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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed on the proposal to re-open the Thailand air route in the time to come.

Tours to Con Dao Island are being offered at very cheap prices after the Hanoi-Con Dao flights opened.

Vietnam has exported its first rice batch to Europe following the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

Work started on the nation’s largest wind farm in the central province of Quang Binh on September 20.

The Vietnamese leather & footwear sector is finding it difficult to fulfil the US$24 billion export target this year due to shrinking markets globally, according to Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

More foreign experts have come to HCM City to hasten a local metro project which is expected to have its first train arrive in October.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has been asked to meet the goal of 6-6.5% GDP growth in 2021.

The Vietnamese economy remains on track despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but greater attention should be paid to maintaining the fiscal and financial stability, according to the World Bank in its September 2020 update.

Nhon-Hanoi Station metro line is expected to go into operation in late 2021 but Hanoi authorities have only received 60 applications for the line's drivers.

The People’s Committee of Nam Dinh province held a ceremony in Giao Thuy district on September 18 to commence the construction of a coastal road running through three districts in Nam Dinh province.

The Prime Minister's Advisory Council for Administrative Procedure Reform has recommended different measures to help mitigate challenges for enterprises in Vietnam due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Hundreds of workers at a garment company in Khanh Hoa Province went on a strike to protest against a salary cut.

The central city of Danang has largely reopened as Covid-19 has been brought under control in the country, but the city has still banned the operation of bars, karaoke parlours and discos.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has issued an urgent document requesting three airports in the central region to suspend operation on September 18, the day storm Noul is slated to land in the region.

The central city of Danang will take actions to reform its tourism sector for sustainable development, including the diversification of foreign visitor sources, said a local expert.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will reopen its flights to Japan on Friday, while budget airline VietJet Air has planned to resume its international flights by the end of this month.

Authorities in Khanh Hoa Province are going to remove seven showrooms which have been illegally built to serve Chinese tourists in Nha Trang City.

Many Vietnamese enterprises are being badly affected by climate change according to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Dozens of Vietnamese agricultural products like dragon fruit, grapefruit and pineapples will be exported to the EU on September 16 and 17, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.