Business News

Nurturing start-ups and engaging the start-up community is one of the core directions of the Federation and the HKTDC.  Local start-up companies have come up with excellent ideas in various aspects with the staunch support from the HKSAR Government and respective local institutions.

The municipal authority of Hà Nội has agreed to further relax social distancing restrictions on public transport, including on planes, trains, buses and boats, after 25 days of no community transmission cases of COVID-19 reported in Việt Nam.

The People's Committee of Quang Tri province has approved in principle for Dong Nam ICD JSC to develop a logistics centre, expected to cost more than 2 trillion VND (86 million USD), in the East South Quang Tri Economic Zone.

Nguyễn Xuân Sang, Director of the Việt Nam Maritime Administration, predicted that maritime transport would continue to face difficulties until the end of this year due to drops in demand for goods in foreign countries and stagnation of production globally which caused falls in both imports and exports.

Inflated logistics costs were hampering the competitiveness of Vietnamese goods, according to Chairman of the Việt Nam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) Vũ Đức Giang.

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has allowed the reopening of non-essential businesses as the country has recorded no novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case in the community for three weeks.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has removed all regulations regarding social distancing on buses, taxis, long-haul coaches, trains, boats, and aircraft that had previously been enforced to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The minister made the call during a briefing of the transport ministry, as airlines prepare to restart domestic routes following the easing of social distancing measures designed to contain and control the COVID-19 pandemic.