Hanoi (VNA) – The Presidential Office held a press conference on July 11 to an🍨nounce the President’s Order promulgating nine laws recently passed by the 15th National Assembly (NA).
These laws address key areas, including education, employment, taxation, advertising, energy efficiency, and the use of state capital in enterprises.
Specifically, the Law on Teachers, which establishes a comprehensive legal foundation for over one million educators nationwide. The law outlines five major policies, including professional standards, recruitment, working conditions, training, and recognition.
Meanwhile, the Law on Employment, which replaces the 2013 version, introduces stronger policies for job creation, labour market information systems, skills development, and unemployment insurance. The law aims to promote a sustainable labor market and applies to all workers who are Vietnamese citizens aged 15 and above, including both formal and informal workers.
Both laws will take effect from January 1, 2026.
At the press conference. (Photo: VNA)
The revised Law on Special Consumption Tax, effective from January 1, 2026, expands the list of taxable goods and services. Notably, beverages containing more than 5g of sugar per 100ml and air conditioners of between 24,000 and 90,000 BTU will now fall under this category.
It also clarifies exemptions for goods and services used for export, public safety, national defense, and other specific purposes.
The Law on Corporate Income Tax, effective from October 1, 2025, introduces new regulations concerning tax-exempt income, tax rates, and deductible expenses.
The Amended Law on Advertising, effective from January 1, 2026, introduces modern management principles, particularly for online and cross-border advertising. It simplifies procedures and provides clearer guidance on content, language use, and responsibilities of advertising platforms.
The Law on Management and Investment of State Capital in Enterprises, effective from August 1, 2025, provides a clearer legal framework for managing state capital in both wholly and partially state-owned enterprises.
The Revised Law on Chemicals, also effective from January 1, 2026, enhances safety standards, streamlines administrative processes, and promotes sustainable development of the chemical industry.
Similarly, the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Efficient Use of Energy, effective from January 1, 2026, introduces new policies to support energy-saving practices and green technologies.
The Law on State Budget, effective from the 2026, fiscal year, brings significant reforms in revenue and spending decentralisation, strengthens accountability, and simplifies procedures. It ensures transparency and enhances the role of the NA and local People’s Councils in overseeing public finance./.
The seven important laws adopted at the NA meeting covers science and technology, atomic energy, rail transport, banking regulation, mass organisations, military defence, and criminal procedure.
The 15th National Assembly is set to adopt seven laws and seven resolutions through voting during the final working day of its 9th session on June 27. NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man is scheduled to deliver a closing speech after the legislature completed the agenda of its 9th session.
Vietnam still faces challenges in meeting its population and development goals. These include a rapidly declining birth rate (in 2024, the fertility rate dropped to just 1.91 children per woman) and a rapidly ageing population. Vietnam is among the fastest ageing countries, due to the low birth rate. The imbalance in the sex ratio at birth remains high, and teenage pregnancies are on the rise.
Amanda Nguyen, the first Vietnamese-American woman to travel into space, affirmed that all of her achievements are deeply rooted in her Vietnamese origin, which she is always proud of.
Nguyen Van Hau, Chairman and CEO of Phuc Son Group, was charged with giving bribes and violating bidding and accounting regulations, causing serious consequences. He received a combined jail sentence of 30 years - 14 years for bribery, nine years for the bidding violation, and seven years for accounting irregularities.
Following its debut in Bangkok, the Hanoi edition features a variety of traditional Peruvian dishes prepared by Peruvian chefs currently working across Asia.
The world-renowned travel magazine Travel + Leisure has just announced the results of its World’s Best Awards 2025, in which Capella Hanoi proudly stands as the only representative from Hanoi, Vietnam to be honoured in both the “Top 100 Hotels in the World” and the “Top 15 City Hotels in Asia.”
As part of the initiative “Million-view startup – supporting 20 million Vietnamese youths in start-up,” jointly carried out by SYS Vietnam, TikTok Vietnam, and Nhan Dan Newspaper, this initiative demonstrates efforts and a strong commitment to empowering and ensuring equal opportunities for those who continue to face barriers in accessing information, education, and employment.
Throughout the 59th session of the UNHRC, Vietnam’s delegation demonstrated a proactive, constructive, and responsible approach—engaging in dialogue, contributing to resolutions, and co-sponsoring major initiatives.
By offering convenient and transparent services, the app plays a crucial role in Co To’s strategy to become a smart, friendly, and sustainable destination, one where visitors feel welcomed, safe, and well-supported.
Highlighting the growing ties between Vietnam and China across politics, defence, security, economy, culture, and people-to-people exchanges, Vietnam News Agency General Director Vu Viet Trang said the close collaboration between media outlets plays an important role in strengthening bilateral relations.
Granting couples and individuals the right to decide when to have children, how many to have, and the spacing between births, in line with their health, living conditions, work, study, and caregiving capacities, is fully aligned with the principles of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), to which Vietnam is a committed signatory, said the UNFPA Country Representative in Vietnam.
Police are probing into “violations of regulations on research, exploration, and exploitation of natural resources” and “violations of accounting regulations causing serious consequences” which occurred at Thien An Phat and other related entities.
President Cuong said building Vietnam into a nation of lifelong learning for every citizen is a very important task, a noble goal, requiring great efforts and endeavours of the entire Party, people, army and those who are working to promote learning and talent nationwide.
As Vietnam is entering a new phase of development with the aspiration to become a strong nation with influence and a solid position in the region and the world, building and defining the national image is not solely the responsibility of the media sector, but an integral part of every component of the country’s overall development strategy, Trang said.
The short documentary on a Vietnamese rice cultivation project in Cuba.is scheduled to air on VTV1 in celebration of the 80th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2, 1945 – 2025).
The People’s Court of An Giang province on July 9 handed down an one-year prison sentence to the 17-year-old Ho Trong Phuc for "abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State and the rights and legitmate interests of organisations."
The case, involving around 150 suspects, centres on a large-scale criminal network that systematically created and exploited sensitive images and videos to blackmail victims.
The Ministry of Home Affairs will accelerate reforms under the theme “breakthrough momentum,” focusing on institutional improvement and resource mobilization. It aims to submit 27 decrees and 17 circulars to the Government, focusing on ministerial structure, staffing, payroll, social insurance, and policies for surplus personnel.
Located in Xaysettha district, the pagoda is a familiar gathering place for the community, especially during traditional Vietnamese festivals such as Buddha’s Birthday, Vu Lan, and the Lunar New Year.
