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Hanoi (VNA) – The Secretariat of the Party Central Committee has ordered stronger leadership, inspections, supervisions and actions against wrongdoings in personnel work in general and in the recruitment of officials and public employees in particular. In a recently-issued conclusion, the Secretariat pointed out bottlenecks in handling wrongdoings even found in the appointment of leading and managerial positions, or in the personnel preparation for Party Committees for the 2020-2025 tenure.  Given this, all-level Party Committees and organisations, and leaders of relevant agencies and units were asked to promptly detect and handle the wrongdoings. Recruitment decisions may be revoked in case of violations, the Secretariat said, stressing the need to identify the responsibility of those involved. The Government’s Party Civil Affairs Committee will assign the Ministry of Home Affairs to issue documents guiding the settlement of wrongdoings this month. The Party … [Read more...] about Party Secretariat urges stronger actions against recruitment, appointment wrongdoings

Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project to archive electronic documents of State-run agencies from 2020-2025. The project aims to make it easier for people and businesses to access and use the archives of State agencies. It will also improve the system of legal and professional guidance documents stored in electronic archives, and ensure at least 80 percent of the documents stored at State agencies are created online in accordance with the law on e-transactions and e-archiving. The Government leader assigned the Ministry of Home Affairs to supervise the implementation of the project and make annual reports to the Prime Minister. He tasked the ministry with submitting reports to the National Assembly for amendments and supplements to the Law on Archives to meet the requirements of e-archive management due to be completed in 2021./. … [Read more...] about PM approves project to increase use of e-documents

Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Transport has asked relevant offices to complete surface damage repairs of Hanoi's Thang Long Bridge by September. The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam (DRVN), the Department of Science and Technology, and the Department of Transport Infrastructure were asked to hasten the repairs. The ministry requested the DRVN to select technical and technological solutions and carry out the repairs using capital from the road maintenance fund. During the repair, solutions to ensure traffic safety for people and vehicles in the construction area must be taken into consideration. The Department of Transport Infrastructure was assigned to take part in consulting and approving the repair plan as well as monitor the progress. The Department of Science and Technology would participate as an expert on technology and technical solutions to ensure quality for long-term use, said the ministry. The bridge’s surface underwent two major repairs in 2009 and from 2012 to … [Read more...] about Repairs of Thang Long Bridge must be completed by September: ministry

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Nineteen State-owned groups and corporations under the Commission for the Management of State Capital at Enterprises (CMSC) incurred losses worth more than 3.7 trillion VND (160 million USD) in the first quarter of this year due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a recent CMSC report sent to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the total revenue of the 19 State groups and corporations fell an estimated 27.3 trillion VND in Q1 compared to the same period last year. If the pandemic continued and oil prices did not recover, their total revenue in 2020 would be 270 trillion VND lower than plans for the full year, the report said. In addition, eight of them would suffer losses worth more than 26.3 trillion VND and the sum contributed to the State budget would be 32.8 trillion VND lower than planned. The CMSC pointed out that Vietnam Airlines Corporation was among those suffering the most from the pandemic, reporting a drop of 6.7 trillion VND in revenue … [Read more...] about State-owned enterprises face 3.7-trillion-VND loss in Q1 due to COVID-19

"All players have to stay inside the complex and going out is not an option. We have night patrols to make sure no player can sneak out. We have many young players and they could take this quarantine thing lightly," Binh Duong General Director Le Hong Cuong said. … [Read more...] about Domestic football clubs stay in shape during Covid-19 sidelining