There is a shift of FDI flows to central region

Vietnam works hard to reach universal health coverage by 2030

Stopping the implementation of the Ninh Thuan nuclear power project is a right policy of historical significance by the Party Central Committee and Politburo led by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Three months into full mandatory social security contribution, foreign workers remain uncertain about its benefits. However, stakeholders are working towards a more refined system.

The host Vietnam has registered 965 athletes, including 534 males and 431 females, for the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) to be held in May.

Localities are taking serious measures to control real estate brokerage activities and speculation, as they believe that the activities are behind land price escalation.

Five out of 12 loss-making mega projects have been revived and are making a profit, according to Nguyen Si Dung, former Vice Chair of the National Assembly Office

The cash flow into stocks of big companies is being strictly supervised.

This year, the Department of Overseas Labour aims to send 90,000 labourers abroad to work under contract, while expanding the market for Vietnamese labour to Europe and Australia.

While the reduced environmental protection tax lowered petrol prices from April 1, most transport enterprises are struggling.

Hanoi’s authorities will allow the reopening of karaokes, bars, massage venues and gaming centres from April 8, according to the city’s latest COVID-19 adaptation plan released on April 6 afternoon.

Techcombank continues to apply a ‘contractionary policy’, once again deciding not to pay dividends, but instead use the money to increase charter capital.

Apartment prices, which have have been increasing over the last 10 years, continued to rise in Q1.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has approved a plan on promoting the development and use of next-generation national online meeting platforms in Vietnam.

A new resolution on traffic safety for the 2022-25 period is approved, which will look into limiting motorbikes in five major cities of Hanoi, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Can Tho and HCM City.

In the first three months of the year, around 400 health workers at State-owned hospitals and health facilities in HCM City quit their jobs for many different reasons, mainly low pay.

The Vietnam Labor Federation has asked to increase the minimum wage from July 1, 2022, earlier than scheduled.

Ho Chi Minh City’s economy showed positive signs of recovery in the first quarter of this year with an estimated 1.88 percent growth of gross domestic product (GRDP) compared to the same period last year, Director of HCM City Department of Planning and Investment Le Thi Huynh Mai said on April 5.

Ministry pledges to strictly punish violations related to stock, corporate bond markets

Real estate mergers and acquisitions are expected to be a good source of FDI in Vietnam this year, said Savills, and forecasting M&A activity is likely to increase in terms of frequency and value.