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, 

The transport, hospitality and service sectors in Da Nang are experiencing tough days because of the Covid-19 crisis as many businesses have left the market because they no longer have clients and revenue.

Nguyen Kim Anh, a young female Vietnamese PhD holder of the Institute of Geography under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, has just won the “The most downloaded paper award 2021” award

Vietnam has the highest number of people shopping on e-commerce platforms in the Southeast Asia region with some 49.3 million people, according to the E-commerce White Book 2021 released by the Vietnam E-Commerce and Digital Economy Agency.

Vietnam is among the regional countries that are seeing new digital bank models, experts have said.

A total of 477 wild animals were rescued from violators or voluntarily handed over by people in the first half of 2021, the Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) reported on July 16.

Vietnam logged 1,883 domestically-transmitted COVID-19 infections and 15 imported cases in the past 12 hours to 6:30 pm on July 16, bringing the national tally to 44,186, according to the Ministry of Health.

Eighteen more COVID-19 deaths have brought the country's total death toll to 225, the Ministry of Health reported on July 16.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 16 attended and delivered a speech at a virtual informal meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders at the invitation of APEC 2021 Chair - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Vietnamese Olympic athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Games will receive VND1.85 billion (over US$80,600) in bonuses for each gold medal win.

Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has approved financial fines worth over 1 billion VND (43,584 USD) imposed on two people for their engagement in illegal wildlife trade and captivity.

An online exhibition featuring 20 paintings by Vietnamese and foreign artists is on display at artspaces.kunstmatrix.com.

For the first time, Vietnam is among the top 20 countries attracting the most foreign direct investment (FDI) capital in the world, according to World Investment Report 2021 by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Economists have urged the gradual reopening of the economy. VietNamNet talked to Dr Nguyen Duc Kien about the issue.