In the first eight months of this year, Vietnam saw around 150,000 newly-registered and re-operational businesses, up 31.1% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in August has risen a fractional 0.005% month-on-month, according to data of the General Statistics of Vietnam (GSO).

The central bank governor has said the remaining room of the 14% credit growth target for this year would be adjusted up to allow banks to lend to clients.

During a meeting with the relevant departments on August 26, the Ministry of Industry and Trade asserted the current fuel supply could fully meet the demand for domestic consumption.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has taken back several landing and take-off slots from Vietnam Airlines Group, comprising Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and VASCO.

The Government has urged the Ministry of Transport to consider proposals to develop the second phase of the HCMC-Trung Luong and Trung Luong-My Thuan expressways.

Dong Nai Province has proposed extending HCMC’s Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line to the Bien Hoa 1 Industrial Park in the province’s Bien Hoa City.

HCMC has decided to suspend the symphony, opera and ballet theater project worth thousands of billions of Vietnamese dong in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area to focus resources on social welfare and the post-pandemic economic recovery.

The German Embassy on August 22 announced it would temporarily recognize Vietnam’s new blue-violet passport provided that information about the holder’s birthplace is added.

The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) has written to the Government proposing lowering the excise tax and registration fee on hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.