HCM City tightens management in quarantine areas to limit cross-infection of COVID-19

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that Vietnam’s development goals have not changed and agreed with the two GDP growth scenarios for 2021 developed by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has just officially approved credit room extension for some banks.

Hanoi authorities on July 18 halted all non-essential services from July 19 amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Ministry of Information and Communications has proposed that only licensed social networking sites and accounts should be allowed to livestream to generate revenue.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has told Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders that vaccine access is crucial to economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

PM Pham Minh Chinh has instructed ministries and local administrations around the country to create favourable conditions for local people who went to HCM City, Can Tho and southern provinces for work and other reasons to return home.

For the first time in Olympic history, national flags will be carried by two athletes at the Games, and runner Quach Thi Lan and swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang have the honour of carrying the Vietnamese flag at the Tokyo Games’ opening ceremony.

The first session of the 15th National Assembly is scheduled to take place from July 20 to July 31 morning, heard a meeting in Hanoi on July 17.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 17 ordered social distancing in 19 southern localities that are stricken by the COVID-19 pandemic.

A further 1,612 new COVID-19 cases, including 1,600 local cases and 12 imported infections, were recorded on the evening of July 17, with Ho Chi Minh City registering the highest number of infections with 2,786 for the whole day.

People usually talk about artificial intelligence (AI) as if it is something in the future, but it has been around for a long time and is being used a lot during the Covid-19 epidemic.

Vietnam's largest waste-to-energy plant to become operational next month

The COVID-19 health crisis and the resulting economic downturn has thrown a spanner in the works of already tardy public spending, hindering Vietnam’s efforts to revive its post-pandemic economy and speed up slowing GDP growth.

The number of Covid-19 cases has been increasing over the last 40 days. Quarantine zones have become overloaded, while field hospitals have had few beds for patients.

Businesses have expressed their hope that customs agencies and relevant ministries and sectors will further simplify administrative procedures, which, they suggested, should be completely handled online, according to a survey.

The scientific community has shown its surprise after the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) lowered the requirements for PhD students.

Once electronic courts are used, all steps of hearing can be transparent. Every judge and chief judge will have a virtual assistant to support their work, while people’s confidence in justice will increase.

After enduring months of losses, state-owned transport giants Vietnam Railways and Vietnam Airlines are pinning hopes on a financial lifebuoy to recover from the incurred losses – but even significant support may not be enough for them.

As the current outbreak of the pandemic remains complicated, textile and garment makers fear lasting impacts on their operations,