Rosy signs in exports-imports, rising shipping fees, and new regulations on seaport services charges are believed to steer Vietnam's seaport and logistics sector through headwinds this year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to reform governance, improve production and business efficiency, and strongly promote development investment.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue presided over a meeting on Hanoi on February 21 examining the bill on national defense industry, security, and industrial mobilization, with many outstanding policies to be introduced to develop the industry.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat called for more international efforts to be made to reduce the impact of climate change, food insecurity and conflicts on the maintenance of peace and security around the world, at an open debate of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on February 14.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Public Security has proposed a new identity card model in a new draft circular to replace the current citizen identity card, for public opinions.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) led by Deputy Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Duy Ngoc began a working visit to Singapore on February 1.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has signed a decision approving a national action programme on women, peace and security for 2024-2030, a move to step up gender equality and women's role in ensuring peace, stability and sustainable development nationally and globally.

Minister of Public Security General To Lam led a delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security to pay an official visit to Cambodia from January 22-24 at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Sokha.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) said on January 24 that it has signed a deal with the National Pension Service (NPS) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on the implementation of an agreement on social insurance between the two governments.

As many as 161 merchants had been granted certificates of eligibility for exporting rice as of January 22, decreasing from mid-2023, reported the Agency of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).