National Assembly Chair Vuong Dinh Hue said voters expect decisions on two important issues – how to prevent and control the pandemic in the time to come and how to recover socio-economic development.

Vietnamese representative Tran Hoang Ai Nhi amazed both judges and audiences while wearing an outfit weighing 30kg during the national costume competition of the Miss Intercontinental 2021 pageant in Egypt.

The banking sector will provide enough credit to businesses at supportive interest rates this quarter to help revive them, according to the State Bank of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City branch.

As of the end of the third quarter, 29 ministries, branches and localities, or 35 percent, have completed the upgrade to provide 100 percent of public services online at level 4, the highest level of online public services.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has predicted Vietnam’s total import-export turnover is likely to expand by 10% this year to US$600 billion, beating the 4% growth target set previously by the Government.

Da Nang People’s Committee Vice Chairwoman Ngo Thi Kim Yen has asked the municipal health and education departments to build a plan to vaccinate students aged from 15 to under 18.

The Vietnamese Government has rolled out various guidelines and policies towards people and human rights protection, heard an international workshop in Hanoi on October 22.

The Ministry of Construction has proposed a VND30 trillion credit package for projects to build low-cost homes for workers.

Though agreeing on a delay of wage reform, many National Assembly Deputies have asked the Government to prepare solutions to increase salaries for cadres, civil servants and public employees.

Intensive efforts are underway with support from diverse stakeholders to promote the sustainable use of rice husks and other biomass resources for electricity and heat production throughout Vietnam.

Economic recovery may require non-traditional solutions

Revenue of the whole non-life insurance market recorded modest growth this year, but most insurance stocks on the stock market rose sharply.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed that the Ministry of Transport consider the gradual reopening of regular international commercial flights in four stages starting in the fourth quarter of this year.

Hanoi's Center for Disease Control (CDC Hanoi) has announced plans to complete the vaccination process and give adults their second doses of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as preparing booster shots for next year.

Thua Thien Hue and Nghe An are allowed to borrow with the total outstanding loans of no more than 40 percent of the provincial budget revenues as decentralized, while the figure for Hai Phong and Thanh Hoa is 60 percent.

The project will provide technical assistance to the MoIT to help deal with challenges such as shaping Vietnam’s export-import development strategy for the next decade and promoting digitalisation for SMEs.

The market for “hand-carried” iPhones in Vietnam has been shrinking in the past two years, especially after the launch of Apple-authorized stores.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc pays tribute to Vietnam Buddhist Sangha leader Thich Pho Tue

Vietnam will consider vaccinating against Covid-19 for children 12-17-year-old, and then expanding it to children over 3 years old next year.

Students at many universities in HCM City have returned to campus as the city has eased COVID-19 restrictions.