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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed on the abolition of face mask export restrictions following the Ministry of Finance’s proposal.

Cold-water fish farmers in Sapa are facing many difficulties as their major customers, restaurants and hotels, are affected by the Covid-19.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 28 agreed with the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s proposal to resume rice export from May 1, in accordance with Decree 107/2018/ND-CP on rice export business.

Petroleum prices in Vietnam were cut from this afternoon to the lowest level over the past 13 years.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam have proposed to increase the number of domestic flights and the passenger distance removal after the country has relaxed social distancing.

The Hanoi-based High-Level People’s Court on April 27 upheld the life imprisonment for former Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son, who committed wrongdoings in the MobiFone-AVG deal.

HCM City’s Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien Metro Line 1 aims to start trial operations in June in order to meet the official start of services in 2021.

The minister of Agriculture and Rural Development has warned about difficulties in litchi export due to the Covid-19 outbreak this year.

Total foreign investment inflows in Vietnam reached US$12.33 billion in the first four months of this year, a year-on-year decrease of 14.5 per cent due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese airlines must pay full ticket refunds to passengers whose flights have been cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19, without any charges, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam said.

Total foreign investment inflows recorded a year-on-year decrease of 14.5% to US$12.33 billion, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Airlines are offering various discounts to mark their resumption of domestic flights after the social distancing period ended.

Online customs declaration services will be made available for exports of additional 38,000 tonnes of rice at 0:00 am on April 26, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The livelihoods of about five million people have been affected in the first four months of this year due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

It would take Vietnam’s tourism sector at least two years to recover after being hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, said Le Tuan Anh, director of the Tourism Information Centre under the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

A Hanoi appeal court on Friday morning proposed to uphold the life sentence for former Minister of Information and Communications, Nguyen Bac Son.

Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City has become busy again as more domestic flights have resumed as Covid-19 testing for passengers has been stopped.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed removing licenses for medical mask exports from May 16.

The Van Don international airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh has announced that commercial flights at the airport could be resumed in early May.