Việt Nam News

Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn Thành on October 3 signed for issuance of a Prime Minister directive on restoring production at industrial production areas amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Endowed with a 254-km coastline and an abundance of aquatic resources, the southernmost province of Cà Mau is focusing on the development of the marine economy.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang earned over US$526 million in export value in the first nine months of 2021, meeting over 70 per cent of the year’s plan and posting a year-on-year rise of nearly 2 per cent, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

Hack Bootcamp 2021 - a programme that seeks AI solutions for e-commerce - was launched at a ceremony jointly held by the Saigon Hi-tech Park Incubation Centre and the Vietnam E-Commerce Association on October 1.

In the first 9 months of 2021, the number of businesses closing their doors permanently reached 90,300, up 15.3 per cent from the last same term, said the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The total amount of tax and land rent which has been extended is VNĐ78.5 trillion (US$3.4 billion) so far, said Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà from the General Department of Taxation at an online policy forum on supporting businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Minh Hoan last week suggested EU firms increase investments in Việt Nam’s agriculture, in the direction of high-technology, green standards and environmental sustainability.

The Việt Nam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) remained at 40.2 in September, signalling a further marked deterioration in business conditions across the sector due to the severe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to IHS Markit.

Coal stocks, dubbed as "black gold" stocks, have been attracting the attention of investors for four consecutive months with continuous rises, but some analysts said this growth just a consequence of the world rising coal price, not from internal factors.

Given less positive financial results of businesses in the third quarter, along with negative movements around the world, experts say the downtrend might continue this week. 

As of mid-September, basa harvesting is estimated at 932,000 tonnes, only 81.1 per cent of the same period last year.

At a typical large-scale enterprise like Vinamilk, dual goals are implemented based on three key spearheads: Governance, Technology and People.

Samsung Vietnam and Korea Food for the Hungry International (KFHI)/Korea on Saturday inaugurated the "Samsung Hope School" at Dinh Hương Village, Hiệp Hòa District, Bắc Giang Province, after the COVID-19 pandemic has eased in the province.

Domestic flights officially resumed on October 1 under a four-phase plan outlined by the Ministry of Transport, which applies in localities with relaxed COVID-19 prevention and control measures.

Government is committed to step up measures to create new momentum, and speed up the disbursement of public investments to spur economic growth in the last quarter of this year, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said while chairing a regular Cabinet meeting on Saturday.

Việt Nam’s stock market mobilised total capital of VNĐ292.1 trillion (US$12.8 billion) in the first nine months of this year, up 12 per cent compared to the previous year.

Adoption of digital banking in Asia-Pacific (APAC) emerging markets, especially Việt Nam, has caught up with that in developed markets.

There will be no increase in electricity price from now until the end of the year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) - the country's power regulator - announced yesterday during a ministry's monthly press conference.