The total retail sales of consumer goods and services in September increased 6.5% against August as production, business and service activities resumed in some localities after the COVID-19 is put under control.

Venerable Thich Minh Quang, head monk of the Phat Tich Pagoda in Vientiane, has handed over to the Lao Front for National Construction LAK25 million worth of essential goods (about over VND50 million) to help people who are being severely affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, is planning to reopen its wet markets after a hiatus of the COVID-19 fight to meet local residents’ demand for foods and other essential goods.

The Netherlands, one of the leading partners of Vietnam in the EU, is a gateway for Vietnamese goods to enter the EU market, experts have said.

Vietnam will promote investment projects in the Mariel Special Development Zone in practical fields serving the development and daily needs of Cuban people, especially production of essential goods, high-tech industry and infrastructure development, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

Consumption in Vietnam could grow by US$130 billion over the next decade as Asia continues to be the world’s consumption growth engine, a new report from McKinsey has revealed.

Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien recently held phone talks with US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to discuss bilateral economic and trade issues.

VOV.VN - Vietnam desires to promote extensive cooperation with Finland in various potential fields such as building startup ecosystems and sustainable development models, visiting National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue told Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin in Helsinki on September 10.

VOV.VN - A group of experts of the Hanoi-based National Economics University have put forward several immediate solutions to remove bottlenecks and connect disrupted supply chains that have impacted localities hit by COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Hanoi authorities on September 1 evening moved approximately 1,200 residents from a densely populated residential area which is a coronavirus hotspot in the city, to a concentrated quarantine camp, in order to slow the spread of the virus.