The revised Land Law, recently adopted by the 15th-tenure National Assembly, which includes people of Vietnamese origin among land users and increases interests for foreign-invested economic entities, is expected to have positive impacts on the real estate market and the economy at large.

VOV.VN - Le Thi Minh Thoa, deputy permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN and minister counselor, affirmed that the values, purposes, and principles of the UN Charter represent an important foundation of international law.

As many as VND531 billion (US$21.7 million) under the VND120 trillion credit package for social housing development has been disbursed, according to Director General of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s Department of Credit for Economic Sectors Ha Thu Giang.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha underlined the need to manage the pharmaceutical industry under market rules, ensuring publicity, transparency, quality control, safety, and cheapest prices during a meeting in Hanoi on February 19 to discuss the law on amendments and supplementations to some articles of the Law on Pharmacy.

VOV.VN - The Office of the President on February 19 announced the President’s decision to promulgate the amended Land Law and the amended Law on Credit Institutions which was passed by the National Assembly at its recent extraordinary session.

VOV.VN - The Prime Minister has requested that the Ministry of Public Security develop devices and seek technical solutions for collecting, exploiting, and using biometric information about iris, DNA, and the voice of citizens to be integrated into the new ID card.

VOV.VN - As many as 83 traffic accidents occurred nationwide on February 11, or the second day of the lunar new year, causing 28 deaths and 87 injuries, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

The settlement of bad debts will face many difficulties this year as there are no legal regulations related to repossessing collateral assets, industry insiders said.

VOV.VN - The Party Central Committee, at a meeting in Hanoi on January 31, agreed to let a Politburo member and a Party Central Committee member relinquish their positions in the Politburo and the Party on their requests.

Despite a challenging global economic landscape, Vietnam continues to stand resilient as one of the top 10 recipients of overseas remittances worldwide, with an estimated US$14 billion last year, according to the World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief and the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD).