VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) remained below the 50.0 no-change threshold for a second consecutive month in May but climbed to 49.8 from 45.6 in April, signaling a near-stabilisation in business conditions, according to S&P Global.

To achieve its ambitious goal of high-income status by 2045, Vietnam needs to deepen the sweeping institutional reforms that are underway and promote greener development, according to two new World Bank reports released on May 22.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh praised the reform in institutional and legal development, noting a shift in mindset, from a focus on state management to one of facilitating and serving the people and businesses, at a monthly Government meeting on law-making for May in Hanoi on May 22.

VOV.VN - Lawmakers have supported a proposal to restructure the local government model from three to two levels in Vietnam during a debate on the amended Law on Organisation of Local Government.

VOV.VN - The recent announcement of tariffs by the United States has caused a renewed contraction to hit the Vietnamese manufacturing sector during April, with the country's Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) falling to 45.6, according to the latest report released by S&P Global.

VOV.VN - A representative from the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) has said that MoPS has proposed merging the 2015 Law on Cyber Information Security and the 2018 Cybersecurity Law into a single piece of legislation.

VOV.VN - Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Ngoc Canh held a bilateral meeting with US Department of the Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Pacific Robert Kaproth in Malaysia recently, discussing macroeconomic conditions and current monetary policy management.

A delegation from the Ministry of Finance led by Deputy Minister Ho Sy Hung has attended meetings with French agencies to learn experiences to prepare for the coming launch of a pilot carbon trade exchange in Vietnam.

Vietnam’s electronic tax system has resumed full operations starting at 8am on March 17, after a temporary suspension for system upgrades and data restructuring, the tax authority announced.

A two-day international conference on data processing and information technology in copyright protection commenced in Hanoi on February 26.