Vietnam Airlines began offering its passengers an in-town check-in service beginning October 10.

The Vietnamese tourism sector is on upward trend, largely owing to a surge in arrivals from Asian tourists, which accounted for 77.7% of the international arrivals in the country over the past nine months, according to the General Statistics Office.

Trade fair and exhibition organizers may face difficulties finding halls to host events in Ho Chi Min City, as most sites have been fully booked, according to officials.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has asked credit institutions and banks to impose limit on cash withdrawal at their automatic teller machines (ATMs) at night, in a bid to protect themselves and their clients.

Ho Chi Minh City-based ecommerce portal Sendo.vn has raised US$51 million in a round of Series B funding from eight foreign investors, Sen Do Technology JSC (Sendo) said in a statement issued today, August 16, by PRNewswire.

The Transport Ministry has proposed a timeline for pushing transport business service providers to install cameras to monitor their vehicles.

Ho Chi Minh City will introduce taxi stands in District 1 on a trial basis for six months, starting today, August 8.

Although the tax departments of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi have made great efforts to urge individuals and organizations conducting online sales via social network platforms to pay their taxes, the results have failed to match their expectations. 

Airbus and Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) have signed a letter of intent (LoI) indicating their plans to work together on several areas of interest in the space sector.

While the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) has been delayed until 2020, the future of the local sugar industry, with several sugar mills facing closure, remains uncertain, officials said.