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The Vietnamese Government and the World Bank (WB) have signed a 126.9 million USD financing agreement to improve access to infrastructure, connectivity and reduce flood risk in the urban core of Vinh Long city in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long, the WB said on January 6.

Vietnam’s first metro line began operations on Saturday, ending a 10-year project that has been dogged by delays and ballooning costs.

(SGI) - Ho Chi Minh City is currently making immense efforts to revive manufacturing units once again, as the pandemic conditions begin to ease and life is returning back to a new normal. 

(SGI) - The recent implementation by enterprises of the "3-On-Site" plan option has pushed up costs, although the fear of labor shortage during the ongoing pandemic has eased as well as the pressure of cash flow. 

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

(SGI) - The current fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is hurting businesses severely and seriously. On the other hand, it is also making businesses more alert and aware of the need to find long-term solutions to survive and continue to flourish even as the pandemic rages on. 

(SGI) - The Covid-19 pandemic is now continuing relentlessly for a second year, with the fourth wave causing immense stress and strain to the entire population as well as the government apparatus at all levels. 

(SGI) - According to the General Statistics Office under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2021 increased by 5.64%. 

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) needs to study and direct Vietnam Electricity (EVN) to issue regulations on the transmission and distribution system to ensure the stable operation of the power system amid abundant wind and solar power sources, said Tran Viet Ngai, Chairman of the Vietnam Energy Association.

Factories in the southern industrial province of Đồng Nai are creating temporary housing for workers as a way to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.

(Saigon Investment) - Bitcoin and other such cryptocurrencies have grown substantially in the last decade. Many people have even begun to invest in cryptocurrencies in the belief that this will be an international mode of payment in the future. Recently, the President of El Salvador stated that he would accept Bitcoin as almost a legal form of currency.

(Saigon Investment) - The prices of animal feed generally and fish feed particularly have continuously increased whereas the growth rate in the consumer market is low due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, sending fish farmers in the Southern Province of Dong Nai fell into despair since the beginning of the year until now.

Trade shocks fuelled by unilateral tariffs between the US and China have undone three to five years worth of growth among global value chains in affected countries, according to a UN policy brief.

US approval of the Biogen treatment has given patients hope. But some experts worry expectations have been raised too high

(Saigon Investment) - HCMC’s companies, citizens and authorities at the peak of the 4th Covid-19 wave are strictly following Directive 15 and Directive 16 of the Prime Minister to maintain production as well as general welfare.

(Saigon Investment) - Vietnam is ranked the 10th best place in the world for expats, according to the recently released 2021 Expat Inside Survey by InterNations, considered the biggest global expat community.

(Saigon Investment) -  Ho Chi Minh City is the most dynamically vibrant economic hub of the country, with the maximum number of lucratively active enterprises, which all contribute the largest share towards the state budget. 

(Saigon Investment) - In the last few years, many banks have resorted to issuing international bonds in an effort to mobilize more capital. This could be a means to raise capital, but it also encourages risk situations, which must always be taken into account beforehand.

(Saigon Investment) - The Lotteria fast food chain is likely to withdraw from Vietnam. This has raised a lot of questions as to the viability of the Vietnamese market in attracting and retaining even giants in the fast food industry who have been in the market for a long period of time but still showing losses. 

(Saigon Investment) - Export and import businesses in Vietnam are seeing the effect of the new Covid-19 variant outbreak in India on all their activities. Although most businesses are monitoring the situation very closely, it seems there has not been much of an impact on activities within Vietnam, as a result of this virulent outbreak in India.