The 15th National Assembly entered the 18th working day of the fifth session in Hanoi on June 19 under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, which was televised nationwide.In the morning plenary session, presided over by NA Vice Chairman Nguyen Kha…

The EU’s ban on deforestation-linked imports are causing concern among Vietnamese producers as the requirements to trace commodities back to their origin can push up costs and entail finding alternative suppliers.The EU Deforestation-free Regulation (…

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) inflation continued to trend down for the fourth month, declining from 2.8% in April to 2.4% in May, according to the Vietnam Macro Monitoring report released by the World Bank on June 19.Core inflation remained e…

Close to 836 billion VND (35.53 million USD) were donated and more than 1.16 million needy people were aided in May – the National Humanitarian Month this year.The figures were 11 times and 2.08 times higher than the set targets, respectively.Accordin…

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has delivered cuts to its policy rate three times in less than three months, each time of 50 basis points, to assist the country’s economic growth via the credit channel.According to a release by HSBC Vietnam, after bec…

The Election Commission (EC) of Thailand on June 19 endorsed all 400 constituency MPs-elect and 100 party-list MPs-elect, and reserved its right to investigate electoral fraud involving any of them within a year.According to the endorsed vote results,…

President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife will pay a state visit to Vietnam from June 22-24.The visit will be made at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in its communiqué issued on June …