Vietnam Today

At a meeting on finalizing draft amendments and supplements to a number of articles in ten laws, to support people and businesses in the context of the pandemic, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) proposed that ministers explain the amendments and supplements to the National Assembly. Nine of the ten laws are related to economic activities, such as the Law on Investment, the Law on Enterprises, and the Law on Customs.

Within the framework of the Vietnam - Australia Innovation Partnership Program - Aus4Innovation, the Australian Government has announced funding of nearly A$1.4 million ($1.03 million) for four high-tech application projects in Vietnam in the field of digital transformation.

After implementing e-government for 20 years, the Vietnamese Government has issued an e-government development strategy towards digital government. Digital government is to be associated with resolving major problems in society to better serve individuals and businesses.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue met on September 8 with Mr. Charles Mitchen, President of the European Council (EC), where he expressed a hope that leaders of the EC and the European Commission would support cooperation in vaccine production so that Vietnam could become a regional production center.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a decision establishing a State Appraisal Council to study a pre-feasibility study for the Ring Road No.4 project around Hanoi, which will pass through the capital and three neighboring provinces and have total investment of VND90.4 trillion ($4 billion). The project was approved by the government in 2011 but has yet to come to fruition.

Vietnam is ready to cooperate with the Xenothera Company from France to test phase 3 of a project to produce antibodies and receive technology transfer in order to quickly access more Covid-19 treatment medicine.