VOV.VN - National train operator Vietnam Railways (VNR) resumed selling tickets on October 12 for both the North-South route and the Hanoi-Hai Phong route following several months of suspending its operation.

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has expressed his wish that Vietnam and Indonesia will work towards mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccination certificates to facilitate travel by Vietnamese and Indonesian citizens when conditions permit.

VOV.VN - Despite the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic having a great impact on the textile, garment, and footwear supply chain, representatives of several major brands still believe that the nation remains an important production centre for them.

The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has granted a Geographical Indication certification for dragon fruit grown in the south central province of Binh Thuan of Vietnam after three years the Dragon Fruit Association had submitted the application for the status in Japan.

Driver's license, social insurance, and COVID-19 vaccination certificate are among many documents to be incorporated into the new chip-based ID cards, the Ministry of Public Security’s police department for administrative management of social order has said.

More than 100,000ha of rubber plantations in Vietnam are expected to be awarded an international sustainable forest management certification by the end of this year.

The People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has just approved the municipal Transport Department plan on transporting workers to Ho Chi Minh City as the city, the largest COVID-19 hotspot of Vietnam, began gradually resuming economic activities from October 1.

The Management Board of Hai Phong Economic Zones on September 27 handed over an investment certificate on a project building terminals 5 and 6 in Hai Phong Port’s Lach Huyen port area to HATECO Group JSC.

Vietnam may attract about US$30 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2021, posting a year-on-year rise of 2%, economists forecast, pointing to positive signs in FDI attraction in the first eight months of 2021 despite the complexities of COVID-19.

Authorities in the northern province of Quang Ninh on September 19 to present an investment registration certificate to a US$365.6 million project of Jinko Solar Vietnam Co. Ltd., an affiliate of the Jinko Solar Holding Co. Ltd.