Budget collection from import-export up 14.6%

Reforming non-business service units is among the important tasks in the 12th Central Party Committee Resolution, said Le Van Loi, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics at a recent seminar.

The degradation of the Quan Chanh Bo and Cho Gao canals are considered “bottlenecks” for the transportation of agricultural products in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region, experts said.

An average monthly rise of 51% was seen in the number of Indian tourists to Vietnam in the first 10 months of this year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

According to the draft amended Law on Price presented by Finance Minister Ho Duc Phoc to the ongoing National Assembly session, textbooks will be among products and services under state control in prices.

Hanoi and Saigon railway companies, the two subsidiaries of the Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR), reported their respective after-tax profits of almost VND35.2 billion and over VND38.3 billion in January-September.

Hanoi in the most beautiful season of the year, impressive moments of Hanoi’s West Lake dragon boat race, and Saigonese splashing water out of their houses were among the most interesting images on VietNamNet in October.

The Ministry of Construction will focus on improving legal documents related to housing, especially social housing, to remove obstacles and create favourable conditions to increase the supply of affordable homes.

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Le Thi Thu Hang, said Vietnam's persistent stance is protecting the living environment and people's health as the top priorities and not pursuing economic growth at the expense of the environment.

The Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) on November 3 kick-started their second joint patrol in 2022 in the waters adjacent to the demarcation line in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Vietnamese enterprises are boosting domestic sales. The domestic textile-garment and woodwork consumption index grew by 41.5 and 30 percent in the past 10 months.

"The Vietnamese Government always pays great attention to ensuring national security and it is considered an essential task in the industrialisation and modernisation of the country," spokesperson Hang said.

The State Bank of Vietnam adjusted several operating interest rates last week, with the move deemed necessary in the context of a strong USD and increasing domestic pressure on interest rates and exchange rates.

Vietnam’s e-commerce sector has enjoyed impressive growth in recent years, with the market scale projected to increase to US$49 billion, even $57 billion by Google, by 2025, from only $4 billion in 2015.

Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc pointed out problems in the Law on Public Investment at the ongoing National Assembly session.

According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment by the end of last month VND66.3 trillion from the programme was disbursed.

The total rainfall from the beginning of this year up in the north-east, north central and southern coastal areas has also been higher than usual, by 10-20 per cent.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) says that petroleum companies will shift to importing fuels from Southeast Asia instead of South Korea.

Vietnam plans to grow 24,000 hectares of ginseng by 2030 and become the world’s largest ginseng producer by 2045. This is part of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s (MARD) ginseng development program to 2030.

The Vietnamese authorities are looking for possibilities and taking necessary measures to repatriate the imperial golden seal of the Nguyen Dynasty that has set to be auctioned soon by a Paris-based action house.

Roy Nguyen, the first Vietnamese male singer released his solo debut called “1 cm” in the Republic of Korea (ROK) with the participation of Kwon Min Ah, a former member of the South Korean girl group AOA.

The Hanoi Department of Planning and Investment has announced the freezing of assets of 762 companies in connection with Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group Corporation, whose chairwoman Truong My Lan was detained over alleged appropriation of assets.

Vietnam’s central bank governor has said real estate loans are being restricted to protect commercial banks and control inflation.

A research group led by Prof. Dr. Tran Dang Xuan of Hiroshima University has demonstrated that the compound extracted from rice husks has an inhibitory effect on cancer cells and is safe for normal cells.

The nation raked in US$16.5 billion after reopening to international tourism, according to industry insiders.