Vietnam’s total import-export turnover of agricultural-forestry-fishery products in the year to July reached an estimated US$58.9 billion, up 7.2% against the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Nguyen Manh Quan has been appointed as new general director of local carrier Bamboo Airways JSC, with effect from July 27, replacing Dang Tat Thang, according to the carrier’s announcement on July 29.

A mere 25% of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have gained access to formal credit, while many others are struggling with their poor financial situation.

Hanoi City received an estimated 10.62 million visitors between January and July, a year-on-year increase of 3.6-fold, fulfilling its target for the entire year, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

During a working session at the Ben Thanh Station and Ba Son Station of the HCMC metro line No.1 on July 27, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh underlined the need to reduce administrative procedures while implementing the next ODA projects to speed up the pace.

Vietnam expects to phase out fossil fuel-powered vehicles by 2040 through steps to restrict and then stop manufacturing, assembling and importing vehicles running on fossil fuels and switching to electric vehicles.

Tran Van Du, former deputy head of the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security, and five others have been detained for allegedly taking and giving bribes linked to the arrangement of Covid repatriation flights.

The HCMC health authority will tighten the screening of those traveling to the city by air or sea to early detect suspected monkeypox cases, as part of the city’s coping plan amid the spike in monkeypox infections in many countries, especially in Asia.

The Party secretary of Hoa Binh Province in northern Vietnam, Ngo Van Tuan, has been picked as deputy auditor general in charge of the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV), said a report on the news website of the National Assembly.

High inflation in the United States could impact Vietnamese textile and garment exporters although their shipments there in the first half of 2022 grew by 22% year-on-year to US$9.3 billion, accounting for over 50% of the country’s total apparel exports.