Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ordered breakthrough policies to revolutionise the education and healthcare systems while chairing a government meeting with the Ministries of Education and Training, and Health in Hanoi on March 25.

As experts have said the credit growth quota policy for commercial banks is currently inappropriate and hinders customers in accessing bank loans, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has announced plans to gradually remove the scheme.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang plans to invest over 301.3 billion VND (12 million USD) in housing construction and repairs this year, in response to a nationwide push to wipe out makeshift and rundown housing, heard a conference held by the provincial Party Committee on March 3.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited several medical establishments on February 24 on the occasion of the Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27), during which he stressed that the medical profession is a special occupation, and those working in this sector must meet both professional qualifications and ethical standards.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health (DoH) on February said that as seasonal flu outbreaks are occurring around the world, cases are also increasing in some northern provinces of Vietnam.

Toyota Vietnam on February 4 announced that it sold 3,346 vehicles of all types in January, an increase of 46% over the same period last year.

A tree planting festival celebrating the Lunar New Year and World Wetlands Day was launched at the Thai Thuy Wetland Nature Reserve, the northern province of Thai Binh on February 4.

Hanoi has approved a comprehensive plan for managing the city’s surveillance camera system, which includes the installation of 40,000 new cameras citywide.

The official launch of the first metro line in Ho Chi Minh City, which connects Ben Thanh Market in district 1 with Suoi Tien Theme Park in Thu Duc city, not only marks a significant milestone in its urban transport system but add a catalyst for the city’s stronger tourism development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 17 requested the development of regimes and policies to ensure the legal and legitimate rights and interests of officials, civil servants, public employees, and labourers in the restructuring of the organisational apparatus, with no one left behind.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for a focus on developing and diversifying services and products in traditional medicine, as well as improving the quality of traditional medicine in healthcare-related services, to meet tourism demands.

A delegation of foreign military attachés to Vietnam, led by Colonel Prin Yongpiyanon, Thailand’s Air Force Attaché, visited the Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi on November 27.