Vietnam will focus on solutions to spur growth towards sustainability amidst the impact of COVID-19 during the 2021-2025 period, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said on September 29.

An online Vietnam-Singapore investment promotion conference was held on September 17 with the participation of 500 enterprises from over 80 Singaporean business associations and chambers of commerce around the world.

The National Assembly Standing Committee on September 15 passed a resolution on allocating 274 billion VND (11.8 million USD) from the central budget's reserves of 2020 to buy 23,000 tonnes of rice for the national reserves.

Exports continued to recover in the first half of August, helping the country record 10 billion USD in trade surplus so far this year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has taken many measures to combat the COVID-19 epidemic and is determined to achieve the highest possible socio-economic indicators, according to the municipal People’s Committee.

Vietnam’s rice exports to Africa rose sharply in the first six months of 2020 and are expected to continue surging in the remainder of the year and in 2021, according to Vietnamese Trade Counsellor in Algeria Hoang Duc Nhuan.

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has been promoting agricultural restructuring towards expansion in both area and production of vegetable farming.

With drastic, creative, flexible and timely directions of the Government and the Prime Minister, the engagement of the whole political system and business community, and the strong support from people, Vietnam has obtained important results in performing the dual tasks of fighting COVID-19 and boosting socio-economic development.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has announced that its exploration of the Ken Bau-2X well, located in the Red River Basin offshore of Vietnam’s northern continental shelf, helped the firm fulfill its plan of increasing oil and gas reserves in 2020 ahead of schedule.

Rapid urbanization and the effects of climate change have been making urban areas in the Mekong Delta very "vulnerable". To sustainably develop urban areas, localities are required to pay attention to urban planning and development involving climate change adaptation.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a plan to implement an agreement between Vietnam and the US on mutual customs assistance.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the first six months of 2020, Can Tho's economic growth was estimated at only 1.43% year-on-year. However, fortunately, from early May, production and business operations have gradually returned to normal.