Vietnamese police has arrested a Malaysian woman for stealing a diamond ring worth over VND40 million ($1,760) from a jewelry shop in Ho Chi Minh City. According to the news source, the police took in Ngee Cheng Abryanna, 21-year-old, for questioning as Ngee Cheng Abryanna and her friend visited the Bulgari Vietnam jewelry store at Union Square district 1, and stole the ring when the salesperson’s attention was briefly diverted before leaving the store with her friend. The shop owner reported the case to local police after founding that the ring missing and the camera footage showed Ngee Cheng Abryanna taking…
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Media OutReach Newswire and GBS have expanded their news content partnership to further enrich GBS’s media assets by providing corporate news releases in conjunction with the launch of their 3 media news sites in Vietnam: “Media OutReach and GBS have been news release content partners over the past few years on the fast-growing media news sites: Vietnam Insider, Vietnam Star and Asia Insider. When launching the three media news sites, naturally, we would want to extend the partnership as we trust the high quality and authentic real-time corporate news releases from Media OutReach Newswire and its clients from across the Asia Pacific and globally.”, said Mr.…
A person in Phú Thọ Province getting a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine. — VNA/VNS Photo Trung Kiên HÀ NỘI — The capital Hà Nội surpassed 3,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time, as 16,040 infections were recorded nationwide on Friday. The total number of transmissions since the start of the pandemic now stands at 1,991,484. Out of the new cases, 11,914 were detected in the community and 14 were imported. Hà Nội recorded the highest number of infections with 3,029 cases, followed by Đà Nẵng and Bình Định with 765 and 711, respectively. Other transmissions found in Khánh Hòa…
The World Bank (WB) has forecast that Vietnam’s economic recovery is likely to accelerate in 2022 as GDP growth is expected to rise to 5.5 percent from 2.6 percent in the year just ended. The forecast was made in the WB’s economic update for Vietnam that was released during a press teleconference in Hanoi on January 13, Vietnam News Agency reported. ###: How Vietnam will earn US$5 to 6 billion from coffee export? Entitled “No time to waste: The Challenges and Opportunities of Cleaner Trade for Vietnam”, this edition argued that greening the trade sector should be a priority. Trade,…
Singapore Airlines confirms to resume three-times weekly commercial flights from Singapore to Vietnam from January 13. Currently, Singapore Airlines operates 11 weekly flights from Vietnam’s business hub of HCMC to Singapore and 11 others from capital city of Hanoi to Singapore. The carrier will offer two weekly flights from Singapore to HCMC, and one weekly flight to Hanoi, starting on January 13, using 303-seater Airbus A350-900. Flights to and from Da Nang continue to be suspended. ###: Vietnam plans to increases the number of flights to many countries Tickets for flights between Vietnam and Singapore are available for sales through various…
Motorkhana Trương Nam Thành, who finished in the top 10 off the MUBA Auto Gymkhana Cup in 2019, will be one of racers at the Việt Nam Motorkhana Championship on January 15 in Hà Nội.— Photo courtesy of organisers HÀ NỘI —The Việt Nam Motorkhana Championship finals will be held at the Hà Nội Circuit around the Mỹ Đình Stadium on January 15. Nearly 30 drivers, who qualified last May in Đại Nam Race Course in the southern province of Bình Dương, will attend the event which is officially organised at national level for the first time. The track the…
Japan and Singapore have the world’s most powerful passports, the Henley Passport Index showed. These passports holders are able to enter 192 countries without a visa. Vietnamese passport holders can visit 54 destinations without a visa. The Afghan passport wields the least power, with just 26 destinations possible visa-free. Some passports afford their bearers more freedom than others. In 2021, Japan and Singapore were named the countries with the world’s most powerful passports by the Henley Passport Index. Holders of these passports have the unbeatable luxury of being able to enter 192 countries without applying for and receiving a visa…
Vietnam is projected to earn US$5 to 6 billion from coffee exports in 2030, doubling the export value at present, says the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association. To reach this figure, experts believe that the domestic coffee industry needs to increase the proportion of processed coffee products from less than 10 per cent at present to about 25 per cent or even more. However, increasing the proportion of processed coffee products is a big challenge for the industry due to the level of technology, complex factory operation and awareness of farmers, according to Vietnam News Agency. ###: Vietnam is the world’s…
Nguyễn Phương Thảo Since the US Department of Commerce decided to apply the highest ever tariff rate (over 412 per cent) for raw honey imported from Việt Nam, which exports more than 90 per cent of its honey to the US, small honey companies have been like a beehive under attack. Nomad beekeepers around the country are trying to work as the new season is coming. Việt Nam News speaks to Nguyễn Phương Thảo, International Trade Attorney and Partner at IDVN Lawyers, a boutique law firm specialising in international trade and customs, about the issue. Have you…
With the fast advent of cryptocurrency taking the world by storm, it is no surprise that crypto has worked its way into almost every industry. And one that certainly isn’t exempt from this is the online casino market. As expected, the merger of crypto and online casinos comes with several great advantages. In this article, we will very briefly go over the history of crypto casinos and look at what the advantages of playing on them are. History of Crypto Casinos Before looking at their advantages, it is important to understand that all crypto casinos are relatively new. In fact,…