Some 130 Vietnamese and foreign pilots will compete in the Kon Tum Open Paragliding Tournament in Sa Thay district of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on March 22- 24.

An ongoing training course on the emission trading system (ETS) and carbon market has gathered 145 participants from relevant state agencies, organisations, and enterprises, making the first capacity-building activity in Vietnam with participation from both public and private sectors.

As an emission trading system (ETS) will be piloted next year and officially operated in 2028, a training course has been held starting on February 26 in Hanoi to promote understanding of the carbon market and ETS for Vietnamese public and private stakeholders.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on February 20 net injected more than VND5 trillion (nearly US$204 million) into the banking system through the open market operation (OMO) channel to support capital for commercial banks.

Ahead of the coming inspection by a European Commission (EC) delegation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) recently asked the administrations of coastal localities to review the situation of fishing vessels unable to be tracked via vessel monitoring systems (VMS).

VOV.VN - The standing members of the Government have requested the Ministry of Transport (MoT) and relevant agencies to complete the North-South express railway line project to submit to competent authorities for consideration in a coulle of months.

VOV.VN - The capital city of Hanoi is scheduled to start construction on four more bridges spanning the Red River this year.

There were 950 cyberattacks on Vietnam’s information system in January, a decline of 33% and 23% compared with that of December 2023 and the same period last year, respectively.

VOV.VN - Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan has voiced Vietnam’s consistent and strong support for multilateralism and the global governance system with the United Nations at the centre, during her recent meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Outstanding credit of the banking system is forecast to increase 4.4% in the first quarter and 14.2% in 2024, up 0.4 percentage point from the previous prediction of 13.8%.