Vietnam’s National Action Centre for Toxic Chemicals and Environmental Treatment and the US Defence Threat Reduction Agency’s On-Site Inspection and Building Capacity Directorate have signed an administrative agreement to boost Vietnam’s capacity to respond to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents.

VOV.VN - A delegation of nearly 50 representatives from Vietnamese agencies, businesses, and agricultural associations is travelling to the United States to seek trade promotion opportunities and boost imports of key US agricultural products from June 1 - 7.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 22 signed an official dispatch, ordering ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, and chairpersons of centrally-run cities and provinces to expedite the simplification of administrative procedures.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s ongoing administrative reforms aimed at enhancing governance efficiency and optimizing national resources are being implemented in a methodical, determined, and comprehensive manner, making considerable contributions to the nation’s socio-economic development.

VOV.VN - Deputies to the National Assembly debated a draft resolution on supplements and amendments to certain articles of the 2013 Constitution at its ongoing ninth session in Hanoi on May 14.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 9 chaired a government meeting which focused on accelerating the reorganisation of administrative units and the building of a two-level local administration model.

VOV.VN - Vietnam on May 6 launched a nationwide public consultation process on proposed amendments to the 2013 Constitution to gather feedback from all sectors of society to ensure that any constitutional changes reflect the will and interests of the country.

Members of the Politburo and Secretariat reviewed the restructuring of the political system’s organisational apparatus and reorganisation of administrative units at all levels during a meeting on May 3.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will soon issue a new national administrative map that reflects the ongoing restructuring of provincial and commune-level administrative units, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA).

The capital city of Hanoi has announced its administrative unit restructuring plan, reducing the number of local-level administrative units from 526 communes and wards to just 126.