Starting from March 14, Japan has relaxed its COVID-19 border controls and allowed entry by international students. The Japanese Government also decided to implement an emergency programme for foreign students affected by COVID-19, which has been warmly welcomed by Vietnamese students.
The Norwegian Government and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) have reaffirmed their strong commitment to cooperating with and supporting Vietnam at the national and sub-national levels in ending gender biased sex selection (GBSS), for a brighter future for the next generation of Vietnamese.
Aviation firms appealed for Government support to overcome the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic at a seminar recently held by the Vietnam Aviation Business Association (VABA) in Hanoi.
Vietnam’s revenue of retail sales and services in July was estimated at 431.9 trillion VND (18.6 billion USD), up 3.3 percent over the previous month and up 4.3 percent from the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Government support policies are urgently needed for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in order to protect the national economy and people’s livelihoods, according to a business leader.
A survey has found that 59 percent of social enterprises will cancel their support for disadvantaged groups to ensure their businesses survive if the global COVID-19 pandemic lasts until September this year.
Nineteen State-owned groups and corporations under the Commission for the Management of State Capital at Enterprises (CMSC) incurred losses worth more than 3.7 trillion VND (160 million USD) in the first quarter of this year due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA) has urged the Government to add the property industry to the list of those affected by the COVID-19 outbreak and are eligible for a five-month postponement of value-added tax and land-use fee payments.
The Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP)’s soft loans for poor people has been seen as a standout in Vietnam’s effort to achieve sustainable poverty reduction.
The 2016 report “Characteristics of the Vietnamese rural economy” was released in Hanoi on Nov 7, providing information collected from a 2016 rural household survey in 12 provinces of the country.
The Government’s solutions to support the development of enterprises has proven effective, with a surge in the number of newly established firms in the first nine months of 2017.
Indonesian Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman said the government has allocated 5.5 trillion Indonesian rupiah to support local farmers in developing local fruit and food crops.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a conference with businesses, the second of its kind, in Hanoi on May 17, which attracted 2,000 delegates, quadruple the attendance at the first conference.
Ho Chi Minh City’s efforts to reform its administration and create conditions for businesses to develop have not met the expectation of many entrepreneurs, a meeting between the city’s leaders and businesses in HCM City on March 7 heard.
The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) has proposed the government support up to 100 percent of funding for scientific and technological research activities.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has requested commercial banks to strictly implement a Government support credit lending programme which aims to help famers and businesses operating in agriculture.
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