Despite great efforts taken by Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities to fight flooding, many flood-control projects have been delayed by administrative procedures.

The sugarcane sector is facing record-low prices despite an increase of 500,000 tonnes of output over last year, leading to high inventory levels, according to the Vietnam Sugar and Sugarcane Association (VSSA).

Vietnamese Acting Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung has said that Vietnam, as an emerging economy, would be able to take advantage of the fourth industrial revolution, even though the country missed the first three.

The Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) plans to resolve at least VND140 trillion (US$5.95 billion) of non-performing loans (NPLs) from now until 2020, of which VND34.5 trillion will be settled this year.

Muay Thai (Thai boxing), traditional dances, beautiful destinations and Thai street food will all be featured in the Thai Festival 2018 to be held in Hanoi on September 15 and 16.

More than 80 precious items carved with dragons and phoenixes are on display in the former imperial capital city of Hue to celebrate 25 years since UNESCO awarded the title of World Heritage Site to the complex of monuments in the city.

The quality of grassroots-level healthcare facilities nationwide has yet to meet expectation and patients’ demand, said Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.

Vietnamese garment and textile enterprises are losing their competitiveness due to high costs of logistics services for exports, experts have said.

Power drawn from renewable energy is expected to soar in the future, although the country’s capacity to integrate this source of energy into the national power grid is still limited, possibly causing throttling on the network, heard attendants at a seminar held in Hanoi last week.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is proposing a sweeping ban on the export of raw minerals, a move that would indicate an escalation of the Government’s generally negative stance on a practice that generates little value while causing environmental devastation.