Businesses in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang hit hard by COVID-19 are seeking support, including deadline extensions for tax payments, from the provincial authorities.
The Ministry of Transport has recently proposed the Government to consider and approve the option of increasing BOT toll fees in order to remove difficulties for the investors who suffered revenue losses.
The HCM City Department of Tourism said it has submitted to the State Bank of Vietnam a list of 31 travel and tourism firms that are seeking help to make it through the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are finding it difficult to access the Government's credit package worth 250 trillion VND (10.7 billion USD) to support those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic because of a lack of trust in their ability to repay.
The Vietnam Steel Association (VSA)’s member enterprises suffered a strong reduction in production and business in the first quarter of this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 20 stressed the need to regulate price of pork by the market price with certain management, and to prevent speculation and unreasonable price hiking in this sector.
A project partly funded by a World Bank loan is being carried out in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang, aiming to help more than 26,000 farming households adopt sustainable agricultural production practices.
The new restriction on banks of using only 40 percent of their short-term deposits for long and medium-term loans should not take effect next year, the Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA) has said.
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, home to 34 ethnic minority groups, has implemented effectively numerous policies on socio-economic and cultural development in areas inhabited by ethnic minority groups.
The Hanoi People’s Court on December 6 opened proceedings in the case of ex-deputy director of the city’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Pham Minh Nguyet, and five others accused of violations in economic management.
Three years after an initial public offering (IPO), the Vietnam Waterway Construction Joint Stock Corporation (Vinawaco) has not transferred the State’s capital from the transport ministry to the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC).
The Hanoi People’s Committee on April 18 decided to imprison 11 defendants who appropriated more than 863 billion VND (37.94 million USD) by creating of a fake afforestation project in the central province of Nghe An.
The southernmost province of Ca Mau will need 100 million USD for a project for development and climate change adaption in the province’s capital – Ca Mau City.
The loan-to-deposit ratio (LDR) of eight State-owned commercial banks has improved significantly in recent months, making the industry more optimistic about keeping it at a maximum of 90 percent.
Property developers have started constructing coastal projects in the central city in response to the rising prices of coastal property following the stagnant period in 2013-15.
The switch from traditional to urban farming in Ho Chi Minh City has yielded great success over the last five years, according to the city's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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