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The loss would be caused by several factors, including changes in river flow, water quality and the ways sediment and nutrient are transported. These would be directly harmful to habitats, populations and communities, foraging and breeding behaviors, species interactions and ecosystem functioning, and migration of fishes. … [Read more...] about Mekong River dams could slice 0.3 pct off Vietnam’s GDP: report

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Boosting the disbursement of all planned public investment would help increase this year’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 0.42 percentage points, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). The Vietnamese Government has identified public investment as the engine for growth to offset the growth gap caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. GSO Director Nguyen Bich Lam said that boosting public investment would be an efficient solution to lift economic growth, estimating that every increase of one percent in public investment disbursement would push up GDP by 0.06 percentage points. In recent years, the disbursement rate of public investment were around 92-93 percent of the plan. If that rate reached 100 percent, GDP this year would increase by 0.42 percentage points. Lam said that focus should be placed on handling bottlenecks in land policies and administrative procedures to boost public investment disbursement, especially for key and large-scale projects … [Read more...] about Public investment disbursement would help lift GDP by 0.42 percentage points

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has asked affiliates to quickly conduct market surveys and create scenarios to adapt to COVID-19 complications and other market developments, particularly in Vietnam’s traditional export markets in Europe, Asia, and the US. … [Read more...] about Vietnam seeks to expand market to sustain GDP amid COVID-19

“Be patient, use common sense, practice social distancing, maintain good hygiene - and stay at home. Only go out for essentials. Most importantly, be mindful of your actions and take care not to put yourself and others at risk through inappropriate behaviour,” Sitkoff said. … [Read more...] about The US business community concerned on impact of corona virus

Hanoi is now home to 6,102 FDI projects with a total registered capital of 42.75 billion USD. Photo: HNMO In the reviewed period, retail and service revenue in the capital city totaled 135.7 trillion VND (over 5.7 billion USD), up 2.3 percent year-on-year. Meanwhile, its export turnover reached 2.74 trillion USD, 18.1 percent lower than the figure posted in the same period last year. … [Read more...] about Hanoi reports 3.27-percent GDP growth in Q1