August 2, 2021

Utilities price to be reduced for consumers due to COVID-19

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) is working to implement electricity price reduction for consumers to help ease the impact of COVID-19. The total reduction this time is estimated at 2.5 trillion VND (nearly 109 million USD). This period included, EVN has carried out four price reduction phases during 2020 and 2021 with

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Vietnam, Laos forge cooperation in drug combat

Minster of Public Security General To Lam on August 2 asked public security forces to continue their intensive and extensive cooperation with Laos across spheres, especially in the fight against drug crimes. He urged relevant units to soon complete the draft agreement on cooperation in drug prevention and control between

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Government offers more support for people affected by COVID-19

The Prime Minister has announced an electricity rate reduction of 10-15% for two months for customers in localities that are locked down because of the current COVID-19 outbreak. Quarantine facilities that collect fees from quarantined people will also be exempt from paying electricity bills. Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai

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Ho Chi Minh City to open 150 more grocery stores

Ho Chi Minh City, the epicenter of the current COVID-19 wave, will open 150 new grocery stores in densely-populated areas in the next few days, said Nguyen Nguyen Phuong, Deputy Director of the city’s Department of Industry and Trade.  Ho Chi Minh City has given citizens shopping vouchers for specific

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Vietnam reports 3,200 cases of COVID-19 Monday morning

– The Ministry of Health said that from 6:30 pm on Sunday to 6:00 am on Monday, Vietnam confirmed 3,201 COVID-19 cases, of which 3 were imported and 3,198 were locally-transmitted. There were 1,997 new cases in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam has so far detected 157,507 infections, including 2,265

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