The Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Gia Lai will expand macadamia cultivation by growing the nut in coffee plantations and forests, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Almost VNĐ337 trillion (US$14.6 billion) has been loaned to more than 12 million households nationwide under the social policy credit programme over the past five years, helping improve local lives and reduce poverty, according to the Việt Nam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP).

Localities and all links in the tourism value chain need to join hands to boost domestic tourism, which is now a priority for the struggling industry’s recovery post-pandemic, tourism experts have said.

For many years, Ngô Thành Toại, 66, who has Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and dyslipidemia, regularly visited doctors once a month at Gò Vấp District Hospital in HCM City.

Eight male Russian experts entering Việt Nam on July 7 were confirmed as positive to SARS-CoV-2 on Wednesday evening, raising the country’s COVID-19 infections to 381. 

Mê Linh Point Ltd., a joint venture between brewer Sabeco Group and Frasers Property Vietnam, on Tuesday (July 14) donated 20 thermal cameras worth more than VNĐ1 billion (US$43,300) to the Việt Nam Fatherland Front Committee’s HCM City chapter to support the country’s efforts against COVID-19.

Nearly 188ha of land will be cleared by mid-August as the highway's speed limit is set to be raised from 100km per hour to 120.