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The Ministry of Planning and Investment has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to consider reducing the prices for electricity and gasoline by 10-30%.

With specific conditions, Ho Chi Minh City has asked for the Prime Minister’s permission to apply special regulations to reopen the economy.

The National Committee on E-Government has been restructured and renamed as the National Committee on Digital Transformation. The Committee has 16 members, chaired by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

The Government accompanies businesses and meets their requests within its capacity to help them weather the COVID-19 crisis, maintain production and contribute to the national economy.

Vietnam recorded an additional 10,011 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours to 5pm on September 26, according to the Ministry of Health.

K1, Hung Vuong Hospital in HCM City, is a special sector where pregnant women who have severe and critical Covid-19 infections are treated. 

It is estimated that there are around 10,000 students in Hanoi lacking studying equipment.

A fish sauce plant using millions of tons of fish has had to close because it cannot buy stopples to bottle products.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health is collaborating with functional agencies to track, investigate and handle those accounts posting or sharing Covid-19 related misinformation on social media according to regulations.

The use of shared utilities in old apartment buildings is among the main reasons leading to Covid-19 infection in the community.

Banks have put on sale consumer debts with no collateral with very small value. One of the debts has the value of VND483,000, including principal, interest and fine.

Traditional music is facing a decline since imported foreign sounds, right through from rock to hip-hop, are becoming ever more popular, but one man is slowly trying to reverse the trend.

Pangasius export turnover in August 2021 decreased by 28.5 percent over the same period, it is expected to continue falling 30 percent year on year in September.

A virtual special art program calling for people’s unity and solidarity in the fight against Covid-19 and donation to the Covid-19 prevention and control fund of HCMC will be broadcast on HCMC Television’s channels on September 26.

Two Vietnamese scientists received awards by the FAO and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for their work in plant mutation breeding.

Domestic retail petrol prices hit three-year high

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has proposed that commercial banks not be allowed to provide preferential loans to low-income people seeking to purchase, lease and lease-purchase social houses.

The Department of Transport of Ho Chi Minh City, on the afternoon of September 24, informed that it had just submitted to the municipal People's Committee a plan to coordinate with provinces to welcome workers back to the city.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc landed at Noi Bai airport on September 25, concluding his visit to Cuba and his attending of the high-level general debate of the UN General Assembly, as well as bilateral activities in New York from September 18-24.