VOV’s functions, structure issued. (Photo: VOV) Hanoi (VNA) – The Government has renewed thedecree regulating functions, tasks, powers and structure of Radio the Voice ofVietnam (VOV) instead of Decree No.55/2014/ND-CP issued four years ago.Under new Decree No.03/2018/ND-CP, VOV is a governmentalagency and national radio station which works to disseminate the Party’s guidelinesand the State’s laws, contributing to the people’s improved intellectual standardsvia radio broadcasting and other press and multimedia services.VOV is managed by the Ministry of Information andCommunications in terms of press, broadcasting and television.The radio station is tasked with developing annual,medium-term and long-term plans, programmes and strategies and submit them tothe Government and the Prime Minister for approval. It must decide and takeresponsibility for daily broadcast contents and programmes alongside broadcastrange and impacts of its works on internal and external affairs in accordancewith legal regulations.It is assigned to produce, transmit, broadcast, issue andarchive radio and television programmes, and online and print newspapers. In respect of structure, VOV runs a system of news channels,including VOV1 for news and current affairs, VOV2 for cultural and social news,VOV3 for music, VOV4 for ethnic affairs, VOV5 for external news service, VOV6for literature and arts, and VOV Transport.Additionally, it operates the online news website vov.vn,the print newspaper VOV and VTC Digital Television.VOV has representative offices in the Northeast,Northwest, Central, Central Highlands and Mekong Delta regions and in Ho ChiMinh City and overseas offices.-VNA
(Cinet)- On 25th December 2007, Prime Minister signed a Decree No. 185/2007/NĐ-CP on regulating functions, duties, rights and organization structure of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, an orphan of the Government, is responsible for state administration on culture, family, gyms, sports and tourism nationwide; and public service state administration in the fields of culture, family, gyms, sports and tourism under the Vietnamese laws Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism conducts its duties and rights under the regulations at Decree No. 178/2007/NĐ-CP dated 3rd December 2007 of the Government stipulating functions, duties, rights and…... [read more]
APEC economic leaders have issued the Da Nang Declaration after their 25th meeting on November 11 in the central city. Leaders of the 21 APEC member economies pose for a photo on the occasion of the 25th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Da Nang city on November 11. Photo by VNA The full text the declaration entitled “Creating new dynamism, fostering a shared future” is as follows:1. We, the Leaders of APEC, gathered in Da Nang, Viet Nam under the theme Creating New Dynamism, Fostering a Shared Future, determined to take bolder and sustained collective actions to inject new dynamism…... [read more]
The session was chaired by Politburo member, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.Ta Ngoc Tan, a Party Central Committee member, who is Editor-in-Chief of Tap Chi Cong San (Communist Review), highlighted the persistent preservation and creative application of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thoughts in the transitional period to socialism in Vietnam.He attributed huge achievements of historical significance made in the country’s renewal process to the correct understanding of the scientific and revolutionary nature of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thoughts and creative application of these mentoring documents in the reality of building socialism in the country.“These require us to…... [read more]
Luu Duc Huy, head of the General Department of Taxation’s (GDT) Policy Division, said at a meeting in early December discussing the draft amendments to the Law on Tax Administration that his agency proposes adding one chapter on tax investigation to the draft to adapt to the country’s increasingly deep global integration.Vietnam has so far signed agreements on the avoidance of double taxation with 76 countries. The country has also undertaken numerous tax commitments with ASEAN and the World Trade Organization (WTO).“We propose being empowered to investigate tax issues and then send the investigation results to other investigation agencies. The…... [read more]
Following is the full text of the declaration: “ Ho Chi Minh City Declaration Water, Energy and Food security in the context of climate change for the Mekong River Basin 5 April 2014 Preamble We, the Heads of the Governments of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, meet in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, for the Second Summit of the Mekong River Commission (MRC). We reaffirm the vital importance of sustainable use and management of water and related resources of the Mekong River Basin and the continuing political commitment to implement the 1995 Mekong…... [read more]
