Under a draft plan opened by the HCM City Transport Department for public opinion, the plan on prohibiting passenger cars from entering the inner city will be implemented in two stages.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and coach Mai Duc Chung have agreed to extend their contract for another year.

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is planning to add the “place of birth” to the new passport version to facilitate citizens’ seeking of visas to the Schengen countries.

Safely opening schools is dependent on every child being vaccinated against Covid-19. However, according to the assessment of the Ministry of Health, the actual rate of Covid-19 vaccination coverage for children is still low.

Vietnam Airlines plans to restructure its assets and investment portfolio, and issue new shares to increase its equity, including selling aircraft to decrease losses and negative equity.

The Government has given the nod to halve the most-favored-nation (MFN) import tariff on unleaded gasoline to 10% from the current 20%.

In the first seven months of this year, Vietnam spent over $5 billion to import coal for thermal power plants, up 123 per cent on-year.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) held a ceremony in Hanoi on August 9 to introduce Giustozzi Diego Raul as the new head coach of the Vietnamese national futsal team.

The ninth Da Lat Flower Festival will be held in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong from November to late December, with 51 attractive events, according to a plan recently announced by the provincial People’s Committee.

Tropical depression intensifies into storm toward north

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has urged cities and provinces nationwide to set up teams to catch stray dogs in an attempt of curbing dog bite-related fatalities and better managing rabies among domestic dogs and cats.

Extra efforts needed to achieve target of 5 million foreign tourists: insiders

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has just asked Pacific Airlines to report on their current capital condition, and whether they meet the requirements to continue operations.

Capital account restrictions largely insulate interest rates in Vietnam from global monetary tightening and the country’s policy rate is expected to increase 50 basis points to 4.5% by end-2023, according to Fitch Ratings.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has asked the Prime Minister about the mechanism for ongoing solar power and transitional wind power projects to enjoy the incentive price.

The number of newly-opened securities accounts dropped sharply in July to the lowest in about two years as stock market liquidity hit a monthly low.

The Vietnam Green Building Week 2022, the annual event held by the Ministry of Construction in response to the World Green Building Week, will take place from October 13-14 in Ho Chi Minh City, with the participation of leading construction experts.

Many traditional festivals are being reproduced across the country to provide a boost to the tourism sector and to keep the traditions themselves alive.

Spain’s move leaves Germany and Czech Republic as the only two countries to date to have rejected Vietnam’s new passports.

Citing Ngoc Linh ginseng as a national treasure that can help provide jobs and livelihoods for local people, the President said the ginseng would be a new hope in pharmaceutical and dietary supplement sectors of Vietnam.

The Railway Project Management Board under the Ministry of Transport was assigned to be investors in upgrading projects of roads, bridges and stations with a total length of nearly 1,000km.

The amendment was made while keeping the same stance in terms of vision, goals of the overall curriculum, and the specific features of the history subject.

About 6,500 organ transplants have been carried out in Vietnam since the first in 1992, showing great efforts by the entire health sector but still modest compared to other countries, an official has said.

The government has chosen wind power and renewable energy in general to implement global commitments by 2050. But this is not expected to be a smooth path for a developing country like Vietnam.

Vietnam’s exports of wood and wooden products brought turnover of $10 billion in the first seven months of the year. However, the industry has unexpectedly fallen into an unprecedented situation as orders have fallen sharply.