Hanoi will take advantage of a shift in investment capital worldwide to attract foreign direct investment into the city.

The Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) Committee in coordination with the Customs Administration of the Czech Republic has held a webinar to introduce the electronic customs of the European country.

The national infection tally rose to more than 51,000 after the Health Ministry confirmed a further 2,472 fresh cases of COVID-19, including 18 imported on July 18 morning, with Ho Chi Minh City continuing to suffer the most infections at 1,756.

At 3.30 pm July 8, the time for the English exam, the last exam for the 2021 high school finals ended, and the exam organizers felt relieved. 

The Ministry of Health confirmed 713 more COVID-19 cases were detected during the 7 hours to 7pm on July 11, raising the national count to 29,816.

The Ministry of National Defense has just sent a mobile Covid-19 testing van from the capital city of Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City in order to strengthen the testing capacity in the city.

PM Pham Minh Chinh on July 11 requested the southern border province of Tay Ninh to take actions to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from spreading out in the community, strictly monitor those coming from pandemic-hit areas, and control the border.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s current biggest COVID-19 outbreak hot spot, is on the right track in pandemic prevention and control after two days of social distancing imposed in the entire city.

The country continues to offer appealing business and investment opportunities given its strong fundamentals.

Workers forced to take unpaid leave from 15 days to below one month would receive VND1.85 million ($80.4) per person, and VND3.71 million ($161.23) if taking an unpaid leave of over one month.

The Vietnam Free Trade Agreement Portal (FTAP) with people and businesses at the center of its service is aimed at improving the quality and efficiency of Vietnam's FTAs implementation.

Vietnam confirmed an additional 606 locally transmitted and one imported cases over the past six hours, raising its tally of infections to 28,470, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its 06,00am COVID-19 update on July 11.

Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung said agencies and localities cannot be slow in disbursing the VND26 trillion support package.

The new cargo airline has a total investment of US$100 million.

Vietnam logged 360 new COVID-19 infections, including 356 domestic and four imported cases, in the past six hours to 6pm on July 4, the Ministry of Health (MoH) announced.

Vietnam aims to have 1,704 industrial clusters by 2025, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

This morning, the Ho Chi Minh-based Children Hospital No.1 announced to stop admit inpatients in section C from July 2 over the discovery of Covid-19 patients and their relatives.

The novel coronavirus pandemic could act as a catalyst for digital banking adoption changing the consumption behavior of customers who do not want to go to banks for transactions in order to limit exposure.

Vietnam posted a State budget surplus in the first half of 2021 as revenue outpaced spending despite Covid-19 raging in many parts of the nation, according to the Ministry of Finance.

The price of steel has continued to drop by VND300,000 per tonne, marking the third significant fall after reaching a highs back in late 2020.