VOV.VN - To meet this year’s GDP growth target of 6.5%, the growth rate during the remaining months of the year must climb to over 7%, posing a great challenge due to a range of complicated developments linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and a strong impact on growth leading locomotives.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to give careful consideration to the proposal of extending the amount of foreign ownership at petrol and oil business to 35%.

In the future, foreign investors who wish to register for multi-level marketing (MLM) activities in Vietnam may need three consecutive years of experience in multi-level marketing in another country.

Hanoi’s economy still expanded despite impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, with its gross regional domestic product (GRDP) up 5.91% in the six months of 2021, higher than 3.39% recorded in the same period last year, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Hong Son.

The Japanese Business Association of Ho Chi Minh City (JCCH) has donated US$20,000 to Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund, an initiative aiming to provide enough vaccines for the inoculation of at least 75% of the country’s population.

The Foreign Ministry's State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs on June 23 held a virtual meeting to connect the Vietnam Private Business Association (VPBA) and the Vietnam - Europe international business association to the union of Vietnamese business associations in Europe.

VOV.VN - Several Australian businesses based in New South Wales (NSW) have expressed their keen desire to seek out greater opportunities in the field of agricultural technology in the Vietnamese market.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed 80 more locally acquired coronavirus cases in seven localities nationwide during the past six hours, with Ho Chi Minh City representing half the figure.

Without a more effective business support package, the country’s goal of 6.5% in gross domestic product (GDP) growth for this year will be hard to be achieved as the GDP growth in the first six months of 2021 is forecast to reach only 5.8%, according to experts.

Heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) has made great efforts to reduce losses by actively targeting cargo transport instead of just passenger transport.