HCM City promises support for workers laid off due to pandemic

The HCM City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs would take whatever measures are needed in the second half of the year to safeguard workers’ incomes and jobs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Lê Minh Tấn, its director, has promised.

EuroCham proposes Gov’t to cut 50 per cent of registration fee for imported cars

The European Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam (EuroCham) proposed the Government to apply the 50 per cent registration fee reduction to all automotive assembly firms, importers and dealers of new vehicles.

More than 29,000 enterprises temporarily suspend businesses in first half of year Up to 19,600 enterprises stopped operation and are waiting for dissolution procedures, down 10.2 per cent over last year.

Auto consumers expected to enjoy 50 per cent cut in registration fee The Ministry of Finance has officially asked the Government to cut 50 per cent of the registration fee for customers who buy locally-produced and assembled automobiles.

New books for children released New novels and books on environmental studies for children from Vietnamese and international authors have been released to entertain young audiences during the summer.

Switch to paid news a must for Vietnamese journalism: editors-in-chief

Online news outlets have witnessed an increased readership yet their incomes reportedly have remained unchanged.

Workers are returning to work, for now

Some 70,000-80,000 workers across the country have returned to work since the mass disruption caused by the novel coronavirus in Việt Nam, said deputy minister of labour, war invalids and social affairs (MOLISA) Lê Văn Thanh at an online conference held on Wednesday to discuss and share experience in job creation and sustainable business in the new normal [after COVID-19].

Investment and development co-operation conference to be held in Hà Nội this month The “Hà Nội 2020 - Investment and Development Co-operation” conference will be held at the National Conference Centre (NCC) on June 27.

TPBank sees small profit gain, capital hike in 2020 Tiên Phong Joint Stock Commercial Bank is targeting pre-tax profit growth of 5 per cent on-year to VNĐ4.07 trillion (US$174.2 million) in 2020, lower than previously forecast, on worries that the economy is suffering from the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Bình Định proposes to continue titanium export due to high inventory The central province of Bình Định has proposed the Prime Minister to allow local businesses to continue exporting titanium inventory of about 455,000 tonnes.