Three Chinese nationals prosecuted for organizing illegal entry into Vietnam. They are an important link in the chain of bringing foreigners into Vietnam illegally. In the first four months of 2021, Vietnam has recorded a total of 199 cases of illegal entry involving 1,443 Chinese nationals. Vietnamese police have launched criminal proceedings on three Chinese for smuggling immigrants into the country, according to the Criminal Investigation Agency’s Office under the Ministry of Public Security, the Hanoi Times reported. The police have arrested and launched criminal proceedings against Chi Jin Hua (born in 1993), Wu Ding Sen (1988) and Guo Long…
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One new community case reported in Thanh Hoá Province on Friday morning. He was F1 of a Chinese expert announced positive earlier. Vietnam reported 60 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday (May 6) evening including 56 community cases and four imported. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. The new local transmissions reported Thursday evening include four in Hà Nội and 16 at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on outskirts of the capital in Đông Anh District. The other community cases include 11 in Vĩnh Phúc Province, five in Thái Bình, 12 in Bắc Ninh Province, one in Hải Dương,…
Realtors typically seek profits by developing the investment value of land, rather than by increasing land prices. But pouring money into real estate, waiting for prices to increase, and seeking huge profits from artificial price increases are actions that are harming the national economy. According to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), outstanding loans for real estate had reached VND1.85 quadrillion by the end of Q1, accounting for 20 percent of the total outstanding loans of the entire banking system, an increase of 3 percent compared with the end of 2020. The real estate credit growth rate in Q1 was…
Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long and his deputies have received their AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Thursday morning at Bạch Mai Hospital in Hà Nội. Long, 54, along with three of his deputies – Trần Văn Thuấn, 51, Trương Quốc Cường, 60, and Đỗ Xuân Tuyên, 55 – remained at the hospital after the inoculations for follow-up health monitoring. All of them said they felt fine after receiving the injections. The health minister said the global vaccine sharing scheme COVAX is expected to deliver another 1.6 million doses of AstraZeneca to Việt Nam on May 10, as part of the commitment…
Ms. Tran Thi Thu Hang, CEO of Sunshine Group, has become the youngest leader in Vietnam’s banking industry after being appointed chairwoman of KienLongBank. In recent years, many business people who were born in the 1980s and even 1990s have joined the management boards of local banks. Hang, born in 1985, was appointed chairperson of KienLongBank to replace Mr. Le Hong Phuong at the bank’s recent meeting of the Board of Directors for the 2018-2022 term. Hang is the youngest female banking president. Hang holds a master’s degree in banking and finance from National Economics University and is currently the…
Hanoi recorded five locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 42 others with links to an outbreak at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases No. 2 in Dong Anh district on May 4-6. Vice Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung required raising the warning against COVID-19 resurgence in the city to the highest level at a meeting of the municipal steering committee for COVID-19 control. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Health Hoang Duc Hanh revealed the information during a meeting of the city’s steering board for COVID-19 prevention and control on…
The northern province of Bac Ninh reported nine more cases of COVID-19 linked with a pandemic cluster at the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on May 6, Vietnam News Agency reported. Many cities, provinces deploy varying Covid-19 containment measures over new outbreak concerns. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. On May 5, the province recorded two infections. All of the new patients are under treatment at the Bac Ninh general hospital. Located in Hanoi’s outlying district of Dong Anh, the hospital was the frontline facility in the COVID-19 fight. On May 4, a doctor of the hospital was…
An express boat service which links Ca Mau Province and Phu Quoc Island has been suspended again from Tuesday due to the impact of a new Covid-19 outbreak. A new quarantine centre was opened and all tourism activities in Cat Lat Village were suspended after a 32-year-old woman had tested positive for Covid-19 after visiting Sapa. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. Tran Hieu Hung, director of the Ca Mau Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that the services, including Ca Mau-Nam Du; Nam Du-Phu Quoc; Phu Quoc-Nam Du and Nam Du-Ca Mau, has been halted just…
Saigon may let students stay home from next week amid rising coronavirus concerns. Around two million students from kindergarten to high school levels in Hanoi have been asked to stay home starting Tuesday. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. The Ho Chi Minh City education department has proposed local students switch to online classes starting May 10 on the back of rising coronavirus fears, VNExpress reported. Duong Tri Dung, deputy director of the municipal Department of Education and Training, on Wednesday said it had proposed to shorten the current curriculum by 10 days, with subjects yet to be covered…
VinFast closing Port Melbourne design and engineering office, but former Holden test track safe, say industry insiders. The closure of the VinFast Port Melbourne design and engineering office would impact approximately 50 jobs. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. Vietnamese start-up Vinfast hired a bunch of engineers from Holden and Ford to work on cars to be built overseas, but the company is set to close one of its Australian divisions. VinFast, the little-known Vietnamese start-up car company that bought the iconic Holden test track and hired dozens of its former employees, is reportedly about to close one of…