Cycling has become increasingly popular post-outbreak. Ho Chi Minh City's bike rental service has consequently been occupied with serving many customers.

Leaders lay stepping stones for financial inclusion

Some lots of real estate bonds issued under private offerings are expected to become due by the year end. The solvency of issuers amid the difficulties caused by Covid-19 remains questionable.

State budget allocation should prioritise poor localities with a high number of migrant workers, said Dr Nguyen Duc Thanh, director of the Vietnam Centre for Economic and Strategic Studies (VESS) at a seminar.

The number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations in HCM City has increased slightly over the past two weeks, with most hospitalised patients having mild symptoms, according to a survey conducted by the city’s Department of Health.

Digital transformation is no longer a goal but an imperative action of businesses, especially of manufacturing businesses.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his French counterpart, Jean Castex, have affirmed their determination to further deepen the Vietnam-France strategic partnership signed in 2013.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Mathias Cormann, Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation and Development Organisation (OECD) in Paris on November 5 (local time) during his official visit to France.

Vietnam is considering an unprecedented support package, including tax reductions, interest rate subsidies and cash to people. However, the package needs to be tailored to the economy’s size or it will cause “side effects”, an expert has said.

Vietnam’s farm exports continue growing, serving as the pillar of the economy. Exporters are sprinting to export more produce for the year-end sale season.

Finally, the Cat Linh - Ha Dong urban railway is set to begin service after a long period of planning and construction. 

Couples have had to delay their weddings because of social distancing, and contracts signed with photography studios have been canceled, leaving wedding shops with slow sales.

Scammers are impersonating officers of online lending apps, promising loans at low interest rates in order to appropriate money from people.

Local tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has progressed to the quarter finals of the fifth M15 Sharm El Sheikh after defeating Akram El Sallaly of host country Egypt on November 4.

Cinema lovers nationwide will be given the opportunity to view several Japanese movies wherever they are through the Japanese Film Festival (JFF) Online, with the event scheduled to get underway from November 15.

It is likely that the piloting of virtual currency will be the second sandbox in Vietnam after Mobile Money to offer the market a new and convenient means of payment in the digital economy.

Although the pandemic has disrupted industries all over the globe, some think it could be a catalyst that accelerates the digital transformation and opens a new era for the digital economy.

LucTeam Theatre will be the first team performing Antigone on Saturday under a theatre project to popularise the work by Sophocles – one of classical Athens' greatest playwrights.

“I could not believe my eyes,” said Tran Thanh Son, head of the human resources department of Song Ngoc Garment Company when talking about the current busy production lines at his company.

HCM City will need to adopt advanced energy-efficient waste-treatment technologies that safeguard the environment, and seek recycling technology to achieve a circular economy, experts said.