Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 25 chaired the Government’s monthly law-making session.

Ho Chi Minh City wishes to expand cooperation with Oregon in areas of mutual interest and those that the US state has strengths, such as urban governance, health care, education, trade and investment, mayor Phan Van Mai told Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon at a meeting in the southern hub on November 16.

Government debt repayments are on the right track, meeting the obligations committed to creditors, according to the Ministry of Finance.

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong has underscored that credit governance must be prudent to help curb inflation and stabilise the macro-economy when responding to legislators’ concern about credit for real estate.

As Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards have become mainstream and widely recognised as crucial for businesses, Vietnamese firms have been ready to embark on the ESG journey.

Leaders of the Vietnamese Party and State attach importance to the pragmatic and effective cooperation between the legislative bodies of Vietnam and China, especially in the context of both countries accelerating the building of law-governed socialist states, said Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Macroeconomic stability will be a good foundation for developing the stock market, Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Duc Chi said at the Government’s regular press conference on October 29 in Hanoi.

The Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City has signed an agreement to provide 130 musical instruments worth 75,716 USD to the Can Tho College of Arts and Culture as part of the Japanese Government's non-refundable aid programme for culture at local level.

Ted Osius, former US Ambassador to Vietnam and President of the US-ASEAN Business Council, has commended the Vietnamese Government for its good economic management, making it one of the leading economies in Southeast Asia.

A department head at the Government Office was arrested on September 20 on the charge of receiving bribe in connection with the case at the Consular Department under the Foreign Ministry.