the 6th session for debate and will be approved at the 7th session next year.

On November 15, 2022, the National Assembly officially issued a new Anti-Money Laundering Law (AML Law) followed by new Decree 19/2023/ND-CP dated April 28, 2023 and Circular 09/2023/TT-NHNN dated July 28, 2023. Those replaced the 2012 AML Law, and its’ all-related decrees and circulars.

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 is seeking feedback on a draft circular revising rules on textbook selection in general schools, with growing calls for teachers’ voices to play a greater role in the process.

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.

Books are protected under Vietnam’s Intellectual Property Law, and their publication or republication requires written permission from authors or copyright holders as stipulated by the Publication Law.

A regulatory sandbox for development of circular economy would be soon adopted for application in four potential fields, namely agriculture, forestry and aquaculture; industry; energy; and construction materials.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has recently proposed raising fine levels for a lot of insurance-related violations, according to a draft decree revising the decrees concerning the sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of insurance business and lottery business, including Decree 98 of 2013, Decree 48 of 2018, Decree No. 80 of 2019, and Decree 102 of 2021.

A working party will be formed for reviewing the current system of legal documents under Prime Minister Decision 945/QD-TTg dated August 11.

From August 15, Vietnam will issue electronic visas (e-visas) to citizens of all countries and territories around the world.