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Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong held a meeting on August 10 with visiting Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kazuyuki Nakane, who said his country wants to further promote concrete cooperation projects with the city.

The Central Party Committee of Public Security and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on August 7 organized a conference to deploy the Government’s Decree on the functions, tasks, authorities and organizational structure of the MPS.

The competition authority in Vietnam have yet to make the next moves over a transaction in which Grab acquired Uber Technologies Inc’s Southeast Asian business after asking Grab to report details of the deal.

Politburo member Truong Thi Mai, head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation, has requested raising responsibility of Party committees and authorities for exercising the regulations on democracy at grassroots level.

A Hanoi railway project's cost has fallen by VND5.8trn (USD256m) after a review proved that estimates for many projects weren’t accurate.