Five domestic airlines reported nearly 5,000 delayed or cancelled flights, accounting for 17 per cent of the total operated flights, in the first two months of the year.

Disbursement of public investment was low in the first two months of this year partly due to the impacts of the nine-day Tết holiday, according to a Ministry of Finance report.

Registration fees for pickup trucks and vans will be raised to 6 per cent of the vehicles value from the current rate of 2 per cent from April 10, according to a revised Government decree.

Despite likely hurdles, export of marine products is expected to rise by 17 per cent to US$3.5 billion this year, according to the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (Vasep).

HCM City has a surplus of houses for relocated residents, but severely lacks social housing.

Many market experts and securities companies agree that the imposition of the new derivative fees help regulate and select cash flow in the underlying stock market.

The prices of oil and petrol have climbed nearly VNĐ1,000 (US$0.043) per litre folowing the latest adjustment by Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Trade on Saturday.

The HCM City Real Estate Association has proposed social housing lending rates to be lowered to 3-3.5 per year to create favourable conditions for low-income earners to afford homes.

The national industrial production index (IIP) in February was estimated to decrease by 16.8 per cent over the previous month due to the Lunar New Year holiday, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).