The Government has requested an immediate inspection over gold bullion trading in an attempt to stabilise the domestic gold market that has witnessed a sudden price rise in recent days.

Improving the business environment and national competitiveness is a core policy priority of the Vietnamese Government in 2019.

The Finance Ministry’s General Department of Taxation should strive to surpass at least 3 percent of the State budget estimate of more than 1,070,200 billion VND (55.88 billion USD), said the PM.

The health ministry has asked Hanoi and HCM City to expand specialised inspection on food safety to 100 percent of its districts and communes after successful trial implementation of this model.