Economy

The annual Startup Wheel contest was launched in Vietnam and other countries by the Business Startup Support Centre.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has proposed Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc permit customs clearance of goods through auxiliary border gates on the Vietnam-China border.

The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has launched a project to enhance the efficiency of hi-tech urban agricultural models in and near urban areas in the 2020-23 period.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam has announced it will reduce airline service fees for six months from March to August to support airlines suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The domestic shrimp industry has not faced a great impact from the novel coronavirus-caused acute respiratory diseasebecause now this industry is under production.

The agricultural economy of Chau Thanh district, Long An province is still developing synchronously thanks to the promotion of the strengths of each region.

Authorities in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho held a meeting with municipal departments and agencies on March 18 to discuss the disbursement of public investment for key local works in 2019.

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has asked enterprises participating in the price stabilisation programme to increase the amount of goods in the market this year.

Viettel Group has reported that its revenue in February surged by 12.8 percent year-on-year, breaking its target for the month by 2 percent despite the impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang plans to increase the area under industrial and semi-industrial shrimp farming models to 3,200ha and annual output to 28,000 tonnes this year.

The retail prices of petrol decreased significantly from 3pm of March 15, making it the fifth consecutive reduction since the beginning of this year.

Vietnamese e-commerce platform Tiki has reported an increase of 15 percent in sales since the beginning of February, saying in a newsletter it indicates the significant increase in shopping needs since the COVID-19 outbreak began.