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Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has said authorities are considering the allocation of US$1 billion for the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta to cope with climate change.

The World Bank (WB) expects that the Vietnamese economy will have expanded by 6.8% in 2019, with public debt reduced by nearly 8 percentage points of GDP since 2016 and a trade surplus for the fourth year in a row.

The Plant Protection Department announced that Japan has officially opened its doors to Vietnamese litchi.

Prices of air tickets for the upcoming Tết (Lunar New year) will be tightly controlled by the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).

Four banks approved a loan of VND6,686 billion (US$287.55 million) to fund the ongoing Trung Luong – My Thuan expressway in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang.

Airports Corporation of Vietnam has planned the investment of VND4.78 trillion (USD214.97 million) into rebuilding Dien Bien Phu Airport in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.

Viet Nam is expected to receive US$ 16.7 billion in remittances in 2019, according to a forecast of the BIDV's Research Center.

The Hanoi-HCM City air route has become one of the world’s busiest air routes while the overloading problems still haven't been solved.

The fuel price stabilisation fund helps the central government manage domestic fuel prices for the foreseeable future, said Hoàng Anh Tuấn, deputy head of the domestic market department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade in a recent meeting

Reduced revenue from cutting taxes on imported goods in accordance with various free trade agreements (FTA) Vietnam had signed was unlikely to affect State revenue, said the finance ministry in a conference held on December 12 in Hanoi.

London stocks and the British pound jumped Friday after an election triumph for Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson that analysts said will bring clarity to Brexit proceedings and unlock stronger economic growth.

The size of Viet Nam’s revised gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 24.5% annually on average in the 2010-2017 period, reported Nguyen Bich Lam, Director of the General Statistics Office on Friday.

A new hydropower plant project has been put into use in the central province of Quang Tri.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation yesterday announced its intent to partner with UNICEF to support initiatives that improve neonatal health outcomes in the rural mountainous and central highland provinces of north and central Vietnam and reduce infant mortality.

Car sales in Vietnam have been forecasted to hit the record high of 400,000 by the end of this year.

Director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, Dinh Viet Thang, said it would take at least two more years for airlines to open direct routes to the US due to various issues.

Vishal Shah, Head of Business Banking Division at the Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint-stock Bank (Techcombank), shared in an interview about how the bank implemented credit support programs for enterprises in the past years.

Electricity of Vietnam Group has reported alarmingly low water levels at the Hoa Binh Reservoir.

New Zealand's military will embark on a risky dawn mission to retrieve eight bodies from the still-active White Island volcano, officials said Thursday, as pressure from distraught victims' families mounted.