A press conference was held in Hanoi on July 2 to announce the State President’s decision on amnesty 2021 on the occasion of the National Day (September 2).

Twenty-one organisations and individuals with outstanding contributions to wildlife conservation in the 2010-2020 period will be honoured, according to the Vietnam Environment Administration under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

A research group from Ho Chi Minh City-based Fulbright University and Tech4Covid research team forecast that HCM City will be able to control the Covid-19 epidemic by the end of August.

Vietnam’s aquatic product export is expected to hit 8.7-9 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 5-7 percent compared with last year's figure as demand is rising in many countries thanks to vaccination.

Binh Duong Smart City of the southern province of Binh Duong was named in Top7 Intelligent Communities of 2021 at the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) in New York, the US, on July 1.

Bond issuance is still an attractive and prevailing proposition for Vietnamese corporations to raise funds, even for loss-making and high-risk companies.

Vietnam is sparing no effort to complete vaccinating its citizens in late 2021 or early 2022, said Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.

After several back-and-forth discussions failed to materialise in a compromise, organisers of the 31st Southeast Asian Games deferred again last week from making a decision on whether to postpone the competition 

Top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien will compete in her third Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, next month.

Vietnam logged 239 new domestic COVID-19 cases over the last 12 hours to 6am on July 3, raising the national tally to 18,360, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

HCM City's plan to relocate more than 20,000 shacks on and along its canals between 2016 and 2020 has lagged behind schedule because of a lack of funds and investors’ interest.

The race to reduce air fares by airlines is directly benefiting consumers, but there is also concern that price reductions could distort the market in the long run.

Vietnam is in the opening stages of conducting a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign towards reaching community immunity, after which full production can resume, borders can open, and life can return to normal.

Le Tu Chinh is Vietnam's top sprinter. The 24-year-old has dominated the 100m in the Southeast Asian Games since 2017. As Vietnam is to host the biennial Games for the second time later this year or in spring next year,

Localities are quickly finishing their preparations for the national high school graduation exam to implement the dual goal – ensuring safety for candidates during the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuring a serious and fair exam.

It aims to ease the administrative burden in the country.

Scientists need to study and master the technology and start a pilot small production process of a treatment drug for Covid-19 before organizing production on industrial scale, Phan Van Hieu, a respected pharmacist, said.

According to the representative of the VGCL, it has submitted to the government a consideration to add more workers who need support due to the impact of the ongoing pandemic.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) has devised two growth scenarios for the second half of 2021, said Deputy Minister Tran Quoc Phuong.

Vietnam had a positive GDP growth in the first half of the year, and budget collections were beyond expectations. But there is still a dark side to Vietnam’s economy.