On January 11, Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly approved an economic support package worth nearly VND350 trillion ($15.4 billion) for the period 2022-2023, to support businesses and people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The information page of the National…
One year ago, on January 1, 2021, the revised Labor Law, passed by Vietnam’s legislative body National Assembly in November 2019, took effect. But so far, the establishment of independent trade unions, as provided for in the new Labor Law,…
Thousands of trucks carrying agricultural products, mainly fruit, are still stuck at the main border gate on the Vietnam-China border as Beijing authorities tighten import restriction measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Covid pandemic. In a report sent…
According to the latest statistics of Vietnam, the number of people of working age who lost their jobs in 2021 is more than 1.4 million people, while the income of workers in almost all occupations decreased significantly because of the…
The year 2021 shows the Hanoi government’s crackdown on dissidents, which international human rights activists and monitors consider to be the worst in recent years amid the pandemic and the neglect of the West world. The government’s crackdown on dissenting…
The recent case of an 8-year-old girl being abused to death by her father’s mistress in Vietnam is causing public outrage and voices have emerged that say this case shows the need to be more public about human rights in…
After being internationally praised for being the eighth in controlling the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2021, Vietnam finally faces a very strong outbreak due to the impact of the Delta variant, which is contagious and spreads very quickly. As of December…
On December 29, the Vietnamese government announced that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 increase only by 2.58%, lower than the 2.91% rate of 2020 and also the lowest increase in the past decade. The General Statistics Office…
Indonesia has invited officials in charge of maritime security from Vietnam and other countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to meet early next year to discuss how to respond to China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea.…
Deputy Minister of Vietnam’s Defense Ministry, Senior Lieutenant General Vo Minh Luong, has just led the Defense Ministry delegation to Cambodia to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new headquarters of the Ministry of Defense in Phnom Penh in December…
