VOV.VN - Many provinces in the southwestern region of Vietnam have reactivated concentrated isolation and COVID-19 treatment facilities as thousands of stranded people, mostly workers, are returning home from coronavirus hotspots.

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.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese garment and textile sector has found itself in dire straits to meet its US$39 billion export target this year as it is now facing supply chain disruption, order shifting to rivals and a shortage of workers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to industry insiders.

The Government Office has issued the Notice No.262/TB-VPCP dated October 5, 2021 on the Prime Minister’s conclusions at the nationwide teleconference with ministries, centrally-run agencies and localities on stepping up the disbursement of public investment capital this year.

VOV.VN - Travel firms based in Ho Chi Minh City have officially resumed tourism services following the launch of two new green tours to Can Gio and Cu Chi districts after a long period of stagnation due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has surpassed important business and financial targets set for the first nine months of 2021, with its contribution to the State budget fulfiling the yearly plan.

Recent rumours spreading on social media on Nike’s moving production out of Vietnam to China and Indonesia are incorrect, stated Phan Thi Thanh Xuan, Vice Chairwoman and General Secretary of the Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association (Lefaso).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese photographer Vu Manh Cuong won an honourable mention at the 2021 Nature Conservancy Photo Contest for submitting image featuring a boat floating on a lotus pond.

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.

Residents in Ho Chi Minh City are advised to stay vigilant in pandemic prevention and control when enterprises and business and production facilities began resuming operations from October 1 after a long suspension due to COVID-19.