The central key economic region should strive to become a driving force of the central region and be an important gateway to the sea of the Central Highlands and the East-West corridor, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a conference held in Binh Dinh province on August 20.

The country will fundamentally eradicate hunger by 2020 and totally get rid of hunger by 2025. Such goals are provided in Prime Minister Decision 681/QD-TTg dated June 5, which sets a roadmap to achieve the country’s sustainable development goals through 2030 set forth in Decision 622/QD-TTg of 2017.

The Prime Minister on June 7 issued Decision 703/QD-TTg, approving the scheme on competitive transport market development, in an attempt to appealing more investors into the market.

Nightclubs may not admit under-18 people and must close before 2 a.m, according to Decree 54/2019/ND-CP dated June 19, on the provision of karaoke and nightclub services that will take effect on September 1.

The Prime Minister has recently approved the Scheme to mobilize social resources to support children in extremely disadvantaged communes in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

With a view to strengthening the capacity of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the Government on May 10 issued Decree 39, prescribing the establishment and operation of the SME Development Fund.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 20 signed Directive 13/CT-TTg on sustainable development, asserting that sustainable development is a consistent policy of the Party and State of Vietnam.

From August 1, travel agents letting foreign tourists stay illegally in Vietnam will face a fine of VND 90 million (USD 3,900), and have their business licenses temporarily revoked for up to 18 months, according to Government Decree 45 issued on May 21.

The Prime Minister has released a directive to fight loan sharks who are targeting vulnerable people.

Vietnam has banned imports of used machinery, equipment and production line technology aged more than 10 years.