Tran Van Tuynh, former director of the management board of a healthcare development project in Bac Ninh Province, and Nguyen Hong Son, deputy general director of Advanced International JSC (AIC), were arrested yesterday, September 22.

The Ministry of Transport has been tasked with fleshing out a plan to construct eight expressways with a combined length of 830 kilometers in the Central Highlands by 2030, said Minister Nguyen Van Thang.

Vietnam’s economic growth in 2023 is likely to peak at 6%, thus missing the 6.5% target, even if the nation manages to mobilize resources and meet up to 95% of the public investment disbursement goal for the year.

Chip design tools maker Synopsys has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Information and Communications to advance semiconductor development in Vietnam.

HCMC authorities have inaugurated a frontage road in parallel with HCMC-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway, helping to relieve the pressure on the expressway.

Outstanding loans in HCMC last month rose by a slight 1% against the previous month, taking to 3.26% the city’s credit growth rate in the first eight months of the year, said the HCMC branch of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

The HCMC Department of Construction has put forth a proposal to include an additional 26 land plots within the city for the development of social housing for low-income individuals and industrial workers. These developments are part of the HCMC Housing Development Plan for 2021 to 2025.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the 20th China-ASEAN Expo in China, then the 78th UN General Assembly in the U.S., and pay an official visit to Brazil this September, said the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The HCMC Department of Transport has said that over VND30 trillion is needed for an 11.3-kilometer section of Beltway No. 2 that has not yet been built.

Trade prospects for the Vietnamese tra fish export sector in the U.S. look bright following the positive outcome of the 19th administrative review of anti-dumping duty on frozen fish fillets imported from Vietnam (POR19).