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.

Vietnamese ICT enterprises have benefited greatly from the fast digitalisation trend, with their revenues rising despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

The Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Youth Employment Services is implementing a programme dubbed “Zero Vietnamese dong motel – free quick test – get a job immediately” from October 1 to November 30 to support labourers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam’s seafood exporters are seeking ways to boost shipments to niche markets, as COVID-19 is disrupting supply chains, hindering logistics services and raising transportation costs.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Transport has updated a draft plan allowing localities that have eased social distancing to resume inter-provincial transport services.

VOV.VN - The capital city will gradually ease social distancing measures starting on September 21, but top priority will be given to people’s health, according to a document signed by Hanoi Mayor Chu Ngoc Anh on September 20 evening.

VOV.VN - A number of cities and localities nationwide, including Ha Long, Vinh Phuc, and Ho Chi Minh City have begun reopening tourism services in an effort to welcome the return of domestic tourists in the aftermath of the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The nation recorded a total of 11,521 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours across 34 provinces and cities, along with more than 9,900 discharges, the Health Ministry reported on September 17.

VOV.VN - Green areas in the central Da Nang city largely returned to normal from September 16 as locals got back to their daily routine after local social distancing rules were eased.