Transportation

Since November, most shipping companies have announced price hikes of two to 10-fold in sea freight fees.

Investment capital from Vietnam to Lao surged by 130% year-on-year in 2020.

The procurement procedures for a number of public goods and services have not been completed, but these works are still being carried out to ensure social welfare and public security.

Car sales in Vietnam in the January–October period dropped 18% year-on-year to 212,409 units across all segments.

The disbursed amount of official development assistance (ODA) funds in Vietnam in the first nine months of 2020 stood at only VND26 trillion (US$1.12 billion), equivalent to 32.43% of the year’s estimate.

Core inflation comes at 2.52% year-on-year in the first ten months of 2020.

The law is considered a potential game-changer, addressing various shortcomings of the previous PPP legal framework, most pertinently that relating to the allocation of revenue risk.

All five sub-projects under the North-South Expressway project would be operated under the PPP mechanism, scheduled to commence in early 2021.

Core inflation in the first six months of 2020 rose by 2.81% year-on-year.

The suspension of the pilot program is to comply with new regulations stipulated in newly-issued Decree No. 10, which sets out conditions for transportation business.