Việt Nam News

The Việt Nam Association of Foreign Investment Enterprises (VAFIE) has proposed the Government to encourage development of casino business and gambling activities in hotels and resorts for attacting more foreign tourists.

Việt Nam will temporarily halt the consideration of new airlines until the aviation market has recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể.

Việt Nam has imported 250 pigs from Thailand to breed and is encouraging businesses to import more to help restock herds across the country after the impacts of the African swine fever outbreak.

Strengthening the application of trade defence instruments would be necessary for Việt Nam, which was among countries with the highest economic openness level, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The HCM City apartment lease market has been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak despite landlords reducing rentals, experts said.

Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh talks with Vietnam News Agency about plans for economic recovery, and the Special ASEAN Plus Three Summit on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) that was held via video conference.

Listed companies on the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX) reported their post-tax profits grew 4.8 per cent year-on-year to reach VNĐ21.4 trillion (US$917 million) in 2019.

To develop the support industry for the leather and footwear sector, the State should have policies to encourage development of new materials, according to the Việt Nam Leather and Footwear Association (Lefaso).

The Prime Minister (PM) has permitted to re-open sub-border gates and border crossing to resume goods trading activities between Việt Nam and China, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) was being hindered by troublesome policies, lack of transplarency in land management and the recent devastation inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic, experts said.