Vietnam’s target of $600 billion in foreign trade is likely to be met by the end of the year as the national import-export turnover had exceeded $510 billion by October 15. According to the Agency of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the import-export turnover of the country hit 27.3 billion USD in October, including $13.16 billion from exports, bringing the figure in the first ten months of 2021 to 267.9 billion USD, up 16.6 percent against the same period last year, local media reported. According to the General Statistics Office (GSO), in the period, there…
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The Vietnamese State Inspection Council has approved the results of the pre-acceptance test on the Cat Linh – Ha Dong metro line project in Hanoi before it is put into official operation. The council granted the approval via votes, following an inspection at the site of the Cat Linh – Ha Dong urban railway project, local news outlet reported. ###: Open-deck bus services resumed in Vietnam’s HCMC Inspectors looked into the actual operation on the whole route, the use and distribution of fares, the management of a number of function rooms at some stations, platforms, reception halls, ticket gates, control rooms, equipment rooms,…
Vice President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (L) meets with Vice President of the Portuguese parliament Edite Estrela. — VNA/VNS Photo Phương Hoa LISBON – Vice President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân met with Vice President of the Portuguese parliament Edite Estrela, held talks with Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva and chaired a business dialogue forum on October 29, as part of her working trip to the European country. During the talks with Minister Augusto Santos Silva, Vice President Xuân affirmed that Việt Nam was pursuing a foreign policy of independence and diversification and multilateralisation, under which it was deepening bilateral cooperation with…
Quang Nam authorities plan to allow foreign tourists to visit UNESCO-recognized sites Hoi An and My Son and stay at designated resorts from next month. The province Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has submitted to the administration a draft plan for a three-phase vaccine passport program to allow in fully vaccinated foreign tourists. ###: No quarantine for vaccinated travelers to Vietnam from November In the first phase from November, tourists will be allowed to visit Hoi An town and My Son Sanctuary, a complex of abandoned and partly ruined Hindu temples constructed between the 4th and 14th centuries by…
Everything excellent comes back into vogue at some point, so if you missed these furniture and décor ideas the first time around, here is your opportunity. Every generation thinks of itself as the master of fads that they believe are unique and novel, but are actually reincarnations of what their parents enjoyed as teenagers. It occurs all the time in fashion design, and because we all shop for and buy new items on a regular basis, we all have a pretty clear notion when a style is making a comeback. Turns out, this trend-cycling phenomenon also occurs in the worlds…
Vietnam’s export turnover is estimated at 27.3 billion USD in October, bringing the figure in the first ten months of 2021 to 267.9 billion USD, up 16.6 percent against the same period last year. According to the General Statistics Office (GSO), in the period, there are 31 commodities with export turnover of over 1 billion USD, accounting for 92.4 percent of the total export value. Six commodities joined the 10-billion USD export club, with their combined export value accounting for 63 percent of the total. ###: Setup an import and export enterprise in Vietnam as foreign investors. The export turnover…
Việt Nam national women team manager Mai Đức Chung (centre) addresses his team during a training session. The coach is confident they can progress to the World Cup despite being pitted against tough opponents in the group stage. — Photo courtesy of VFF HÀ NỘI — Despite facing Asia’s giants Japan and Korea in the group stage of the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup, Việt Nam national women team manager Mai Đức Chung is determined to lead the team to their World Cup dream for the first time in history. On Thursday, the AFC Women’s…
One case of Delta COVID subvariant AY.4.2 detected in Singapore British man tests positive for AY.4.2 Delta subvariant after arriving in Taiwan Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. The Taiwanese Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Friday (Oct. 29) announced the first imported COVID-19 case infected with the “Delta Plus” subvariant of the Delta strain in the country, local media reported. Philip Lo, deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division, announced Taiwan’s first imported case of the AY.4.2 subvariant, more commonly known as “Delta Plus.” According to Lo, case No. 16,479 is a British man in his 50s…
Vietnam’s seafood exports to the US increased by 24% to USD1.45 billion in the first nine months of this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers. More stories at Vietnam Insider’s homepage. The association reported that shrimp accounted for 53 percent, catfish fish 17 percent and tuna 15.6 percent. These were among the main export products to the US during the period. Between January and September, Vietnam earned USD775 million from shrimp exports to the US, up 22 percent on-year. The US was Vietnam’s biggest shrimp importer in the first nine months, accounting for 28 percent…
Health staff taking samples from residents of Cầu Village in Tự Lan Commune, Việt Yên District of Bắc Giang Province. The district has reported 18 cases of COVID-19 recently. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health announced 4,899 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the country’s tally to 910,376. A further 56 deaths were also announced. The national death count is now 21,966, about 2.4 per cent of the total confirmed cases. HCM City recorded the highest daily cases of the day with 977, followed by Bình Dương and Đồng Nai at 697 each. The capital city Hà Nội…