The two largest card networks in Vietnam - Vietnam National Financial Switching Joint Stock Co. (Banknetvn) and Smartlink Card Services Joint Stock Company (Smartlink) – will be merged under a decision signed by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on December 22.
Ministries, sectors, and localities need to seriously realise the country’s commitment to import tax reduction as agreed in signed Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in the 2015-2018 period.
Community-based communication activities and prevention measures have proved effective in reducing human trafficking in the central border province of Nghe An.
Former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh has donated more than 800 objects, mostly photographs, to the Vietnamese Women's Museum.
Authorities, business groups and companies need to cooperate closely to keep out fake products during the upcoming festive season, a conference heard on December 23 in Ho Chi Minh City.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked the armed forces to intensify training so as to stand ready for responding to and combating in any possible circumstances while maintaining sound coordination with other forces in safeguarding the country’s political security and social order.
Representatives of the Women’s Union chapters in central Danang city are attending a training course that will equip them with skills to mobilise the community’s support in curbing violence against females and girls.
As many as 66 victims of Agent Orange/dioxin were honoured for excelling themselves at a conference in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on December 23.
Reservoir maintenance, water resource management and natural calamity mitigation were discussed by Japanese and domestic experts at a workshop on irrigation system management on December 23 in Hanoi.
A 10,000 sq.m archaeological site believed to be an ancient village dating back 3,500 years has been discovered on the bank of the Pho Day River, northern mountainous Tuyen Quang province.