Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved the programme on sustainable aquaculture development in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta until 2030 to make aquaculture an important contributor to agricultural and socio-economic growth.

Banks will lend more than VNĐ100 trillion (US$4.3 billion) with preferential interest rates of 3-4 per cent per year to support the economy, according to Nguyễn Tuấn Anh, director of State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s Credit Department of Economic Sectors.

Gunma University in Japan has announced its next five-year strategy, with a focus on building a smart university connection system called Smart Campus to Campus (SCC). The project will be run on a platform provided by FUNiX (a member of FPT Corporation). 

Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu last week became the eighth locality in the country to get Viettel’s 5G services.

Many businesses in HCM City’s ‘green zones’ (safe zones) that have been allowed to reopen since September 15 have adopted flexible models to meet the market’s new requirements.

The decreases in the numbers of new, expanded projects and paid-in capital for share purchase were attributed Việt Nam's selective investment attraction policies that would prioritise the quality of projects rather than the project quantity while eliminating small-scale projects with small added value, FIA said in its month report. 

The COVID-19 pandemic is considered to be one of the key reasons for the surge in deposits by companies.

The act of buying and selling personal data of over 10,000 people should result in a fine of VNĐ80-100 million (nearly US$3,500), according to a proposal by the Ministry of Public Security.

Recent volatility on the global market has raised cautiousness among market experts about Việt Nam’s stock market movement this week.

The government is to continue with the country's dual-target strategy, pursuing socio-economic development while keeping the spread of the novel coronavirus in check, said Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính during an online meeting with local government leaders and the business community across the country. 

Việt Nam’s seaports handled in excess of 537.7 million tonnes of goods in the first nine months of the year, a year-on-year rise of 3 per cent, reported the Việt Nam Maritime Administration.

Acting Director of the department Trần Thị Phương Lan said that goods supplies have been ensured in the city to meet the demand of local residents amid social distancing.

Businesses in Đà Nẵng will be offered a 50 per cent reduction in fees for COVID tests and given vaccines to boost economic recovery by the end of this year.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has proposed a draft to reduce corporate income tax by 30 per cent to support pandemic-hit businesses for the 2021 financial year.

Under the 'One Commune, One Product' (OCOP) programme, investment in technology is key to improving both product quality and the effectiveness of production. 

Converting hotels and resorts into quarantine centres has offered many hospitality firms a lifeline during the COVID-19 pandemic.