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Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has ordered continued quarantine and close monitoring of those entering Vietnam from regions hit by COVID-19 outbreak caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Dam, who is also head of the national steering committee for the SARS-CoV-2-caused acute respiratory disease (COVID-19) prevention and control, made the request during a meeting of the committee in Hanoi on February 26. Accordingly, Vietnamese citizens returning home from the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Daegu city and North Gyeongsang province will be quarantined for 14 days. Vietnamese passport holders from other Korean localities, except holders of official passports who are confirmed not to arrive in affected areas in the past 14 days, will be subject to additional interviews. Those that intentionally make false declarations about their past destinations will be seriously punished in line with the Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases. Vietnam … [Read more...] about Travellers from affected areas must be quarantined: Deputy PM

The government has implemented a project to preserve and develop the cultures of Vietnam’s ethnic groups until 2020, focusing on the cultures of extremely small groups and those unable to protect and develop their own cultures. The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has reviewed and offered urgent support for groups of less than 10,000 people to protect their cultures. These include the Brau, Ro Mam, Si La, Pu Peo, Bo Y, O Du, Lo Lo, Mang, Cong, and Co Lao groups. … [Read more...] about Ethnic people’s cultural rights protected

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam must avoid becoming one of the world’s major transit points for illegal drugs, according to a directive issued recently by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on behalf of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Law enforcement forces, ministries, State agencies and provincial authorities have been urged to pull out all the stops to prevent drugs from being trafficked from foreign countries to Vietnam and within the country, smash drug rings and improve the investigation of drug-related crimes. The Deputy PM also asked to eradicate illegal drug trade points and tighten loopholes that drug rings can use to commit crimes, especially at pubs, nightclubs and karaoke bars. Deputy PM Dam asked that the law enforcement sector continually updated its list of precursors, psychotropic substances and narcotic drugs in line with three United Nations treaties that constitute the international law framework of global drug control: the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, … [Read more...] about Vietnam should not become drug transit route: PM

The four-year programme will run until 2021. It aims to help the country register 1 million new formal private enterprises by 2020, increase the percentage of women-led enterprises, accelerate the growth in private sector employment, strengthen property rights, develop more competitive factor markets and improve enforcement of competition policy, facilitating Vietnam’s regional and international economic integration. … [Read more...] about Women-led businesses on the rise

Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh on February 26 asked relevant departments and agencies to optimise commitments in the European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) which will take effect later this year. He made the request during a working session in Hanoi to discuss the government’s action programme and the plan to realise the EVFTA. Luong Hoang Thai, Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Multilateral Trade Policy Department, said the EVFTA’s ratification has been added into agenda of the National Assembly Standing Committee’s meeting scheduled for April 13 – 17. According to him, two laws, one decree and one decision of the government are required to be revised in order to implement the deal. In the near future, four new decrees will be issued and the total number of commitments will be raised to 12. Minister Anh requested attention to completing legal procedures between now and … [Read more...] about Trade minister asks for optimising EVFTA commitments