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While many stocks in the building materials sector like steel or plastic have surged recently, cement stocks are still hovering around a low price zone.

The production of key industrial products, except mining activities, have continued to maintain good growth momentum in the first five months of this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s hit to industrial parks in the provinces of Bac Giang and

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in May was up 0.16 percent against April and 2.9 percent from last year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO) on May 29.

Many people in Hanoi have bought lychees to support farmers in the northern province of Bac Giang, Vietnam’s Covid-19 epicentre.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has recently signed a facility agreement to provide up to 25 million USD for an onshore wind power generation project with a total capacity of 144 MW in the central province of Quang Tri.

Vietnam will halt the import of live pigs from Thailand from June 30 after detecting African Swine Fever.

BIDV and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed a credit facility agreement of USD100 million on 26 May 2021, aiming at promoting green investments, focused in renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors.

Foreign investors have pumped approximately US$14 billion into the nation during the opening five months of the year, marking an annual rise of 0.8%, with Singapore taking the lead after making a total investment of US$5.26 billion.

Over 1,000 tonnes of litchi from Bac Giang Province have been exported despite difficulties caused by Covid-19.

The southern province of Binh Duong surpassed Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to top the nation’s per capita monthly income in 2020, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has said.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Incheon Seaport Corporation announced on May 24 that it has begun tapping a new container route from Incheon port to ports in Thailand and Vietnam.

Delivery services are becoming popular again in Hanoi following the latest Covid-19 outbreak.

Vietnam’s total output of electricity from renewable energies hit 9.5 billion kWh in the first four months of 2021, up 156.9 percent year-on-year, and accounting for 11.8 percent of the total electricity output, according to a report by the

With an increasing demand for electricity in Việt Nam, the wind power construction sector has flourished, with local and foreign firms getting in on the action.

The sending of Vietnamese labourers to the Republic of Korea was officially resumed on May 21 morning, after more than one year of disruption due to the expiration of the two countries’ agreement on this issue and COVID-19 outbreaks.

Five foreign firms have poured additional investments of USD974m into Binh Duong Province.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is considering a cut in electricity prices to help regular households cope with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A Vietnamese travel company has launched Covid-19 vaccine tours to the US, which has attracted many people.

Over 61,000 Mazda cars in Vietnam have been recalled due to fuel pump malfunction.