France will provide technical assistance for Vietnam to streamline administrative procedures, improve its business environment and build the e-government and digital transformation under a cooperation programme between the Vietnamese Government Office and the French Embassy in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Public Security will use a new passport form from July 1, 2022, reported the Vietnam Government Portal (VGP).

VOV.VN - The two inspection agencies of Vietnam and Laos signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 1 aimed at further improving inspections, the settlement of complaints and denunciations, and anti-corruption efforts.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Auditor General Ha Thi My Dung attended the 58th meeting of the Governing Board of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI), held virtually on May 31.

Commercial banks are expecting to have higher credit growth limits in Q2 2022 as they have already used up most of their assigned quota this year.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Australia, the Binh Duong provincial People's Committee, and the State Government of Victoria (Australia) co-hosted a seminar on May 24 to seek further investment opportunities in Binh Duong.

Vietnam's Trade Counsellor in Russia Duong Hoang Minh has proposed the Russian Government consider exempting visas for Vietnamese tourists for 15 days, in the context that it has exempted visas for visitors from Laos and Thailand for 30 days.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited tech giants Intel, Apple and Google in Silicon Valley on May 17 as part of his ongoing trip to the United States at the invitation of US President Joe Biden.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is in New York for a week-long visit to the United States and United Nations, had a meeting with Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed on May 16 (local time).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health received over 7.2 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Australian Government on May 10 in order to vaccinate children aged five to 12 in Vietnam.