Many members of the Food and Foodstuff Association of Ho Chi Minh City have promised not to increase the prices of goods, especially essential goods, to share consumers’ difficulties amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

The new virus outbreak has affected 70% of local firms with 3.5-5 million people laid off or set to have their work hours reduced according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City administration, the US Consulate General and the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (Amcham), co-hosted a forum on August 25 to attract greater US investment into the city.

The Ministry of Health and the AIA (Vietnam) Life Insurance Co. Ltd on August 13 signed an agreement on financial support worth VND23 billion (US$992,000) for frontline medical workers in the COVID-19 combat.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Finance of Vietnam and the Treasury of New Zealand signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) outlining future financial cooperation at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 23.