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A medical worker takes a sample from a man in Hung Dao Commune, Chi Linh City, Hai Duong Province, for Covid-19 testing. The province has detected two Covid-19 hotspots whose sources of infection remain unknown – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – The northern province of Hai Duong has detected two Covid-19 hotspots in Ninh Giang and Cam Giang districts but their sources of infection remain unknown, according to the provincial steering committee for Covid-19 infection prevention and control. Specifically, D.N.D, 44, a resident in Gach Village, Lai Cach Town, Cam Giang District, was found to be infected with Covid-19 on February…

A Trung Nguyên Legend Coffee Shop. Việt Nam has become an attractive franchising destination, especially in sectors like food and beverages, education, health and nutrition, business services, hospitality, fashion, beauty and skin care, entertainment, and convenience stores.. — Photo emimeholdings.vn HCM CITY — Việt Nam will become an attractive destination for franchising businesses after the pandemic ends, experts have said. Nguyễn Tuấn, deputy director of the HCM City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC), told the ‘Start your own business with franchise model’ seminar in the city last week: “With its positive economic growth rate last year and a population…

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam Chairs the meeting of the Steering Committee for COVID-10 Prevention and Control in Hà Nội yesterday. VNA/ Photo  HÀ NỘI — Representatives of the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control yesterday said people can enjoy a peaceful Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday in the ‘new normal’ state if the health sector and pandemic prevention and control teams stay alert. Trần Đắc Phu, an adviser of the Centre for Emergency Public Health Event under the Ministry of Health, said the COVID-19 clusters in Hai Duong and Quang Ninh provinces have been basically put under control thanks to…

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam Chairs the meeting of the Steering Committee for COVID-10 Prevention and Control in Hà Nội yesterday. VNA/ Photo  HÀ NỘI — Representatives of the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control yesterday said people can enjoy a peaceful Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday in the ‘new normal’ state if the health sector and pandemic prevention and control teams stay alert. Trần Đắc Phu, an adviser of the Centre for Emergency Public Health Event under the Ministry of Health, said the COVID-19 clusters in Hai Duong and Quang Ninh provinces have been basically put under control thanks to…

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam Chairs the meeting of the Steering Committee for COVID-10 Prevention and Control in Hà Nội yesterday. VNA/ Photo  HÀ NỘI — Representatives of the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control yesterday said people can enjoy a peaceful Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday in the ‘new normal’ state if the health sector and pandemic prevention and control teams stay alert. Trần Đắc Phu, an adviser of the Centre for Emergency Public Health Event under the Ministry of Health, said the COVID-19 clusters in Hai Duong and Quang Ninh provinces have been basically put under control thanks to…

Imagine this … A teacher that never gets tired, never complains, works for free, and no matter what, never gets irritated by misbehaving kids. Sounds too good to be true? It may well be reality in the foreseeable future. Meet Tri Nhan – Vietnam’s first fully-functional artificial intelligence (AI) robot. And this hunk of metal could soon be coming to a classroom near you. Trí Nhân – Vietnam’s first AI robot. VNS Photo Minh Phuong “Robots have been around for decades, but most are only used for repetitive tasks,” said Pham Thanh Nam, a co-founder of the Open Classroom Team.…

Vietnamese living in Myanmar think the political upheaval and Covid-19 pandemic have created a perfect storm. Quang Hai, who works all day in a factory in Mandalay, only knew about the coup when he finished his shift in the afternoon on February 1. He said: “Telephone and Internet networks were disrupted from 3 a.m. on February 1. Only at 5 p.m., when the Internet was normal, I learned that a coup had taken place.” Mandalay is 300 km from the capital Naypyitaw and 700 km from Yangon. The military overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party, National League for Democracy…

The disciplining of a series of high-ranking officials, including incumbent and retired ones, shows that the fight against corruption and wrongdoings in the last five years has been accelerated  under the motto “there are no restricted zones, no exceptions in the corruption fight” as instructed by Party Secretary General and State President Nguyen Phu Trong. Party Secretary General, State President Nguyen Phu Trong: “Once the furnace is already hot, even fresh firewood will burn”. At the national conference to summarize the Party’s inspection and supervision work in February 2017, Mr. Trong said: “It is absolutely not a pleasure to discipline…

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long confirmed five new locally-transmitted Covid-19 patients in Quang Ninh, Hai Duong and Hanoi at the Government’s online meeting with 63 cities and provinces this morning, February 2. Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long at the meeting on February 2 morning. Quang Ninh reported three cases, while Hanoi and Hai Duong confirmed one each. Up to now, Hai Duong Province has reported 207 Covid-19 cases in the current wave, while Quang Ninh Province and Hanoi City have confirmed 33 and 20 cases, respectively. Gia Lai Province has reported six Covid-19 cases, Bac Ninh Province, three,…

While the laws on investment, enterprises, and funding under the public-private partnership model are appreciated by local and foreign stakeholders.  They also await additional guiding documents to manoeuvre their projects effectively and safely through the legal landscape. Safety and compliance are just two of the main factors directing freedom of business in the country The new laws on enterprises, investment, and investment under the public-private partnership model, passed by the National Assembly in June 2020 and took effect on January 1, are all components of Vietnam’s revised economic institutions. Nguyen Dinh Cung, a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory…