The fourth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee concluded on October 7, completing all its working programme after more than three days. ​

VOV.VN - Depending on the amount of exports exceeding the threshold, Vietnamese textile and garment products are set to be subject to the most favoured nation (MFN) tax rate for a period of six months or nine months.

VOV.VN - Although the local real estate market has been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to poor liquidity and a fall in supply to the market, property prices have continued to increase, according to economic experts.

The primary prices of apartments are likely to increase about 5 – 7% annually over the next three years due to higher product positioning and expectations for more launches of high-end apartments in prime and central locations, according to CBRE Vietnam.

The number of surveyed firms in Ho Chi Minh City expressing optimism about business performance in the fourth quarter of this year has surged to 49.4%, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has reported.

Singapore-based financial service supplier DBS has predicted that Vietnam’s economic growth may reach 8% in 2022 thanks to rising flows of FDI and exports and digitalisation impetus.

VOV.VN - Socio-economic development issues in the 2021 to 2022 period were mentioned in the opening speech by the Party chief at the 13th Party Central Committee’s fourth plenum, with the event putting forward a message on the process of economic recovery and development in the new normal.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 4 received a token of 1.5 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States through the COVAX Facility.

Despite serious impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign investments in Vietnam in the first nine months of 2021 rose, showing investors' trust and optimism about the country’s socio-economic recovery and development in the coming time, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Bich Ngoc has said.

VOV.VN - Despite the impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic Vietnam raked in more than US$32.5 million from shrimp exports to Russia during the past nine months, up 51% year on year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).