A foreign electronic parts manufacturer in HCM City’s Tân Thuận Processing and Exporting Zone. Foreign businesses in Việt Nam are hopeful about the country’s economic recovery, a conference heard in HCM City late last week. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s economy should get back to GDP growth of 6.8 per cent next year, which will be driven by a return of strong foreign direct investment (FDI) into the market, mainly focusing on the manufacturing sector, CEO of HSBC Vietnam Tim Evans has said. This would benefit Việt Nam’s exports, especially as…
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Việt Nam is ready to host the SEA Games 31. — Photo baodansinh.vn HÀ NỘI — As excitement builds for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, which will be hosted by Việt Nam in May, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism have released the schedule for the games. The regional event will get underway in Hà Nội and 11 other northern provinces on May 5 and run until May 23. It is the second time that the country will have hosted the games since 2003. The upcoming SEA Games will feature a total of…
Hà Nội market management force seizing illegal products. In the first 11 months of 2021, the authorities confiscated about VNĐ2,554.7 billion worth of illegal products, returning VNĐ270.42 billion to the State budget. Photo vietnamplus.vn HÀ NỘI — Smuggled and counterfeit products are running rampant as popular shopping seasons are drawing near, according to Vũ Kim Hạnh, chairman of the high-quality Vietnamese Product Business Association. At the webinar “Solutions to tackle smuggled products, counterfeit products, and the violations of intellectual property rights to protect businesses and consumers” held recently, Hạnh said smuggled and counterfeit products were driving genuine products out of the market. “If left unchecked, these illegal products would…
“Everyone wears a mask too, of course as we understand that life is too good to lose. This is how we live with COVID.” Vietnam’s daily COVID-19 vaccination rate in November is the third highest in the world, just after billion-population India and China, according to the health ministry. Despite getting off to a slower start in vaccinations due to a supply shortage, since early September to December, the inoculation efforts have ramped up significantly with more vaccines available, and the country hitting an average of 1-1.5 million doses administered a day. ###: Vietnam prepared Covid-19 vaccinations for children from 5…
COVID testing in Bến Tre Province. The Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre led the country in the number of new infection with 1,246 cases on Friday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The number of COVID-19 infections in Việt Nam has surpassed 1.5 million, as the country reported 15,236 new cases in 59 provinces and cities on Friday. Among the new transmissions, 15,215 were domestic and 21 imported. The Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre led the country in new infections with 1,246 cases, followed by Cà Mau (1,071), HCM City (1,040) and Tây Ninh (940). The total number of cases in Việt…
Regular international flights from/to Vietnam will be resumed in two phases, with air travel with nine foreign destinations to be available again in the first phase and fifteen in the second phase, according to the latest scenario developed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). It is the third scenario developed by the CAAV for the resumption of international flights from/to Vietnam, CAAV Deputy Director Vo Huy Cuong said on December 16. ###: It’s official: Vietnam imposes 3 days self-quarantine for fully vaccinated foreign arrivals Under the new plan, Vietnam will restore regular international air routes with Beijing/Guangxi (China),…
Vietnam confirmed an additional 15,270 Covid-19 infections in 60 localities nation-wide on Wednesday, and the southern province of Tay Ninh reported 18,792 more patients. According to the Ministry of Health, 15,267 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 60 out of 63 localities in the country with five localities seeing the highest numbers including Ca Mau (1,339), HCM City (1,175), Tay Ninh (932), Binh Phuoc (880), and Dong Thap (795). There were three imported patients confirmed today. ###: New coronavirus cases in Vietnam’s capital city reached a new daily record The new infections showed a decrease of 255…
FOOTBALL by Paul Kennedy The Brunel Building in the heart of London is a truly spectacular piece of architecture. Completed just two years ago, the building takes both its name and its inspiration from the renowned and influential Victorian civil engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. In its shadows are many other examples of his rich industrial engineering legacy, including Paddington Station. Among the many companies inside the 22,500sq.m workspace, is the Premier League, and this week, and one suspects in the weeks to come, the 191 staff employed there will be surely rushed off their feet.…
South Africa reported a record number of new daily COVID-19 infections on Wednesday in a fourth wave believed to be largely caused by the Omicron coronavirus variant. The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. Major differences in how efficiently Omicron and other variants of the coronavirus multiply may help predict Omicron’s effects, researchers said on Wednesday. ###: Omicron has been designated as a “variant of concern” Compared to the earlier Delta variant, Omicron multiplies itself 70…
Trần Phú Lữ (right), deputy director of the HCM City Investment and Trade Promotion Center, discusses the quality of Vietnamese fruit on the sidelines of a meeting on Wednesday in HCM City. Photo courtesy of the centre HCM CITY — Food enterprises need a “resilient approach” to risk management amid challenges caused by the pandemic such as disrupted supply chains and rapid shifts in market demand, speakers said on Wednesday at a seminar in HCM City. Despite having crisis management and business continuity plans in place, many in the food industry have faced huge challenges caused by the impact of the pandemic. …