The Ministry of Transport has asked the investor of Hòa Lạc-Hòa Bình Expressway not to arbitrarily stop vehicles during maintenance work without its approval.

Việt Nam plans to raise VNĐ1.7 trillion (US$71.5 million) of investment from the private and foreign sectors to develop the national innovation centre (NIC).

Việt Nam suffered 620 cyber attacks in the first three months of this year, down by about 50 per cent compared with last year’s figure, according to a report by the Authority of Information Security (AIS) under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has set a new roadmap to apply emission standards for road vehicles, including imported used cars.

Việt Nam’s insurance industry maintained positive growth in the first quarter of this year, with total premiums surging by 17 per cent year-on-year, according to reports from the General Statistics Office.

The total retail sales value of consumer goods and services was estimated to reach nearly 1.185 quadrillion (US$51.75 billion) in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest updates from the General Statistics Office.

The Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX) organised six auctions in March with total transaction value of nearly VNĐ1.76 trillion (US$75.45 million).

Taxes and duties are a very important source of State budget revenue and provide major finance for the Government’s socio-economic development programmes. In Việt Nam, tax revenue is starting to decline while expenditure continues to rise, threatening budget sustainability.

Rising production costs are harming the competitiveness of Vietnamese seafood products, according to experts. These include the prices of feed, material input, electricity and labour.