Vietnam Today

According to a Ministry of Health report, solutions in the draft Master Strategy to effectively respond to Covid-19 in the new circumstances revolve around four major goals: reducing the rate of people infected, increasing vaccine coverage, reducing mortality, and restoring socio-economic development in line with disease control.

Speaking at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ASEAN BIS) 2021 on October 25, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh emphasized that the Vietnamese Government will support businesses during digital transformation, boosting the process and investment in high technology towards green growth and creating green jobs in all economic sectors.

Vietnam has decided to quickly support Laos with $2.1 million and medical supplies to prevent the spread of Covid-19. A symbolic gift-giving ceremony was held on October 25.

According to National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, current amendments to the Law on Insurance Business aim to remove obstacles and help the insurance market develop faster and more sustainably.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting on October 24 discussing a draft socio-economic recovery and development program. The program emphasizes requirements such as strengthening national governance capacity, perfecting institutions, boosting administrative reform, promoting decentralization, and flexibly adjusting monetary policy.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has forecast that if the pandemic can be controlled, then total import-export turnover in 2021 will reach the targeted $600 billion and trade may be in surplus.