Experts offer solutions to ensure Vietnam's power supply

Experts offer solutions to ensure Vietnam's power supply Experts proposed solutions to ensure power supplies in Vietnam and called for increased private investment during a workshop in Hanoi on February 17. Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Long emphasised …

Strengthening Vietnam’s Sci-Tech and Digital Landscape

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has emphasised the need to remove institutional barriers to accelerate the development of science, technology, innovation, and national digital transformation, aligning with the Politburo’s Resolution No. 57. Image credits: …

Vietnam: New parametric solution for coffee farmers

The risk transfer solution, backed by the Natural Disaster Fund (NDF) and in partnership with Bao Minh Insurance Corporation, provides timely relief to coffee growers affected by drought. Willis and Global Parametrics have launched the first ever pay out …

Public investment to drive Vietnam’s economic development

HANOI: Public investment has been assigned a significant role in accelerating Vietnam’s socio-economic development, with public investment for 2025 set at 825.9 trillion dong (US$33.6bil), according to the Planning and Investment Ministry. This budget has …

Bond forms between Virginia 9-year-old and Vietnam vet after assisted living visit

Everett Eskew, 9, wanted to thank veterans when he formed an unexpected connection. ANNANDALE, Va. — It all began with a simple thought.   Nine-year-old Everett Eskew took a trip to the U.S. Army Museum in Fort Belvoir when he wondered who is thanking all …

Dozens of Lawmakers Urge Trump to Award Medal of Honor to Storied Marine Vietnam Veteran

Nearly 50 lawmakers wrote a letter to President Donald Trump last week urging him to award the Medal of Honor to a Marine veteran for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War, according to a copy of the correspondence obtained by Military.com. The push to …

Vietnam could reduce government by 15-20% — following the example of the US and Argentina

Vietnamʼs National Assembly on February 18 approved a government reform plan that is expected to reduce costs and improve administrative efficiency. Reuters reports this. The number of ministries will be reduced from 18 to 14, and they will start working …

Gogoro Inc teaming up with Castrol Holdings for joint venture in Vietnam

Gogoro Inc (睿能創意), an electric scooter and battery network supplier, yesterday said it has signed an agreement with Castrol Holdings to form a joint venture, aimed at making inroads into the Vietnamese electric scooter market, leveraging the British oil …

Citizen Digital » Vietnam parliament approves radical government cost-cutting drive

Trump effect: Vietnam parliament to approve plan for leaner government

SOURCE: Reuters Ministries to be trimmed from 18 to 14 Plan seeks to cut red tape, boost efficiency By Khanh Vu HANOI, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s National Assembly on Tuesday approved a bold bureaucratic reform plan that will slash up to a fifth of …