The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on July 23 issued a document on intensifying the handling of fake news and untrue information about COVID-19 on the internet.

In a move to further implementing the UKVFTA, the Government has issued Decree 53/2021/ND-CP outlining Vietnam’s preferential export tariff and special preferential import tariff schedules to implement the UKVFTA in the 2021-2022 period.

The Prime Minister has recently approved a plan to implement the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), assigning tasks and responsibilities to relevant agencies and organizations and deciding on directions and measures to implement the deal fully and effectively.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 23 signed Directive No. 13/CT-TTg clarifying the major guidelines for formulation of medium-term public investment plan for the 2021-2025 period.

With a view to comprehensively renovating the management mechanism of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) toward modernity based on effective application and utilization of achievements of the fourth industrial revolution, the SBV on May 11 approved a plan on digital transformation of the banking sector by 2025, with a vision toward 2030.

With a view to removing bottlenecks for the development of social housing projects to meet market demand, the Government issued in April Decree 49/2021/ND-CP, revising a number of articles of Decree 100 dated October 20, 2015, on social housing development and management.

The Government has recently issued Decree 52/2021/ND-CP providing extension of payment time limits for value-added tax, corporate income tax, personal income tax, and land rentals in order to support businesses and people suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Prime Minister has recently approved the Vietnam Forestry Development Strategy in the 2021-30 period with a vision toward 2050.

Service sector is expected to grow by 7-8 percent annually in the 2021-2030 period and account for half of GDP by 2030, reads a strategy recently approved by the Prime Minister for service sector development in the 2021-30 period, with a vision toward 2050.

The Prime Minister on March 22 issued a decision approving a list of 55 online public services that need to be provided on the National Public Service Portal in 2021.