The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) is expected to divest capital from six major enterprises in the first quarter of next year, fetching between VND15 trillion and VND20 trillion (US$652-870 million) for the State budget.

Vietnam is anticipated to use Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for the ongoing national vaccination campaign this week as soon as the factory certificate of the imported batch is secured.

The Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV) have warned that Vietnamese products are at risking of falling foul of anti-dumping and trade defence investigations. 

Enterprises survive the COVID-19 storm

Dozens of film producers have sent a petition to the Government and HCM City People's Committee with the hope to restore operations soon and commit to ensuring safety during new anti-pandemic conditions.

Hanoi will work towards a safe and flexible living situation with COVID-19, in a bid to begin the capital's economic recovery, the city’s leader has said.

HCM City assists foreigners in difficulties

Experts believe that the huge debt of $300 billion incurred by Chinese Evergrande will have an indirect impact on Vietnam.

The People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has proposed organizing a number of round-trip flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to partially solve urgent travel needs.

As trading activities on e-commerce platforms bring huge profits, collecting tax has become a burning issue for many countries.

The Vietnam National Museum of History has rolled out a brand-new 3D virtual tour, enabling the public to contemplate national treasures.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Ministry of Health (MOH) are considering adding rapid test kits to the list of products subject to price stabilization after reports about price turmoil.

iPhone 13 series have been launched into the market with two additional colors this year.

The European Commission will convene an online meeting with the Directorate of Fisheries on October 27 to review Vietnam’s efforts against illegal, unreported and undocumented fishing.

Recent rumours spreading on social media on Nike’s moving production out of Vietnam to China and Indonesia are incorrect, stated Phan Thi Thanh Xuan, Vice Chairwoman and General Secretary of the Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association.

Vietnam recorded 4,363 new COVID-19 cases, including three imported ones, in the past 24 hours till 5pm on October 5, reported the Health Ministry.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has rolled out a campaign to detect security loopholes on COVID-19 prevention and control tech platforms.

Cuban journalist and writer Marta Rojas, a close friend of Vietnam who had witnessed the country’s struggle for national defence passed away on October 3. ​

Nham Hoang Khang, a well known hacker, has been detained and prosecuted by the Criminal Police Department (C02) under the Ministry of Public Security for the behavior of ‘taking property by force’.

Vietnamese are heavily reliant on Facebook as a communication channel, as was clear when Facebook had an outage Monday night.