Việt Nam Railway Corporation braces for $85 million loss The Việt Nam Railway Corporation (VNR) faces the most difficult period in its history due to the COVID-19 pandemic and flooding in central Việt Nam, according to VNR chairman Vũ Anh Minh.

State owned enterprises’ role in the national economy

National Assembly Deputy Vũ Hồng Thanh, chairman of the National Assembly's Economic Committee, talks to the Vietnam News Agency about the need to separate the impacts of COVID-19 from the operation and performance of State-owned enterprises and State economic groups

Fruit, vegetable exports expected to revive after 9-month slump Fruit and vegetable exports are showing signs of recovery after a slump in the first three quarters of the year.

It’s necessary to not increase basic salary for civil servants in 2021: expert

Associate Professor Đinh Trọng Thịnh, a senior lecture of the Academy of Finance speaks to Hải quan (Customs) online newspaper about the Government’s proposal to not increase the monthly basic salary for civil servants and public employees next year.

Central region battens down the hatches Residents have been instructed to leave temporary housing in the central provinces of Thừa Thiên-Huế, Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi and Đà Nẵng before 5pm on October 27 before Storm Molave makes landfall on Wednesday.

Vietnamese doctor on the frontline against COVID-19

Dr Nguyễn Trung Cấp and his colleagues at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hà Nội shaved their heads during their long stay at the hospital fighting COVID-19.

HCM City real estate market tipped to bounce back next year The HCM City real estate market is expected to rebound as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic is under control and legal “bottlenecks” are removed, experts have said.

Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu to speed up key national projects The southern coastal province of Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu has asked the Government to allocate capital from the central budget to speed up progress of national key projects in the province over the next five years.

Local firms expected modest growth due to COVID-19 Through the two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, confidence in the growth prospects in 2020 of enterprises has gradually become modest.

HCM City seeks ways to attract more FDI HCM City received US$3.25 billion worth of FDI in the first nine months of the year, a 28 per cent decrease year-on-year.