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City to speed up vaccination drive, assist businesses affected by outbreak

  Nguyễn Văn Nên (middle), secretary of HCM City Party Committee, chairs an online conference on measures to support businesses affected by the pandemic on Thursday. — VNS Photo Bồ Xuân Hiệp HCM CITY — HCM City authorities will continue to support the business community affected by the pandemic and speed up the vaccination drive, Nguyễn Văn Nên, secretary of the city Party […]


Vietjet to trial IATA Travel Pass for international flights

  The IATA Travel Pass will help passengers manage their travel health credentials in line with the prevailing government requirements for COVID-19 tests or vaccination. — Photo courtesy of Vietjet HCM CITY — Vietjet will participate in trialling the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass, a mobile app to manage digital health credentials in order to […]


Lending a hand

Many stalls have been set up in Hà Nội to introduce agricultural products from virus-hit provinces to local people. This is Government plan to promote sale of fruit and vegetables to help farmers reach their customers amid the pandemic.


Bến Tre’s shrimp sector targets production value of $1 billion by 2025

  A high-tech shrimp farming model in Bình Đại District, Bến Tre Provine. — VNA/VNS Photo Công Trí BẾN TRE — The production value of the shrimp industry in the Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre aims to increase by an average of 41.1 per cent each year to 2025 and reach US$1 billion. According to […]


Local chemical manufacturers ready to help prevent COVID-19

Night view of Tân Bình 2 chemical plant, the branch of South Basic Chemicals, in Biên Hoà City. — Photo courtesy of South Basic Chemicals Ly Ly Cao HÀ NỘI — As the number of COVID-19 cases has surged since the fourth wave hit the country in late April, the need for chemical products like […]


E-commerce platform – a sustainable solution for farming products

The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously affected the distribution and exports of Vietnamese agricultural products. Although this year’s agricultural season is more difficult due to the pandemic and social distancing, farmers have still seen a bumper harvest with good selling prices. In the current conditions, the distribution of farming products on e-commerce platforms is considered as […]


Taiwan’s Pegatron to invest $101 million more in Việt Nam

Pegatron haedquater in Taipei. — Photo pegatroncorp.com HÀ NỘI — Taiwanese Pegatron Corp, a major manufacturing partner of Apple, Microsoft and Sony, will add US$101 million to its investment in Việt Nam, reported Reuters. The investment in Pegatron’s Việt Nam subsidiary would be for the production and sales of computers and peripheral equipment, communication equipment and […]


Cần Thơ shrugs off COVID, achieves impressive growth

  Cần Thơ City, which has recorded impressive growth in various sectors like tourism and industrial production so far this year despite COVID-19. – Photo laodong.vn CẦN THƠ — In the first five months of the year, Cần Thơ City achieved impressive growth in industrial production, retail sales and tourism despite the effects of COVID-19. […]


Bình Định proposes withdrawing two local ports from planning

  Fishing vessels are moored at Tam Quan Port, Bình Định Province. Đề Gi and Tam Quan ports are proposed to be withdrawn out of the master seaport development planning in the 2021-30 period. — Photo thanhnien.vn HÀ NỘI — The People’s Committee of the southern province of Bình Định has proposed the Ministry of Transport […]


Vietnamese overseas investment triples

  A dairy farm of TH Group in Volokolamsk Town of Russia. — Photo danviet.mediacdn.vn HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese firms poured US$546.7 million into overseas projects in the first five months of 2021, more than triple the figure of the same period last year. Of the sum, $144 million was from 21 newly-licensed projects, down 11.3 per cent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.  […]


Securities firms optimistic about the market, but warn of short-term corrections

Traders at Viet Dragon Securities’ office. Photo tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn HÀ NỘI — Even though the stock market is expected to continue rising, securities firms still warned of some corrections in the short-term due to profit-taking pressure. With the market inching higher for four straight months, Mirae Asset Securities (Vietnam) is optimistic about the country’s stock market outlook, the […]


Shares reverse downturn, propped up by banks and brokerage houses

Customers make transactions at Vietcombank’s branch in Hà Nội. Vietcombank’s shares rose 2 per cent. VNS Photo Mai Hương HÀ NỘI — Shares reversed morning losses and recovered in Wednesday’s afternoon session after a two-day fall, propped up once more by the growth of banking and securities stocks. The VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange […]


Goods transport to HCM City not much affected by pandemic

  The Bình Điền Wholesale Market in HCM City has an abundant supply of farm produce. HCM City has been making efforts to ensure supply from other provinces is not affected by the current wave of COVID-19. – Photo sggp.org.vn HCM CITY — Transport of all kinds of goods into HCM City remains relatively unaffected, […]


PetroVietnam’s five-month pre-tax profit triples

Oil exploitation output was a highlight, with the volume exceeding the target by 18 per cent in May, resulting in good growth in financial indexes for the five-month period.—  Photo petrotimes.vn  HÀ NỘI — The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) posted VNĐ144.9 trillion (US$6.31 billion) in pre-tax profit during January-May, 2.3 times higher than the […]


Deal signed to promote farm produce sale via digital platforms

  At the signing ceremony. — Photo MoPI  HÀ NỘI — A memorandum of understanding was signed in Hà Nội on Tuesday to carry out a programme on facilitating digital transformation and assisting small- and medium-sized enterprises, cooperatives and business households in the consumption of farm produce in the country. Signatories were the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI)’s Agency of Enterprise Development, the […]


Agency banking model develops in rural, remote locations

  With the most branches in the rural and remote areas in Việt Nam, Agribank plans to work with more places to bank the local people. — Photo courtesy of Agribank HÀ NỘI — The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) is amending regulations related to the operation of agency banking to improve access to the banking […]


Agency banking model develops in rural, remote locations

  With the most branches in the rural and remote areas in Việt Nam, Agribank plans to work with more places to bank the local people. — Photo courtesy of Agribank HÀ NỘI — The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) is amending regulations related to the operation of agency banking to improve access to the banking […]


Vietnamese pipes, tubes neither dumped nor subsidised, says Australian body

Illustration photo. — Photo vneconomy.vn HÀ NỘI — There is no evidence Việt Nam has exported dumped or subsidised precision pipes and tubes in Australia, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Trade Remedies Authority of Việt Nam (TRAV). There appear to be insufficient grounds for the publication of a dumping duty notice and a countervailing duty notice in respect […]


Domestic funds report impressive growth

  Foreign investors at the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE). Since domestic ETFs are listed on HoSE, investors need a securities trading account in Việt Nam to trade. — Photo thoibaotaichinhvietnam.vn HÀ NỘI – The total value of assets under the management of domestic exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has soared by 64 per cent to US$1 […]


MARD seeks to boost consumption of farm produce

HCM City adjusts school enrollment plan due to pandemic IT application is optimal choice in COVID-19 prevention Russia considers tech transfer of COVID-19 vaccine to VN Testing and management of arrivals highlighted in COVID-19 committee meeting Việt Nam proposes Mekong-Lancang countries focus on fighting COVID-19, economy, environment   Container trucks go through Kim Thành International Road Border Gate […]