City seeks private investors for metro lines

HCM City wants to attract more private investment instead of relying on official development assistance (ODA) to build its remaining metro lines, but experts have said that it faces a difficult challenge.

Hòa Phát’s imports from Australia to reach $1.44 billion this year Hòa Phát Group plans to import US$1.44 billion worth of commodities from Australia in 2021, more than doubling last year’s figure.

Mộc Châu Milk target highest ever profit and revenue Mộc Châu Dairy Cattle Breeding Joint Stock Company (Mộc Châu Milk) plans to achieve revenue of VNĐ3 trillion this year, an increase of 8.6 per cent year-on-year, the company announced.

PM requests COVID-19 vaccines be injected this week Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has requested that the more than 117,000 doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine that arrived in Việt Nam last week must be injected to priority groups this week including the poor, disadvantaged families and people at high-risk of virus exposure.

Hundreds of Vietnamese seafood firms permited to export to Taiwan The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has announced a list of 697 Vietnamese seafood enterprises permitted to export their products to Taiwan, reported the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Processors and Exporters (VASEP).

Việt Nam’s automobile imports slow in January Việt Nam spent US$213 million importing cars in January, a 34.3 per cent drop compared to the previous month, reports the General Department of Customs.

Customs aims to improve trading across borders index The General Department of Việt Nam Customs recently issued an action plan to implement Resolution 02/NQ-CP of the Government to improve the ranking of the trading across borders index by 10 to 15 spots compared to 2019 in the 'Ease of Doing Business' rankings of the World Bank.

Vietnamese salangane nests headed for China Việt Nam's bird-nest exports are expected to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars when the world's largest market, China, opens up this year.

GDP of first quarter to be lower than target: MPI If the COVID-19 pandemic is controlled in the first quarter, the GDP for the period may increase by 4.46 per cent, said the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

Drug crime on the rise as pandemic continues: official

Major General Nguyễn Văn Viện, director of the Drug-related Crime Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security, talks to the Việt Nam Government Portal about the drug-related crime situation and measures to mobilise resources to combat drug crimes.