Vietnam needs to be more selective when receiving foreign direct investment  (FDI), and should set requirements, just as foreign investors do in exchange for being able to invest in Vietnam, experts say.

Social distancing will be imposed in Ho Chi Minh City under the Prime Minister's Directive 15/2020.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced an additional 142 locally transmitted coronavirus cases in five localities on May 30 afternoon, including 49 cases in Ho Chi Minh City.

257 Vietnamese students test positive for SARS-CoV-2

Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam, will take stronger measures to control the COVID-19 outbreak as soon as a social distancing order is due to come into effect as of 00.00hrs on May 31.

European enterprises urge Covid-19 vaccination drive in Vietnam

The customs sector will continue to introduce measures to help Vietnamese enterprises fully tap the benefits brought about by FTAs Vietnam has signed with foreign partners, an official from the General Department of Vietnam Customs has said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 29 went to Bac Giang province, the country’s largest Covid-19 hotspot, to encourage the frontline forces in epidemic fighting. 

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in May was up 0.16 percent agaisnt April and 2.9 percent from last year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO) on May 29.

According to the State Bank of Vietnam, by 2020, 70% of adults in Vietnam had a bank account, but nearly half of them did not have access to credit. 

Four major transport projects will be kicked off in June, announced the Ministry of Transport at a conference on May 28.

Recently, the interbank interest rates suddenly jumped, causing many people to worry whether bank lending rates will increase in the coming time while the business and production activities have been facing many difficulties due to Covid-19.

Financial shortcomings of investors combined with the government’s failure to offer support are some of the reasons multiple BT infrastructure projects in HCMC are being delayed indefinitely, experts said. 

Enterprises should consider applying new thoughts or amend regulations to meet the demand of Gen Z, including those born in 1996-2010, and create favorable conditions for them to develop as they will be an important part of the country’s workforce.

A GDP growth of 5.8% in 2021, nearly double the 2.9% growth last year, would boost credit demand.

Provincial authorities are required to have more active, appropriate and effective measures to control and repel the disease.

Vietnamese young representatives address bottlenecks that are incorporated into a roadmap for COP26.

Vietnam’s top dairy company – Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) - has witnessed a strange financial movement, contrary to the strong uptrend of the stock market.

Vietnam recorded an additional 52 new domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases in the past 12 hours to 6am on May 30, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

As many as 117 State agencies, including 34 ministries, 63 provinces and cities, and 20 state-owned corporations saved more than VND84,635 billion, including VND50,628 billion for the state budget last year.

The Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam has promulgated Directive 03, which has requested agencies financed by the State budget to priotize the use of Vietnamese goods.

Soon after the first infection cases in the province were discovered, Bac Giang province immediately decided to test all the workers in IZs, trace and isolate high-risk cases, and implement medical quarantine and social distancing in at-risk areas.

Despite being at the top of Group G, Vietnam will be in a dangerous situation if it only gets second place after the end of the second qualifying round of the 2020 World Cup, because of the withdrawal of the North Korean team.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has sent a document to the Thai Embassy on the suspension of imported live pigs from Thailand into Vietnam.

Goalkeeper Ho Van Y has made national headlines for his outstanding performance after Vietnam earned a slot at the 2021 Futsal World Cup finals.