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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.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Thailand Don Pramudwinai consented to spare no efforts to elevate bilateral trade to US$25 billion soon during their phone talks on May 19.

The Indian Ministry of Trade and Industry has unveiled that it is launching an anti-dumping investigation into a number of solar cell imports from various markets, including China, Thailand, and Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam.

The Department of Overseas Labour (DoLAB) has announced that labour export activities to Taiwan (China) will be suspended as of May 19 until June 18 as part of efforts to deal with a recent surge in the number of

Vietnam’s trade deficit with China rose to USD17.6 billion in the first four months of this year, which was the highest figure in the past three years, according to the latest report from the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Approximately 100 tonnes of Vietnamese lychees are due to be exported to both South Australia and Western Australia in the near future, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has warned local companies of challenges when doing business with Indian partners during the South Asian country's Covid-19 outbreak.

The National Pork Producers Council of the US is seeking to diversify its pork export markets, and Vietnam is one of its targets.

The country’s apartment inventory was estimated at some 3,300 units by the end of the first quarter of the year, falling 5,700 units compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Construction (MoC).

Vietnam has registered 33,000 FDI projects worth USD394bn since the start of the year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Vietnamese abroad sent home US$17.2 billion worth of remittances in 2020, making the country the third-largest remittance recipient in the East Asia and Pacific region.

A growing number of banks and fintech firms are forming partnership to implement embedded finance in Vietnam.