Businesses search for ways to overcome COVID-19 Many businesses are struggling from a lack of raw materials and falling exports due to the impacts of the global pandemic COVID-19.

Logistics firms to lose revenue during pandemic Fifteen per cent of Việt Nam’s logistics firms estimate they will see revenue cut in half this year compared to 2019 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Association calls for rate cuts, improved legal framework for new property products The Việt Nam Real Estate Association has proposed the Government develop measures with a focus on credit and tax support, together with improving the legal framework for new property products so as to aid the property market to overcome this difficult period.

VN to develop large-scale SOEs

The Government has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment to build a project on developing large-scale State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to promote their role in the country’s socio-economic development.

Maintaining exports critical to cement industry this year Maintaining exports would be critical for the cement industry amid rising production output and anticipated sluggish domestic sales this year.

Economic development must go with environmental protection: PM

Economic development must go together with environmental protection and social development to ensure sustainable growth and prosperity, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

'Save public hospitals', French health workers urge Macron Thousands of French hospital workers demonstrated on Thursday over years of cutbacks they say have harmed care in a country with a health system once the envy of the world.

Left ahead but set for Uruguay presidential run-off with center-right

The leftist ruling coalition's presidential candidate Daniel Martinez was ahead in Uruguay's general election on Sunday, according to early results, but faces a tough challenge to beat the center-right in a run-off next month.

Outsider Saied set for landslide in Tunisia presidency: exit polls Conservative academic Kais Saied, a political outsider, was headed for a landslide victory Sunday in Tunisia's presidential runoff, sweeping aside his rival, media magnate Nabil Karoui, exit polls said.

Solutions needed as Hà Nội chokes under smog Over the last few days, the air quality in Hà Nội has hit hazardous levels. The smog continues to blanket the capital, with AQI indicators soaring past safe levels and seeming to stay there. In less polluted environs online, social media feeds are full of concerned citizens scrambling for the best face masks and most efficient air purifiers.