The reported CPI only reflects 60-70 percent of the real situation, according to the former Chair of the Hanoi Supermarket Association Vu Vinh Phu.

Vietnam have reached the final qualifying round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, among the 12 strongest teams of the continent.

The rare Annamite striped rabbit has been found in Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park (Bidoup NP), located just 20km from Da Lat City.

The Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) is experiencing its toughest days in history as many trains have stopped running during Covid-19. Many workers have had to take unpaid leave.

As part of the training programme at sea in the first phase of 2021, the Navy Region 2 Command organises K2 training with live ammunition firing, and instructs units of the Naval Region 2 on how to coordinate with each other.

Renewable energy output is being reduced even as Vietnam is seeing blackouts as power consumption is off the charts.

Although all theatres have had to close to prevent COVID-19, artists still rehearse for new plays, waiting for the day they can return to the stage.

The Vietnamese Prime Minister has approved a plan to create a new network of cultural and sports facilities over the next ten years.

The National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control at noon on July 5 announced four deaths related to the coronavirus in some southern provinces.

Vietnamese boxer Nguyen Thi Tam has become the country’s latest Olympian to qualify for the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women’s under 51kg category, taking the total number of Vietnamese participants in the global competition up to 18.

PM Pham Minh Chinh has assigned the Ministry of Science and Technology to coordinate the research and production of COVID-19 vaccines within the national product development programme by 2030.

Land acquisition, compensation payments and resettlement for affected households should be completed by the end of July so that construction on HCM City’s second metro line can begin, city officials have said.

The health ministry on Monday announced four new COVID-19-related deaths, all elderly people with multiple chronic health issues in the southern region, bringing the total number of fatalities to 90.

The Ministry of Health this afternoon, July 5, reported four Covid-19 deaths and 247 fresh domestic infections, with HCMC accounting for the most, 196.

Lao Cai city in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has been submerged after heavy rains this morning.

Vietnam’s national COVID-19 caseload topped 20,000 on Monday morning after the Minister of Health announced 328 new cases.

The 13th Party Central Committee held its third conference on July 5 in Hanoi to examine important issues relating to national socio-economic development and the election of key positions within the State apparatus.

HCM City on July 4 hit back at rumours that it will lock down the entire city for epidemic prevention, saying the information is incorrect that affects the ongoing COVID-19 fight in the city.

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Despite the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the e-commerce industry still witnessed explosive growth in 2020.

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However, there has been no plan as yet to adjust the economic growth rate for the entire year, despite numerous difficulties ahead, with the speed of pandemic vaccinations in the country remaining slow.

On the back of reopening global economies and a rising crude oil price, Vietnam’s inflation target for 2021 may be harder to achieve, with regulating government bodies attempting to manoeuvre through the year while keeping inflation pressure at bay.

Vietnam witnessed a major financial surplus in 2019 according to new official calculations, with the latest picture in the state’s assets, debts, and capital freshly revealed and demonstrating the health of state coffers.