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Reducing documents of application for granting certificate for duty-free business

According to Decree 67/2020/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing articles of Decree 68/2016/NĐ-CP of the Government, documents for the application for granting the certificate of eligibility for duty-free business have been reduced compared to the past.

Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 09:05:00

Vietnam to evacuate over 100 COVID-19 workers from Equatorial Guinea

The Ministry of Health said on July 15 it is well prepared to receive 219 Vietnamese guest workers, including 116 people with COVID-19, to be repatriated from the Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 09:03:00

Border Defence force seizes more than 10 tonnes of narcotics in five years

In five years (from February 2016 to June 2020), the Border Defence force closed 544 specialised cases, handled 44,270 cases with 78,227 subjects, rescuing 471 victims. This was a result released by the High Command of Border Defence force at the conference reviewing the implementation of the Criminal Prevention and Control Programme up to 2020 of the Border Defence forces.

Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 09:01:00

Australia initiates dumping probe into Vietnamese steel

The Australian Antidumping Commission (ADC) has launched two cases of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy as part of a thorough investigation into a number of aluminum zinc coated steel originating from Vietnam and several other countries.

Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 08:59:00

Transmission line problems might dash solar power plant hopes

Investors in solar power plants are worried that infrastructure shortcomings will prevent them from meeting a year-end deadline after which tariffs might be reduced.

Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 08:57:00

Vietnam, US businesses seek to weather COVID-19 storm

Nearly 80 Vietnamese and US businesses attended a teleconference on July 15 to seek partnership and cooperation opportunities in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic globally

Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 08:55:00

Oxford Economics forecast Vietnam’s GDP to grow 2.3% in 2020

Vietnam’s effective containment of COVID-19 should allow it to make a quicker rebound than most other economies in the region and its GDP growth can be around 2.3% this year, Sian Fenner, an economist from Oxford Economics wrote in a July 14 report.

Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 01:28:00