Hương Thọ pomelos, specialty fruit of Thừa Thiên Huế

A local specialty, pomelos planted in Hương Thọ Commune in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế have brought high economic value to the locality and helped to improve locals’ income in recent years.

Politburo asks for best efforts to control pandemic and recover economy The Politburo has asked for best efforts in pandemic prevention and control while executing socio-economic development targets at its meeting held on Friday to discuss the Government report on the implementation of the socio-economic development plan for the remainder of 2021 and 2022.

Removing obstacles to offer COVID-19 assistance to freelance workers in Hà Nội Nguyễn Hồng Dân, deputy director of Hà Nội’s Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, talks to Lao Động (Labour) newspaper about supporting freelance workers affected by the pandemic.

VGCL proposes to spend US$3.9 billion to support COVID-19 affected labourers The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has proposed spending up to VNĐ89 trillion (US$3.91 billion) from the unemployment insurance fund to support labourers strongly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Businesses wait for bank debts rescheduling

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.

Việt Nam, Finland stressed COVID-19 vaccine, labour, green growth cooperation in top legislator's visit National Assembly Vương Đình Huệ met Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin on September 10 afternoon as part of his official visit to Finland.

Government issues resolution to support businesses Facing the decline in resilience of businesses, cooperatives and business households in the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic, the Government issued Resolution No 105/NQ-CP on supporting businesses, with four groups of specific solutions.

Việt Nam studying pilot sandbox model for fully vaccinated international tourists: Foreign ministry Phú Quốc island in the southern province of Kiên Giang is slated to be the first to open to international tourists under the pilot vaccine passport later this year once the local population has been fully inoculated, according to the Government.

Đà Nẵng eases restrictions after 20-day hard lockdown

The central city of Đà Nẵng will reopen traditional markets, online shopping and take-away services in ‘green zones’, while QR codes will be given to local residents so they can travel to work, hospitals and stores from Sunday (September 5).

PM highlights cooperation in digital transformation at global summit Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính delivered a speech at the 2021 Global Trade in Services Summit via video on Thursday evening, highlighting cooperation in digital transformation given the current situation.