Covid-19

During the Hanoi Midnight Sale, as the clock was ticking towards midnight, the steeper the discount will be that could go to the maximum of 100%.

About 13% of households in a panel of approximately 4,000 households had applied for at least one of three new Covid-19 relief programs since February, but only 2.3% of these households received any money by July/August.

Hanoi has played a key role in forming supply and production chains among local enterprises from various provinces and cities, said a senior government official.

Despite disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Vietnam – Japan relations have become even stronger.

Hanoi is estimated to record an economic expansion of 4% in 2020, significantly higher than the national average of 2.5 – 3%.

In Vietnam’s new framework to promote digital transformation, enterprises would stay at the center of the process, while the government is responsible for gathering the required conditions to promote digital economy.

With more Vietnamese national brands, the country would be nearer to the goal of prosperity, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

Tourism, digital startups and production of healthcare equipment are fields set to receive funds from the US$350-million investment plan.

A network of Vietnamese talents around the world would help speed up the research and development of new technologies and applications in Vietnam, said a senior government official.

A 50% reduction in the registration fee for domestically-produced cars is seen as discriminatory treatment against imported ones.