A national master plan is being formulated to turn Vietnam into a developed and high-income country by 2045, said Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.

Vietnam has called on the relevant parties to end the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, use dialogue to resolve tension and guarantee the security and safety of the Ukrainian people.

The prime minister has urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to reinstate the visa waiver for international travelers to revive the country’s pandemic-battered tourism sector when tourism services for local and foreign visitors are fully reopened on March 15.

The worsening Russia-Ukraine crisis would result in disruptions in the supply chain and increase the production cost in Vietnam, some experts have warned.

Russia and Ukraine have shut down some of their airports, and restricted or closed parts of their airspace as well as air routes, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has said.

Some 3 million students of all grades, including more than 1.4 million kindergarteners, had to leave their in-person classes and returned to online learning as the country continued to witness a surge in new Covid infections.

The Vietnam Directorate for Roads is seeking over VND5.6 trillion in funding for upgrading three roads in the Mekong Delta— National Highway 62 in Long An, National Highway 53 passing through Tra Vinh and Vinh Long, and Nam Song Hau road.

Three Covid-19 antiviral drugs containing the molnupiravir active substance that have been approved by the Health Ministry recently will be priced in the range of VND8,675 and VND12,500 per pill, according to the ministry’s Drug Administration of Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered the Ministries of Finance and Industry-Trade to prepare a study on the reduction of environmental protection tax on oil and gasoline.

The Ministry of Health has issued a dispatch shortening the quarantine time of fully-vaccinated people who are in close contact with Covid cases or those who have recovered from the disease in the last three months to five days from the current seven days.