VOV.VN - An international press conference was held in Hanoi on June 17 to detail the amendment and supplementation of certain articles of the 2013 Constitution and the implementation of the two-tier local government model in Vietnam starting from July 1, 2025.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for unity and consistency in the implementation of the two-tier local government system at a national training conference in Hanoi on June 14.

A delegation of representatives from the Vietnamese localities of Bac Lieu, Hue, Phu Yen, Quang Binh, and Vinh Long held a meeting on June 11 with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), one of Switzerland’s leading universities of applied sciences and arts.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s new two-tier local government system is expected to start operating from July 1, 2025 after the National Assembly approves the amended Law on Organisation of Local Government, slated for June 16.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly is scheduled to pass a resolution on the reorganisation of provincial-level administrative units on June 12, according to the revised work programme of the current ninth session of the legislature.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Hungary Bui Le Thai has paid a working visit to the city of Győr, a key industrial, educational, and cultural hub in western Hungary in an effort to strengthen locality-to-locality cooperation between the two nations.

Development of green and sustainable tourism as well as smart urban areas were the focus of the 14th East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress organised in the central city of Hue on June 6.

VOV.VN - The number of Vietnamese citizens giving opinions on the proposed amendments to the 2013 Constitution via the VNeID app has increased significantly in recent days, amounting to more than 17,100,000 as of May 26, according to the Ministry of Justice.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung on May 27 visited Aichi prefecture, where he met with Governor Omura Hideaki and Nagoya Mayor Hirosawa Ichiro, part of his working visit to Japan for the 30th Nikkei Forum "Future of Asia".

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has reported Vietnam’s first case of the NB.1.8.1 COVID-19 subvariant, which has appeared in numerous countries and may be linked to a recent rise in local infections.