Vietnam Today

The Mekong Delta’s Can Tho city is to be developed towards becoming a river-based, ecological, modern city, adapting to climate change and becoming the nucleus of the Delta.

The government has recently issued Resolution No. 99/NQ-CP on an action plan to implement the National Assembly’s Resolution on the five-year socio-economic development plan for 2021-2025. Under the five-year socio-economic development plan, Vietnam aims to become a developing country with modern industry by 2025, surpassing the low - middle income level. The plan identifies 23 targets, one of which is average GDP growth of between 6.5 and 7 per cent over the course of the five years.

The Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) announced on September 1 that AstraZeneca has shipped three more batches of Covid-19 vaccines with 2,016,460 doses to Vietnam. AstraZeneca is the first such vaccine licensed in the country for use and supply in large quantities.

Total budget revenue stood at nearly VND950 trillion ($41.9 billion) in the first eight months of this year, or 70.5 per cent of the annual estimate. The budget was in surplus to the tune of VND83 trillion ($3.62 billion). Among revenue sources, FDI enterprises, excluding crude oil, contributed VND136 trillion ($6 billion), or 68.6 per cent of the annual estimate.

Consul General of India in Ho Chi Minh City, Dr. Madan Mohan Sethi, has handed over a medical support package including 100 tons of liquid oxygen and 300 oxygen generators from the Government of India to the Vietnamese Government. He also announced support for training courses for 200 doctors and nurses in the city and 300 doctors and nurses in other provinces in the south of Vietnam.

Hai Phong is planning to invest in the construction of a political-administrative center in the Northern Cam River urban area with traffic networks and technical infrastructure. With a total area of nearly 9 ha, the project has investment of more than VND2.252 trillion ($98.54 million) and is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2025.