Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on cities and provinces to prioritise vaccination of people living in Covid-19 hotspots like HCM City and provinces with a large number of industrial parks.

In a recent meeting with local officials, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that social distancing measures at a higher level than those stipulated in Directive 16 could be applied to quickly prevent the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Pham Minh Chinh was elected as Prime Minister of Vietnam for the 2021-2026 tenure on July 26 during the first session of the 15th National Assembly in Hanoi.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered the establishment of a task force in charge of assisting the study, transfer and production of made-in-Vietnam vaccines to boost local vaccine manufacturing.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chairs a Cabinet meeting to discuss socio-economic performance and COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control work in the first five months this year.

The pandemic is now under control nationwide without any new clusters of unclear origin, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told permanent Government members who met on Monday.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Japanese counterpart Suga Yoshihide lauded the growing Vietnam – Japan ties and discussed ways to boost the two nations’ extensive strategic partnership at their phone talks on May 17.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s attendance in the upcoming ASEAN Leaders' Meeting in Indonesia aims to affirm that Vietnam gives priority to strengthening solidarity and mutual support with ASEAN member states,

Quang Ninh ranked top in both PAPI and PCI rankings released last week, marking the northern coastal province’s decisive reform process within a decade.

A decade ago, the northern province of Quang Ninh faced bottlenecks in infrastructure development. 

From mainly relying on coal mining, Quang Ninh rose to become a rich province through the development of tourism and services. But the Covid-19 pandemic has helped Quang Ninh "wake up" and realize its "Asin's heel".

Mr. Pham Minh Chinh, Politburo member, head of the Party Central Committee's Organisation Commission and deputy to the 14th legislature, was elected as Vietnam's Prime Minister at the 11th session of the 14th National Assembly this afternoon.

During the 12th term, 30 official and three alternate members of the Party Central Committee were appointed ministers and to ministerial-level positions, according to a recent conference on the 13th Party Congress’ Resolution.