The Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on May 10 announced the Japanese Government’s decision to bestow the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon upon Vietnamese Professor Vo Tong Xuan.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) enjoyed impressive production and business results in the first four months of 2021, thanks to its efforts to address bottlenecks to stimulate production and improve governance, besides an increase in oil prices.

Vietnam has recorded the world’s highest percentage of its people satisfied with the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent survey shows.

The Prime Minister has ordered the building of a national strategy on developing a digital economy and digital society to be completed in August.

The State Treasury raised more than VND26.3 trillion (over US$1.14 billion) worth of Government bonds (G-bonds) via 16 auctions on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) in April.

The Departments of Public Security in 63 provinces and cities had collected dossiers of making chip-based ID cards of 33.9 million Vietnamese citizens as of April 27, equal to 67.8% of the goal of 50 million cards to be issued before July 1.

A plan to pilot the urban governance model in Hanoi has been issued by the municipal People’s Committee.

Experts and economists have proposed to expand the issuance of Government bonds to the international market, saying that this will help increase opportunities to mobilise investment flows for socio-economic development projects of Vietnam in the time to come.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand has called on Vietnamese nationals to strictly follow COVID-19 prevention measures in the host country in the face of increasing infections recorded in the country over recent days.

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Embassy of Sweden in Vietnam announced key findings of the Study on Corporate Awareness and Implementation of Responsible Business Practice in Vietnam in 2020 at an event in Hanoi on April 22.