National Assembly (NA) deputies on June 1 discussed the implementation of the socio-economic development plans and the state budget in 2021 and in the first months of 2022 as well as the settlement of bad debts of credits institutions.

Ensuring flexibility in curbing rising petrol prices and settling bad debts of credit institutions were scrutinised by NA deputies on June 1 at a debate on the implementation of socio-economic development plans in 2021 and in the first months of 2022 during the legislature's ongoing third session.

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.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has proposed that the Pasteur Institute in Paris and the Pasteur Network continue to support and coordinate with Vietnam in promoting medical research, especially on COVID-19 and post-COVID issues, as well as emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.

VOV.VN - Many pundits in the United States believe that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's speech given at the US Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) reflects several key issues facing the world, including solutions of global value.

VOV.VN - An annual report detailing foreign investment in the nation debuted as it was released on May 12 at a ceremony in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - An earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale shook Kon Plong district of Kon Tum province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam on May 6.

VOV.VN - With 13% of Vietnamese people carrying the Thalassemia gene, there are an estimated 14 million people in the nation carrying the diseased gene, of which the proportion of ethnic groups with this type of gene is up to 40%, including the Kinh ethnic group at 9.8%.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has been placed 56th among 104 nations in the Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) 2022.

VOV.VN - China’s leading economic media and analysis firm China Business News (CBN) recently published an article lauding Vietnam’s post-pandemic economic recovery and highlighting the potential for greater economic-trade co-operation between the two sides.