Due to the current developments relating to the COVID-19 pandemic it remains difficult to confirm whether or not the country has achieved herd immunity amid the possible appearance of fresh variants that can render vaccines ineffective.

The expected dominance of foreign retailers in the Vietnamese market has not occurred. Many foreign giants have left and Vietnamese retailers are controlling the market.

Vietnam is anticipated to enjoy the highest trade and income gains among members of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), according to a latest World Bank report.

Despite warnings by the HCMC Social Insurance, more and more people are still deciding to withdraw social insurance money  as they need money to cover basic needs.

Commercial banks are tightening lending to the real estate sector, raising fears that people with limited financial capability will not be able to buy houses.

Having not tried a cyclo tour around the Old Quarter, missing the Temple of Literature visit or skipping the pho bo soup when visiting Hanoi, foreign tourists would be very sorry.

Vietnam officially issues its digital Covid-19 vaccine passport from April 15, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

The mobile virtual network operator market is projected to grow to $123.4 billion in 2028.

The Government has recently directed five major cities in Vietnam, namely Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Hai Phong, Da Nang, and Can Tho, to limit or stop private motorbike traffic in some of their districts after 2030.

Public debts to be kept at under 60 percent of GDP in 2030: Strategy

Vietnam has among the lowest costs of doing business in its neighbourhood, with only Cambodia and Myanmar being cheaper, business transformation consultancy TMX has said in a report.

The National Assembly (NA)’s Standing Committee has agreed to extend a pilot resolution on bad debt settlement until the end of 2023 instead of this year.

Vietnam begins to issue vaccine passports on April 15

The People’s Committee of Ba Dinh district has submitted a proposal to the Hanoi People’s Committee on the organisation of two night-time pedestrian spaces around Ngoc Khanh lake and Dao Ngoc-Ngu Xa peninsula on Truc Bach lake.

Blockchain application in Vietnam is now being used into many fields.

Reigning fencing champion Vu Thanh An will fly the flag for Vietnam at the 31st SEA Games while Olympic gold medallist Hoang Xuan Vinh will light the cauldron in Hanoi on May 12.

HCM City leaders and officials have held a meeting with some leading Asian corporations to discuss investment programmes that seek to promote the city’s economic and social reconstruction after COVID-19.

Vietnam targets nearly doubling the area for its industrial zones by 2030, offering overseas investors the necessary land as well as attractive policy incentives to entice them to establish production bases in the country.

During the last few years, Japanese investors boldly expanded their influence in Vietnam, especially in the retail sector.

Two decrees on the extension of deadlines for payment of taxes and land rental fees will take effect immediately after the Government’s approval, according to Dang Ngoc Minh, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Finance’s General Department of Taxation.