Việt Nam News

Seafood companies are struggling with problems arising from the current fourth wave of COVID-19, causing uncertainties for the second half of 2021. However the speed of vaccination and loosening of travel restrictions in many countries, especially the US, can support the industry. 

In order to ensure stable supply and prices of groceries and foods, the HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has set up 66 more mobile sales points and 87 fresh food stores.

Việt Nam’s stock market settled higher on Tuesday as more investors returned to riskier assets in the afternoon trade.

Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko has published an article on the occasion of the Việt Nam – Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro celebrating its 40th founding anniversary and 35 years since it began oil and gas exploitation, praising the firm's significant contributions to the nations’ comprehensive strategic partnership.

Despite struggling to cope with a COVID-19 resurgence, HCM City managed to achieve positive economic growth in the first seven months of the year, according to the city Statistics Office.

The city’s health sector and Thủ Đức city authorities must apply strict Covid-19 prevention measures to maintain safety and industrial production value at Sài Gòn Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) amid the pandemic, Phan Văn Mãi, deputy secretary of HCM City’s Party Committee, said. 

HCM City authorities are working carry a new inland container depot (ICD) to be built in Long Bình Ward, District 9, to replace the existing Trường Thọ Port complex in Thủ Đức District.

E-commerce is an important pillar in Việt Nam’s development of digital economy and digital transformation. Structural reforms will help promote the sector in line with digital trend.

Tân Cảng - Cát Lái Port in HCM City’s newly created Thủ Đức city will temporarily stop accepting imports by businesses that have suspended production so that it can clear a huge backlog of containers that have piled up.

The market ended higher on Monday, boosted by gains in large-cap stocks, with foreign investors continuing to net buy on both main exchanges. 

Việt Nam's major telecom companies including Viettel, VNPT, Mobifone, CMC, FPT, Vietnamobile, and SCTV have announced a joint support package worth VNĐ10,000 billion (US$435 million) for consumers across the country. 

The European Union-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has created a favourable corridor for trade between the two sides and brought new impetus to economic cooperation between Việt Nam and the EU, Nguyễn Văn Thảo, head of the Mission of Việt Nam to the EU, has said.

Vietinbank has posted positive business results in the first half of the year despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has directed credit institutions to reduce some transaction fees from August 1 this year to support customers amid the outbreak of the latest COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) in collaboration with Amazon Global Selling Việt Nam have launched a programme to help small and medium sized firms set up their digital sales channels.

The first “zero đồng mini-supermarket” in Hà Nội opened on Sunday in the courtyard of the People's Committee of Đức Thắng Ward in Bắc Từ Liêm District, serving nearly 1,000 poor workers and students who are stuck in dormitories due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Twenty-two tonnes of Vietnamese dracontomelon - locally known as quả sấu - have arrived in Australia, said the Vietnamese Embassy's trade representative office in the country. 

Việt Nam’s export earning hit US$27 billion in July, down 0.8 per cent month-on-month and up 8.4 per cent year-on-year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO) on July 29.