VOV.VN - Vietnam’s rising role on the international stage was reaffirmed by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s visit to Brazil on July 6-7 to attend the expanded BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, where Vietnam participated as a partner country.

Vietnam recorded positive developments in public order and safety between January and June, with crimes against social order falling by 22.55% compared to the same period last year, according to a press conference held on July 7 by the Ministry of Public Security.

VOV.VN - The country is undergoing one of the fastest rates of population ageing in Asia, with 16.1 million people, making up 16% of the national population, now aged 60 and over, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - While the entire Party, army, and people are actively working to implement the four key resolutions recently issued by the Politburo to guide Vietnam’s strategic development in a new era, hostile and reactionary forces have been exploiting social media to distort their content and intent.

As the institutional framework has been imcreasingly improved, what remains is determined and effective execution to complete the targets of 100,000 new social housing units in 2025 and 1 million units by 2030, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has emphasised.

Lawmakers voiced their support for the adoption of a parliamentary resolution on piloting special mechanisms and policies for developing social housing to accelerate the process and shorten the investment and construction timelines for such projects, during their group discussion as part of the 15th National Assembly (NA)’s 9th session on May 21.

VOV.VN - On May 20, the Government submitted to the National Assembly a draft resolution on piloting a number of special mechanisms and policies to promote social housing projects.

Ten private social media groups involved in the illegal online sale of wildlife have been permanently removed from online platforms, as part of a campaign launched by Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) to combat illegal wildlife trading, ENV announced on May 15.

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.

Vietnamese authorities have arrested several social media influencers for allegedly misleading consumers through false advertising of a dietary supplement.