The south central province of Binh Thuan is raising public awareness in the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and the implementation of the 2017 Fisheries Law.

National Assembly (NA) deputies stressed the need to supplement the responsibilities of relevant agencies in preventing and eliminating false information on products to protect consumers, as the legislature put the draft Law on Protection of Consumer Rights (amended) on table during its ongoing fifth plenary session on May 26.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has required the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) to coordinate with the ministry’s inspectorate and tourism management units to inspect accommodation facilities in key tourism areas across the country.

Buyers of condotels, officetels and resort villas can have ownership certificates from May 20 under a new decree guiding the implementation of the Land Law.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 21 held separate meetings with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, on the occasion of his attendance at the G7 expanded Summit in Hiroshima.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh alongside other leaders of other ASEAN member states on May 11 attended a retreat session of the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia to discuss international and regional issues of shared concern.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Duc Hai on May 10 had separate meetings with officials of the Lao, Cambodian, and Indonesian law-making bodies to promote parliamentary cooperation across spheres.

Despite oil price declines, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) posted VND18.2 trillion (US$775.5 million) in consolidated pre-tax profit in the first four months of 2023, surging 77% from its target for the period and equivalent to 52% of this year’s plan.

VOV.VN - Judge Albert Hoffmann, president of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), lauded Vietnamese efforts in enforcing the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), during a recent working session with Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh.

Vietnam has played an active role in implementing the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003 Convention) in both international and national scales, stated Chief of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Section of UNESCO and Secretary of the 2003 Convention Tim Curtis.