NDO - Vietnam Digital Transformation (DX) Day 2021 will take place from May 26-27 in Hanoi with conferences on digital transformation in eight priority sectors, as set out in the national digital transformation strategy. 

NDO/VNA – The National Assembly (NA) adopted a resolution on the election of Pham Minh Chinh as the Prime Minister for the 2016 – 2021 tenure on April 5 afternoon. 

NDO/VNA – The National Assembly (NA) elected Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politburo member of the 13th tenure and a deputy of the 14th legislature, as State President for the 2016-2021 term on April 5 morning, during the 14th legislature’s 11th sitting. 

NDO/VNA – As COVID-19 cases have been on the decline around the world and vaccination programmes have been rolled out in many countries, agencies and businesses at home and abroad are hopeful that the introduction of “vaccine passports” will allow the resumption of international fights. 

NDO – The Standing Board of the Hanoi Party Committee held a conference in Hanoi on April 3 to announce the Politburo’s decision to assign Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung as the Secretary of the Hanoi municipal Party Committee during the 2020-2025 tenure. 

NDO - The index of industrial production (IIP) in the first quarter of this year was estimated to have risen 5.7% over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. 

NDO - The Vietnamese Embassy in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in collaboration with the Vietnam-UK Friendship Network and the Vietnamese Association in the UK, held an online ceremony on April 1 to present a book entitled “The UK Market: Things to Know”. 

NDO/VNA - Vietnam always pays attention to creating favourable conditions for businesses and investors from the Republic of Korea (ROK) to expand their activities in the nation, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, noting that the bilateral ties are getting stronger thanks to the presence of Korean conglomerates like Samsung, SK, Hanwha, Daewoo, and Lotte in Vietnam. 

NDO – Exports of aquatic products in March 2021 wereestimated at US$640 million, bringing the total in the first three months of this year to US$1.64 billion, an increase of 3% over the same period in 2020, According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers(VASEP). 

NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered the health, tourism and diplomacy sectors to soon study and issue a "vaccine passport" mechanism in order to promote trade and investment while addressing the Government’s regular meeting on March 31. 

NDO – Impressive figures on export growth to the EU market show that Vietnamese enterprises have initially approached and take advantage of opportunities arising from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). However, this agreement is not the "universal key" for Vietnamese goods to be increasingly exported to this high potential but very difficult market. In order to continue to effectively implement EVFTA, Government, ministries, branches and especially the business community still have a lot of work to do. 

NDO – Vietnam plans to resume regular international passenger flights from this July, according to a plan developed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). 

NDO/VNA – Newly-elected Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue took the oath of office right after he was elected to the post in March 31 morning. 

NDO/VNA – A meeting was held at the headquarters of the Communist Review in Hanoi on March 30 to collect local voters’ opinions about Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong, who is nominated to represent the capital in the 15th National Assembly (NA).