A delicious combination of rice noodles and coconut milk, sweet noodle soup in Vinh Long is a typical local specialty.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will keep the current deposit interest rates and lending rates unchanged until the end of this year to ensure the banking system’s liquidity and benefits for depositors.

The Khmer-style crepe is a favorite sweet in some localities in the Mekong Delta, especially Tra Vinh Province.

Standard Chartered has forecast a potential interest rate cut if the economic impact of Vietnam’s COVID-19 outbreak lasts beyond October.

A dish with its origin from Cambodia, Xiem Lo noodle soup has been a popular specialty in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.

Ho Chi Minh City has allowed buses, taxis, passenger cars and tech-based vehicles with fewer than nine seats each to resume their operations from October 5.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AmCham) has written to US President Joe Biden, seeking more COVID-19 vaccines for Vietnam.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health has given the green light to Vimedimex Medi-Pharma JSC to import 30 million doses of the Hayat-Vax vaccine, produced in China and packaged in the UAE.

Soil and climate in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre are behind the steady and strong growth of local coconut trees.

HSBC has forecast two scenarios for Vietnam’s economy until the end of the year, with both of them focused on the re-opening of the economy, albeit in a cautious and systematic way.