Realizing the 12th Party Central Committee's Resolution 18 on streamlining the political system’s organisational structure, the customs sector has operated a three-tier model: the Department of Customs, regional customs offices, and border checkpoints.

Singapore’s The Straits Times and Thailand’s Bangkok Post and Kaohoon International described the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA)’s approval of the apparatus restructuring plan as a major shift.

Some 41 % of Vietnamese businesses have begun a transformation focusing on operation and processes, organisational structures and workforce, and customer experience, a conference heard in Ho Chi Minh City on October 15.

The 13th National Women’s Congress opened at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on March 10, with the participation of 959 official delegates representing women of all classes across the country.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presented a proposed list of 27 Government members for the 15th tenure to the 15th National Assembly's ongoing first session in Hanoi on July 26.

An exhibition on imperial workshops under the Nguyen Dynasty is underway in the former imperial city of Hue, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue as part of the Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2019.