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  Passengers wait to do immigration procedures at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội. — VNA/- VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has proposed to temporarily suspend COVID-19 test requirements for passengers entering Việt Nam by air. Director of the ministry’s Preventive Medicine Department Phan Trọng Lân …

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index plunged 4.82 percent to 1,238.84 points Thursday, a year low, as 163 out of 484 tickers on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange hit the floor. The index stayed in the red throughout the day and closed over 62 points lower after gaining 7.97 points on Wednesday. …

Real estate giant Vinhomes plans to construct 500,000 social housing units over the next five years, its chairman Pham Thieu Hoa said in the annual general meeting Thursday. Starting prices per unit will range between VND300-950 million ($13,000-41,200), he added. Its social housing projects, branded “Happy Home”, will have an …