Việt Nam News

Businesses and households in the food and beverage business in HCM City said though they have been allowed to reopen they cannot meet the strict COVID-19 prevention requirements.

Shares tread water on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange on Thursday as slumps of some heavyweight shares bit into the market’s gain in the morning.

FrieslandCampina, one of the world’s largest dairy cooperatives, has celebrated its 150th anniversary of foundation.

GE Vietnam has donated 3,000 sets of personal protective equipment and more than 220 cartons of milk to support doctors and other healthcare workers on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19.

Despite impacts of COVID-19, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) fundamentally fulfilled its set targets in the first eight months of this year.

State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) has paid nearly VNĐ6.9 trillion (US$300 million) to secure at least 31.08 per cent equity of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines.

As travel restrictions were put in place to control COVID-19 in Hà Nội, some residents find it difficult to purchase the must-have delicacy of Mid-Autumn Festival.

More than 85,000 enterprises suspended operations in the first eight months of this year, an increase of 24.2 per cent over the same period in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, local enterprises need to have measures on maintaining operation and developing a sustainable business. Phan Đức Hiếu, deputy director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), spoke to the Vietnam News Agency about this issue.

The country’s GDP this year is expected to reach 3.5-4 per cent if the COVID-19 pandemic is well controlled in September and becomes to the new normal from the fourth quarter, said Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyễn Chí Dũng.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the preliminary results of the 17th period of review (POR17) for the period from August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2020, regarding Việt Nam’s tra and basa fish (pangasius) exported to the US.

The office market in Hà Nội is experiencing many changes amid the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of rental prices, occupational profile and new demands for office spaces, according to Savills Vietnam.

But foreign investors continued to net sell on both two main exchanges, but the value was much smaller.

The Hải Phòng Economic Zone Authority (HEZA) on Tuesday launched its electronic management and operation system (e-HEZA).

Cái Lân International Container Terminal (CICT) in the northern province of Quảng Ninh on September 14 welcomed the Marshall Islands-flagged Synergy Busan with a loading capacity of over 50,000 tonnes, the first container ship of Maersk Lines to dock in the port.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên attended economic ministerial-level consultation meetings between ASEAN and its partners – the US, Hong Kong (China), India, the European Union and Russia – held via video conference in the framework of the 53rd ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting on September 14.

Masan MEATLife Corporation (MML) and De Heus Vietnam on September 14 announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to raise the productivity of the animal protein value chain.

A week after the State Bank of Vietnam issued Circular 14 on debt rescheduling to alleviate the difficulties faced by businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many individual and corporate borrowers said they are still waiting to hear from banks.

Aviation stocks have enjoyed strong gains following the news that social distancing orders will be relaxed after September 15 and business will gradually resume after prolonged restriction measures.