More than 85,000 enterprises suspended operations in the first eight months of this year, an increase of 24.2 per cent over the same period in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, local enterprises need to have measures on maintaining operation and developing a sustainable business. Phan Đức Hiếu, deputy director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), spoke to the Vietnam News Agency about this issue.

The country’s GDP this year is expected to reach 3.5-4 per cent if the COVID-19 pandemic is well controlled in September and becomes to the new normal from the fourth quarter, said Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyễn Chí Dũng.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the preliminary results of the 17th period of review (POR17) for the period from August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2020, regarding Việt Nam’s tra and basa fish (pangasius) exported to the US.

The office market in Hà Nội is experiencing many changes amid the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of rental prices, occupational profile and new demands for office spaces, according to Savills Vietnam.

But foreign investors continued to net sell on both two main exchanges, but the value was much smaller.

The Hải Phòng Economic Zone Authority (HEZA) on Tuesday launched its electronic management and operation system (e-HEZA).

Cái Lân International Container Terminal (CICT) in the northern province of Quảng Ninh on September 14 welcomed the Marshall Islands-flagged Synergy Busan with a loading capacity of over 50,000 tonnes, the first container ship of Maersk Lines to dock in the port.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên attended economic ministerial-level consultation meetings between ASEAN and its partners – the US, Hong Kong (China), India, the European Union and Russia – held via video conference in the framework of the 53rd ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting on September 14.

Masan MEATLife Corporation (MML) and De Heus Vietnam on September 14 announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to raise the productivity of the animal protein value chain.