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UpYouth - the first startup incubator in Vietnam - is intended to bring the Silicon Valley startup culture to the Southeast Asian nation.

About half the population of Thailand has now acquired immunity against COVID-19 but this remains well short of the government's 80 percent target, according to the country’s Department of Disease Control (DoDC).

Da Nang will not impose social distancing or shut down the city in the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, according to Ngo Kim Yen, Vice Chairwoman of the central city’s People’s Committee.

Vietnam should improve its legal framework to maintain the attractiveness of the domestic investment environment to foreign firms, Vu Tien Loc, President of the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC) has said.

Da Nang city, a travel hub in central Vietnam, welcomed the first 500 MICE tourists on December 10 after a long social distancing period triggered by the COVID-19 resurgence.

More than 1,300 companies and factories in export processing zones (EPZs), industrial parks (IPs) and hi-tech parks (HTPs) in Ho Chi Minh City, or 92 percent of the total, have reopened so far, according to the HCM City Export Processing Zone and Industrial Park Authority (HEPZA).

Despite impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Vietnam still rose 4.4 percent year on year in the first nine months of 2021 to 22.15 billion USD.

The People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has just approved the municipal Transport Department plan on transporting workers to Ho Chi Minh City as the city, the largest COVID-19 hotspot of Vietnam, began gradually resuming economic activities from October 1.

Profits of the banking industry in the third quarter of 2021 would decrease by 19 percent compared to the previous quarter due to slowing credit growth and increasing provision expenses, Yuanta Securities Vietnam estimated.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has requested the army to continue supporting Ho Chi Minh City and other southern localities in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic after September 30 when they begin loosening social distancing measures.

Online shopping through e-commerce platforms by consumers in Hanoi rose 30-50 percent in four social distancing periods, according to the city Department of Industry and Trade.

Vietnamese artists are offering a series of short tutorial videos called “Cam - Ky - Thi - Hoa” focusing on teaching guitar, chess, singing and drawing for beginners on YouTube since mid-September.

The ranking of e-commerce businesses in Vietnam's Map of E-commerce changed in the second quarter of 2021, with the volume of searches on Google for essential online stores skyrocketing, according to an iPrice Group study.

The Vietnam Office of the Korean Tourism Organisation (KTO) has launched a dance contest with the participation of ITZY, a girl group of the Republic of Korea (RoK), on Tiktok video-sharing focused social networking service.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed to the Ministry of Transport a plan to re-open domestic air routes with a pilot period of four weeks.

The central city of Da Nang aims to give at least one COVID-19 shot to all local residents over 18 years old within September, said Chairman of the city People’s Committee Le Trung Chinh at a meeting of the municipal Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on September 7.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAAV) has asked domestic airlines to continue reducing the frequency of flights from/to cities and provinces currently placed under social distancing.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on August 16 signed a decision directing the Ministry of Finance to set aside more than 4,117 tonnes of rice from the national reserve to support residents in COVID-19 hit localities.

Automobile sales in Vietnam plunged in July due to the complications of COVID-19 and social distancing measures being applied in many localities nationwide.

Busy Hanoi’s streets have become quiet during days applying social distancing measures under Directive 17/CT-UBND issued by the municipal People’s Committee to prevent further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.