Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh offered incense to President Ho Chi Minh and launched the annual New Year tree planting festival at K9-Da Chong relic site, Hanoi’s outlying district of Ba Vi, on January 27, the sixth day of the Year of the Cat.

Lao Cai boasts potential to become a growth pole and a tourism centre of the northern midland and mountainous region, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said at a working session with local officials as part of his pre-Tet visit to the province on January 15.

From January 3 through March 15, the draft amended Land Law will be made public to gather opinions of the people from all walks of life, according to the National Assembly Standing Committee’s Resolution 671 issued in December 23, 2022.

The Government has recently issued Decree 99/2022/ND-CP, specifying the registration of asset-based security interests, with a view to enhancing the state management of this field.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is developing a legal document to specify fees for recycling products and packages, which is expected to be applicable in 2024.

Ramla Al Khalidi, United Nations Development Program Resident Representative in Vietnam, speaks to the Vietnam News Agency’s Việt Nam News about the challenges that Vietnam faces in biodiversity conservation as well as activities UNDP has been doing to help promote biodiversity conservation in the country.

There is still a lot of untapped potential for Vietnamese businesses in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) three years after it went into effect, said policymakers and industry experts during an online conference in Hanoi on December 1.

Vietnam will further actively be part of efforts for the global biodiversity preservation and is willing to mobilize all resources for effectively implement its national strategy on the matter, affirmed Deputy Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Vo Tuan Nhan.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held talks with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte in The Hague on December 12, affirming his determination to join hands with the Netherlands in promoting the two countries’ comprehensive partnership.