VOV.VN - Local shrimp enterprises have heavily invested in building processing facilities and raw material areas for their long-term development after recording double-digit growth last year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, whilst capitalising on opportunities from new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Secretary of the Security Council of Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev in Hanoi on March 17, during which he expressed his pleasure with Russia’s successful research and development of drugs against COVID-19 and belief Russia will soon overcome the pandemic.

It is necessary to consider building a mechanism for expressway toll collections through toll booths on expressways invested by the State, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on March 15.

Permanent members of the government met in Hanoi on March 11 to deliberate the mid-term investment allocation plan, sourced from the State budget, for 2021-2025.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to add VND502.9 billion (US$21.8 million) to the 2021 State budget expenditure estimate in a bid to step up COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control efforts.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed the significant role played by the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) in the country’s poverty alleviation efforts.

The pilot organisation of urban administration in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang and the special mechanisms and policies for the development of Da Nang were discussed at a meeting of standing Government members in Hanoi on March 1.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 23 launched a tree planting campaign in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang which is a former revolutionary base.

VOV.VN - A State-level funeral was held for Truong Vinh Trong, former Politburo member, former Deputy Prime Minister and former Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs, at the great hall of the Ben Tre provincial People’s Committee and the National Funeral Hall on Hanoi on February 21 morning.

VOV.VN - Despite many types of transport being seriously impacted and suffering huge losses last year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, maritime transport can be viewed as a bright spot in the transportation sector as it enjoyed positive growth.