Director of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)'s Branch in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho Nguyen Phuong Lam and Netherlands Ambassador Elsbeth Akkerman have signed an Action Programme of the Vietnam-Netherlands Business Platform for the Mekong River Delta.

The European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has created a favourable corridor for trade between the two sides and brought new impetus to economic cooperation between Vietnam and the EU, Nguyen Van Thao, head of the Mission of Vietnam to the EU, has said.

Vietnamese telecommunications businesses have prevented more than 92,000 subscriptions from spreading spam calls, and more than 35 million fake calls in the first six months of the year, said the Ministry of Information and Communications.

The Indian Business Chamber in Vietnam (Incham) on July 30 virtually signed a contract with the Viet Gia Medical Equipment JSC on the purchase of a extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine imported from Germany.

Three Vietnamese projects were among the top five to win the “Impactful Social Innovative Concepts” awards in the Social Business Creation 2021 competition.

VOV.VN - Approximately 11,400 local enterprises leave the market each month, with the number of newly-established businesses decreasing sharply in July by 33.8% compared to the same period from last year, according to information compiled by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The 2021 Vietnam Annual Economic Report entitled “Repositioning Vietnam in the Global Dynamics” was unveiled on July 29 by the Vietnam National University - University of Economics and Business.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 28 called on all Vietnamese people to remain united and strictly follow COVID-19 prevention measures in order to bring back normality as soon as possible.

Ho Chi Minh City will need about 127,000 - 147,000 workers from now to the end of this year, and the demand varies according to the COVID-19 situation, the city’s Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (FALMI) Centre said on July 27.

VOV.VN - Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, will begin social distancing measures over 15 days, starting at 06.00am on July 24, in an attempt to slow the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.