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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 13 attended a groundbreaking ceremony for an infrastructure building and trade project at Lien Ha Thai industrial park in the northern province of Thai Binh.

Facebook has removed 2,311 posts that violated Vietnamese laws from its platform since the beginning of the year, up by 400 per cent compared to the whole of last year.

The first major signs of a resumption of investment activity have emerged in the real estate market with new brand names entering and others expanding their portfolios in Vietnam.

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh and UK Secretary of State for International Trade Liz Truss signed the agreed minutes on the conclusion of negotiations over the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement.

Retail petrol prices rose from 4pm on December 11 following the latest review by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

The Viet Nam Business Forum has teamed up with the Government, ministries, agencies and business community to put forward many practical recommendations and initiatives to help improve the country’s business climate throughout the past 23 years.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced its list of 100 sustainable enterprises in Vietnam based on the corporate sustainability index (CSI) at a ceremony held on December 11.

The government has agreed to extend the completion date of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro project in Hanoi to March 2021.

The demand for construction workers at the end of the year has greatly increased as people want to repair their houses before Tet.

An agreement on concluding negotiations of the Vietnam-UK Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) will be signed on December 11, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The optimisation of the quality and implementation of logistics services serving Vietnamese and European imports and exports is among the urgent solutions to promote two-way trade exchange between Vietnam and the EU.

The General Department of Taxation of Vietnam has asked Grab to explain their price hike and cut in drivers' commission.

Economic activity in developing Asia is forecast to contract by 0.4% this year, before picking up to 6.8% in 2021 as the region moves toward recovery from the effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a report

HCM City will step up efforts to attract foreign direct investment by focusing on infrastructure and administrative procedures, with priority given to high-tech projects, a top city official has said.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry organised a policy forum entitled “Supporting small and medium enterprises impacted by COVID-19: Narrowing the gap from policy to implementation” in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs came together with the APEC Secretariat organised a webinar entitled “Harnessing fintech skills of women-led micro small and medium sized enterprises in promoting inclusive growth against COVID-19”.

Facebook and Google could be required to pay news outlets for their content in "world first" legislation set to be introduced to Australia's parliament on Wednesday.

Some central provinces and cities are estimated to experience negative economic growth in 2020 due to Covid-19 and natural disasters.

Many Grab drivers have expressed opposition to the firms’ new commission policies.