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Rice export values in the first eight months hit a total of USD2.2 billion, up 10.4% on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

As of late August, as many as 777,916 enterprises registered for e-tax payment service, accounting for 98.1%, according to the General Department of Taxation, under the Ministry of Finance.

The Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HSX) has just announced Petrolimex (HSX: PLX) being named on the list of securities that are not eligible for margin trading, or non-marginable.

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement has created a new driving force for Vietnam’s logistics, but the industry needs to take further action to unlock its full potential.

Three to five-star hotels in Hanoi are facing difficulties due to lack of international tourists amid Covid-19 pandemic.

Authorities in Ca Mau Province have proposed to upgrade Ca Mau Airport to open new direct flight routes.

More than 7,200 sets of certificates of origin (C/O) of the EUR.1 form were granted to Vietnamese products worth a total of US$277 million, allowing them to export to 28 EU countries, a month since the coming into effect

The Vietnam Banks Association is urging international credit and debit card companies to reduce a number of fees, as the country continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hanoi has put off the trial operation of iParking service from September 1 as it has fallen short of expectations.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has built a plan to resume international air routes, firstly the ones linking with the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Japan on September 15.

Foreign arrivals to Viet Nam were estimated at nearly 3.78 million in the first eight months this year, a decrease of 66.6% compared to the same period last year, the General Statistics Office reported.

The Investment Promotion Agency of Quang Ninh province and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) have signed a memorandum of understanding on Korean investment promotion co-operation within the locality.

Lobster farmers in Binh Thuan Province's Nhon Hai Commune are facing big losses from falling prices due to Covid-19.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) slightly went up 0.07 percent month-on-month in August due to the impacts of heavy rainfalls nationwide and rise in domestic rice and education service prices, reported the General Statistics Office on August 29.

Terminal device manufacturers and suppliers are expected to approach Vietnam’s to-be-issued national technical regulations on terminal devices of terrestrial mobile communication in the near future, which will include the requirement of integrating 4G into such devices.

The new virus outbreak has affected 70% of local firms with 3.5-5 million people laid off or set to have their work hours reduced according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Hanoi authorities have confiscated more than 10 tonnes of illegally-imported confectionery and milk tea products, including a large amount of moon cakes.

As of August 20, total amount of foreign investment inflows valued US$ 19.54 billion, equivalent to 86.3% of the same period last year, reported the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung and representatives from the Swiss Embassy, the World Bank and the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam officially launched Vietnam’s open budget portal, at https://ckns.mof.gov.vn/, on August 26.