New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam Tredene Dobson has highlighted the significance of the visit by National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue from December 3-7, saying that she believes it will further demonstrate the mutually beneficial nature of the bilateral relationship and of course further advance the relationship in key areas.

The upcoming visit by National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue to Australia is expected to contribute to deepening the relationship between the two countries and parliaments, stated President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines in an interview granted to Vietnam News Agency.

On June 16, 2022, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee adopted Resolution 18-NQ/TW on “continuing to renew and improve institutions and policies to raise the effectiveness and efficiency of land management and use, creating a momentum for Vietnam to become a high-income developed country” with many new breakthrough ideas.

This article is an excerpt from the Report “Public Procurement: Findings from a Business Perception Survey”, which was the result of a collaborative research initiative conducted from July 2021 to June 2022 by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Highlighted here are key findings from the business survey, aiming to understand the experience and perception of businesses in public procurement activities in localities, especially in the health sector.

The draft amended Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control is scheduled to be passed by the National Assembly at its year-end session this October. On this occasion, Ms. Naomi Kitahara, the United Nations Population Funds Representative for Vietnam, grants Vietnam Law & Legal Forum magazine an interview about Vietnam’s efforts and achievements in domestic violence prevention and control.

On the occasion of the 45^th anniversary of Vietnam’s United Nations (UN) membership, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son wrote an article entitled “45 years of Vietnam-UN relationship: reliable partnership for peace, cooperation and development”.

On June 16, 2022, the fifth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee adopted Resolution 18/NQ-TW on continuing to renew and improve institutions and policies to raise the effect and efficiency of land management and use, creating the motive force for our country to become a high-income developed country. Below are excerpts of the Resolution.

Sustainable development of marine economy is an aspiration, a dream and goal of Vietnam’s socio-economic development policies which suits the world’s trend of development of blue marine economy. The Vietnam Marine Strategy for the 2007-20 period and the Strategy for sustainable development of marine economy for the 1993-2022 period implemented over the past 30 years have contributed to realizing such goal.

Sustainable development of marine economy is an aspiration, a dream and goal of Vietnam’s socio-economic development policies which suits the world’s trend of development of blue marine economy. The Vietnam Marine Strategy for the 2007-20 period and the Strategy for sustainable development of marine economy for the 1993-2022 period implemented over the past 30 years have contributed to realizing such goal.

Based on the current legal framework, the Institute for Policy Studies and Media Development (IPS) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has recently conducted a review to evaluate the personal data and privacy protection practices on e-government portals and e-service portals of all 63 provinces as well as apps being put into use by 50 provinces.[1] Two dimensions were assessed: (i) privacy policies issued by local governments; and, (ii) specific measures to implement such policies through technical tools.