According to official statistics, some 40,000 public employees or 2 percent of the whole system’s payroll quit their jobs in the period from January 2020 to June 2022. The figures were approximately 16,400 in the education sector and 12,100 in the health sector. Mass resignation occurred mostly in localities with advantageous socio-economic conditions, especially those having large industrial parks and export processing zones like Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Hanoi, Binh Duong, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Long An and Can Tho.

National Assembly deputies exchanged views on a draft Law on Medical Examination and Treatment (amended) and some of its contents with mixed opinions, during the ongoing fourth session of the 15th legislature on October 24 morning.

At the ask-and-answer session on August 10 before the National Assembly Standing Committee, Minister of Public Security To Lam said the public security forces are investigating into a case of personal data leakage involving nearly one-third of the Vietnamese population.

Concerns over the newly-issued Vietnamese passports were the main topic during questions and answers at the 14th session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee, which started on August 11.

Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan has put forward solutions to fully tap the potential and role of women in making policies on socio-economic recovery and development in her remarks at the 2022 Global Summit of Women in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 23.

National Assembly deputies proposed specific regulations to improve environmental protection in oil and gas activities while discussing the revised Petroleum Law on June 15.

National Assembly deputies on June 1 discussed the implementation of the socio-economic development plans and the state budget in 2021 and in the first months of 2022 as well as the settlement of bad debts of credits institutions.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on May 25 expressed his concern that this year’s growth target will be hard to reach during the third working day of the third session of the 15th-tenure National Assembly in Hanoi.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and his host counterpart Saysomphone Phomvihan on May 16 held talks following an official welcome ceremony for the former. The Vietnamese top legislator is now in Laos on an official visit.

According to the criteria for age-based film classification set by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, C18 films must not contain full nude scenes, unless these scenes “conform to the content of the film and are neither too long nor overly repeated.” However, “how long is too long” remains unclear under current regulations.