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About 3,300 apartments and houses still remain empty or haven't been approved for sale and rental in the first quarter of 2021.

Japan has officially authorised the nation’s plant quarantine agency to supervise lychee exports to the Japanese market this year, according to details released by the Plant Protection Department.

Hanoi and the four northern provinces of Hung Yen, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Vinh Phuc have proposed a major highway project to the prime minister.

The retail prices of oil and petrol increased as of 15:00 on May 12 following the latest adjustments made by the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnam exported around 1.9 million tonnes of rice worth some USD1 billion between January and April of this year, representing a fall of 10.8% in volume but a rise of 1.2% in value on-year.

A delegation led by Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to Vietnam Park Noh-wan held a working session with leaders of the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang during a visit to the locality on May 11.

The Vietnam Travel and Marketing Transport JSC (Vietravel) plans to equitise its Vietnam Travel Airlines Co. Ltd. (Vietravel Airlines), to boost the subsidiary’s development as the first travel airline in Vietnam.

Many shops, services and offices located in prime locations in Hanoi’s Old Quarter area have closed because of the on-going Covid-19 pandemic.

Vingroup, Vietnam’s largest private conglomerate, has unveiled plans for its subsidiary VinSmart to halt the manufacturing of televisions and smartphones in order to primarily concentrate on developing electronic products and other components for VinFast cars.

Authorities of the northern province of Hải Dương are carrying out necessary procedures to offer from 5-10 products meeting standards in the 'One Commune - One Product' (OCOP) programme, including Thiều lychee, for sale on e-commerce platforms before May 18.

Disbursement of public investment in April was estimated at VND30.4 trillion (over US$1.3 billion), a sharp increase of 23.9% over the same period last year and equivalent to 6.6% of the yearly target, according to the General Statistics Office.

Vietnam posted solid export performance in the first quarter of 2021, and at such a growth speed, its export turnover is likely to hit 600 billion USD for the whole year, experts have said.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has told financial institutions to reschedule debt repayments to help customers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bamboo Airways has been officially granted slots (landing and take-off times) to operate regular direct flights from Ho Chi Minh City to San Francisco and Los Angeles starting September 1.

India has chosen not to place anti-dumping taxes on some artificial fiber products, including viscose spun yarn imported from countries such as Vietnam, according to details released by the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam.

Despite the nation suffering an annual drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the four months of the year, foreign investors still signed major deals in the country and confirmed its ongoing investment appeal.

A virtual fourth session of the Vietnam - Chile free trade council was held to review the implementation of the Vietnam-Chile Free Trade Agreement in the 2018-2021 period.

The import-export value of agro-forestry-fisheries products in the first four months of 2021 stood at about 32.07 billion USD, with exports estimated at 17.15 billion USD, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported.

HCM City has targeted a GRDP (gross regional domestic product) of USD37,000 by 2045.