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HCM City is asking approval to grant new work permits to foreign experts or highly skilled workers arriving from COVID-19-affected countries and territories, especially those in charge of the two metro lines in the city.

The Vietnam Railway Corporation is facing losses of over VND600bn (USD26m) in 2020 because of Covid-19.

Two bridges are being completed over Linh Dam Lake in order to ease congestion at Nguyen Huu Tho-Giai Phong intersection and the Linh Dam area.

Apple is planning to partially manufacture its rumoured over-ear headphones in Vietnam, as the tech giant looks to diversify its manufacturing base amid rising tensions between the United States and China during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report

The Government Inspectorate has pointed out various violations at constructions built on agricultural lands on Phu Quoc Island, including large hotels.

A number of five-star tourist ships in Ha Long Bay have attracted a lot of local customers with deep discount programmes.

Vietnam is aiming to raise the output of its spiny lobster farming industry to 3,000 tonnes by 2025, bringing in an export revenues of US$200 million, under a draft plan by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to a 50% reduction in auto registration fees until the end of this year.

The Government Inspectorate has discovered various violations of environmental protection regulations in Kien Giang Province.

Vietnam is aiming to have 55 percent of its population shopping online by 2025, with average consumer spending rising to 600 USD per year, according to a master plan on e-commerce development for 2021-25 recently approved by Deputy Prime

Pork prices in Vietnam have reached the record high due to local supply shortages.

Quang Ninh province has announced the foundation of the management board of Van Don Economic Zone (EZ) which will be piloted in three years.

The Government Inspectorate has found a range of construction violations at the popular tourism hub of the southern province of Kien Giang’s Phu Quoc Island.

Even though casinos have been legalised in Vietnam, they still are failing to attract investment and visitors.

The central city of Danang has offered very attractive promotional programmes to entice domestic tourists while international flights remain suspended due to Covid-19.

The tourist town of Sapa in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai will launch an appealing promotional tourism programme to lure visitors as the country has fundamentally controlled the Covid-19 pandemic.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on May 16 partnered with the Vietnam Tourism Association (VITA) to launch a programme to boost domestic travel demand until the end of 2020.

While the COVID-19 epidemic has basically been controlled in Vietnam and business activities have resumed, the retail space market in Hanoi is gloomy with rentals down from 20-30 percent.

Many resorts in Binh Thuan Province have offered discounts in order to boost businesses after social distancing.