
Time limit for visa exemption shortened to 5 days
VGP – The Prime Minister has allowed to shorten the duration for granting a visa exemption for overseas Vietnamese to enter Việt Nam from seven to five business days on receipt of valid applications.

PM permits workers to return to Libya
VGP - Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has agreed to a number of workers going back to Libya on a trial basis.

Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu to host first int’l seaport festival
VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has allowed the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu to host Việt Nam International Seaport Festival 2012.

Gov’t chief okays medical waste treatment program
VGP - The Prime Minister has approved a new program to treat 100% of toxic solid waste from hospitals by 2025.
VN takes part in combating terrorism
VGP - Việt Nam will join and cooperate with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in deploying the East Asian and Southeast Asian partnership on criminal justice responses to terrorism in the 2012-2013 period.
PM instructs SOEs restructuring in Bình Phước
VGP- PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has given instructions to the plan on restructuring State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Bình Phước Province in the 2011 – 2015 period.
Tertiary education agreement with Quebec approved
VGP - Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has approved the content of an agreement on tertiary education cooperation between the government of Việt Nam and the government of Quebec State of Canada.

PM okays master plan for South Phú Yên-North Khánh Hòa region
VGP - A master plan till 2025 for the South Phú Yên-North Khánh Hòa region was approved by the Prime Minister in which the region will have a total area of 351, 500 hectares.

Gov’t provides rice to Lạng Sơn and Điện Biên
VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has requested the Ministry of Finance to freely provide 3,592 tons of rice from the national reserves to support poor people in the northern provinces of Lạng Sơn and Điện Biên.
Quảng Ninh allowed to hire foreign planning consultants
VGP - The PM has permitted the northern province of Quảng Ninh to decide the value of its contracts on hiring foreign consultants to develop planning schemes.