Construction enterprises reported divergent in the first half of 2021 as the sharp increase in raw material prices had put great pressure on them.

Vietnam remains an attractive destination for US investors in the Indo-Pacific, heard a webinar recently held by The Asia Group.

A recent survey by the General Statistics Office found that most businesses in the food processing industry expected to achieve good results in the third quarter.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is drafting a decree to support loans and interest rates for enterprises that invest in agriculture and rural areas in the near future.

Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are facing barriers in digital transformation and have a passive response to market changes, said Hoàng Minh Chiến, deputy head of Việt Nam Trade Promotion Agency (Viettrade).

Tax collection in the first seven months of this year set a record high, driven by robust banking, property, securities and automobile production sectors, but was slowing down as the virus took a toll, according to the General Department of Taxation.

The Government always cares about businesses and will fight side by side with them against the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said at a meeting with business representatives across the country yesterday.

Việt Nam’s stock market continued to recover last week with improved liquidity and strong inflows from foreign investments.

Many Vietnamese rubber companies have reported positive second-quarter profits despite the rising price of materials needed to produce the popular commodity.

The Government always accompanies businesses and strives to seek solutions to remove difficulties facing the business community amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed the Ministry of Transport halt all commercial flights between provinces and cities that are applying social distancing measures, including Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh City route and vice versa.

HCM City is planning to reopen traditional markets after carrying out research on safety measures for workers and the public.

Essential food manufacturers in HCM City have told Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam that the “three-on-spot” principle (work, eat and rest on the spot) was not working and should be stopped so that production can be restored to meet consumer demand.

Director of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Mekong Delta (VCCI Cần Thơ) Nguyễn Phương Lam and Netherlands Ambassador Elsbeth Akkerman have signed an Action Programme of the Việt Nam-Netherlands Business Platform for the Mekong River Delta.

The impact of COVID-19 in Vietnam has spurred more than ever the growth of cashless payment, including electronic purses.

Many Vietnamese rubber companies reported positive second-quarter profits despite rising rubber materials prices.

The country’s real estate prices has still been increased rapidly despite the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the past two years, which reduced the income of the majority of the population, experts said.

The South Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) in Hà Nội plans to organise an online trade to connect Vietnamese businesses and South Korean companies from Nonsan City, South Chungcheong Province next month.

Hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, hotel owners have been forced to put their properties up for sale at much lower prices, providing opportunities for investors who were betting on the tourism recovery when the virus was brought under control.

A conference to seek buyers of agricultural products and launch the harvest of longan for export in 2021 was jointly held on Thursday by the departments of Agricultural and Rural Development and Industry and Trade, and the authority of Chí Linh City of the northern province of Hải Dương.