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Vietnam’s largest city of HCMC to ban people from going out starting August 23. The city will continue to supply its citizens with essential goods and care for them, especially those in poverty, circumstances and other vulnerable communities. HCMC will tighten its coronavirus restrictions starting August 23, requiring people to “stay where they are” amid persistent Covid-19 threats. Pham Duc Hai, deputy head of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, on Friday said the coronavirus situation in Ho Chi Minh City is progressing complicatedly despite its best efforts to contain the virus, VNExpress reported. Therefore, the city has…
TranscriptHi everyone and welcome episode 131 of the ET Wealth Wisdom podcast I am Tania Jaleel Investing is not easy. As much as we try to simplify, speak about it enough to help investors feel confident, it remains tough. There seem to be many paths to investing success and one is never confident about one’s choices. The process seems to be filled with too many questions.In her recent column, Uma Shashikant of CIEL wrote about the steps to consider while investing and pitfalls to avoid.In this podcast we will be taking a look at the 10 steps one should take…
The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) has been a preferred investment/retirement benefit avenue for the salaried class for many decades. This is mainly because the EPF comes with no income tax on employer contributions up to 12% of salary, annual interest, and on withdrawals if made after 5 years of continuous service. Similarly, for the National Pension Scheme (NPS), employer contributions up to 10% of salary and annual increase in the corpus are tax-free. Exit from NPS is tax-free if 40% of the accumulated fund is invested in receiving an annuity in the future and 60% is withdrawn as lump sum.…
In the late 1990s in Hanoi, Vietnam’s northern capital city, Vietnamese-Australian Jimmy Pham was told he had been conned. A bunch of street kids, who for months Pham had extended his food, home, and money to, confessed in an act of good conscience that they had abused his handouts, with one stealing and pawning his leather jacket and others taking illicit payments off the house Pham had rented. “Instead of turning my back on them, I realized, if I really wanted to help, I needed to give the kids a job and a skill,” Pham told Global Citizen. “I told…
Gojek on Thursday debuted its four-wheel ride-hailing service GoCar, first prioritizing healthcare workers before expanding to the public later this year. More stories at Vietnam Insider’s homepage. The Indonesian ride-hailing company started the service with 50 vehicles in Ho Chi Minh City dedicated to serving healthcare workers from five hospitals and medical command centers. All driver-partners are required to test Covid-19 negative before their first trip and on a weekly basis after that. Gojek has arranged for drivers to stay at hotels from now until late September when the city’s social distancing campaign is set to end. “We have made…
Vietnam’s electronics industry is still growing despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent years, Vietnam has implemented some trade agreements with other countries and flexible policies to attract foreign investors and this would open opportunities for entrepreneurs as the industry plays an important role in Vietnam’s economy. To take advantage of these opportunities, it is important for investors and entrepreneurs to understand the recent developments. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam was an ideal place to do business in this sector due to the US-China trade war and rising manufacturing costs in China. It was estimated Vietnam is…
As the most prestigious and coveted international award program in the travel and hospitality industry, this year’s World Travel Awards acknowledges the participation of Vietnam’s first “touchless” hotel model – SOJO Hotels. World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the travel, tourism, and hospitality industries. Today, the World Travel Awards (WTA) brand is recognized globally as the ultimate hallmark of industry excellence. In 2019 and 2020, Vietnam tourism championed the Asia region twice in a row as Asia’s Leading Heritage Destination, Asia’s Leading Cultural Destination, and Asia’s Leading Culinary…
Thursday’s tally has put Vietnam’s total coronavirus tally at 312,611 cases and 7,150 deaths. Total number of recovered cases so far reaches 120,059 cases. The country has vaccinated nearly 16 million people with at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot, with over 1.5 million people having been fully vaccinated Vietnam on Thursday recorded 10,639 new local Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day tally ever observed since the coronavirus hit the country. The three localities recording the highest number of cases were Ho Chi Minh City with 4,425 cases, Binh Duong with 3,255 cases and Dong Nai with 657 cases. Thursday’s tally has…