Non-state sector became the main driver of the foreign trade in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City during the first nine months of this year, with its exports and imports increasing 3.5 percent and 39.7 percent, respectively, the data showed. According to the municipal statistics office, The country’s southern economic hub saw foreign trade growing 9.7 percent year-on-year from January to September, with exports and imports experiencing opposite trends due to impacts of the worst-ever COVID-19 resurgence, which hit the city since May. ###: More and more Swedish companies are showing interest in the Vietnamese market: Ambassador Ann Måwe In September,…
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Vietnam confirmed 6,941 new Covid-19 cases Friday, pushing the ongoing wave’s tally to 793,150. Epicenter HCMC continued to the lead the daily tally with 3,670, followed by Binh Duong with 1,787 cases, health ministry reported. On average, the country has recorded 8,665 cases a day for the past seven days. ###: Vaccinated passengers will not be required to take Covid-19 tests With the deaths of 136 people announced Friday, the pandemic’s death toll in Vietnam rose to 19,347. In a positive development, a record number of patients were given the all-clear today. 27,250 new recoveries today bring the total recoveries…
People in high-risk areas of Tơng Ju village, Ea Kao Commune, Buôn Mê Thuột City in the Central Highlands, receiving COVID-19 vaccine shots on Friday. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuấn Anh HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health recorded the fewest COVID-19 deaths in two months on Friday, reporting 136 new fatalities. A further 6,957 new cases were announced, bringing the total to 797,712. Today’s caseload dropped by 996 compared to Thursday. HCM City and Bình Dương Province, the two biggest hot spots in the past few months, continue to record the highest daily count, with 3,670 and 1,787 each. These figures decreased by 702…
The GDP plunged in the third quarter, but macro stability and strong prospects for recovery give them reasons to expect a rebound in the last quarter. More story at Vietnam Insider’s homepage. The drop of 6.17 percent far exceeded the earlier forecast by lender BIDV’s chief economist Can Van Luc and his analysts. “The third quarter GDP plunge was much deeper than our forecast in early September, showing the major impact of the pandemic especially in the industry-construction and service sectors,” he told VnExpress. The fourth Covid-19 wave with nearly 775,000 cases to date have given a blow to Hanoi,…
With the pandemic situation under control, some localities have reopened tourism activities for mainly intra-provincial, vaccinated tourists. More stories at Vietnam Insider’s homepage. Ho Chi Minh City reopened hotels, resorts, and tourist destinations from Friday but at only 50 percent of their capacities while each has to meet Health Ministry criteria for Covid-19 prevention and control. Currently, accommodation facilities and tourist destinations in HCMC only serve tourists within the city who got at least one dose of a Covid vaccine or those having recovered from the disease. Authorities in Khanh Hoa Province allowed restaurants and food services to reopen from…
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Liverpool’s Roger Hunt who died earlier this week. Photo courtesy of Liverpool FC Paul Kennedy Despite my colleagues thinking to the contrary, I’m not actually that old. Or at least that’s what I keep telling myself. Yeah, I get my date of birth is closer to the end of the Second World War than today, and yes, I understand flares were all the rage in my early years, but although I’m certainly the wrong side of 40, I still don’t class myself as that old. One particularly colleague of mine will no doubt…
The provincial Department of Tourism said the locality is controlling the pandemic. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Đức THỪA THIÊN-HUẾ — The Huế Monuments Conservation Centre has announced that it will re-open several tourist sites on October 1, including the Huế Imperial Citadel (Đại Nội) and the Minh Mạng, Tự Đức and Khải Định mausoleums. A representative of the centre said this step will gradually restore the local tourism industry, currently heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors will only be able to visit outdoor areas. To ensure COVID-19 prevention and control, visitors must strictly follow the 5K message: khẩu…
For the creation of favorable conditions to welcome workers back to work in Ho Chi Minh City, the Department of Transport of Ho Chi Minh City has coordinated with other departments and transport enterprises to develop a transportation plan. More stories at Vietnam Insider’s homepage. In the immediate future, this plan will be implemented from October 1 to October 31. On the afternoon of September 29, the atmosphere at Ho Chi Minh City-based Mien Tay Bus Station (Western Bus Station) and Mien Dong Bus Station which are expected to be allowed to pick up and drop off workers were quiet,…
The Vietnam business hub will allow its people who have received at least one vaccine shot or recovered from Covid-19 to travel after September 30, but not to leave the city on their own. Starting Friday, all inner-city checkpoints will be removed but the city police will maintain patrols to ensure safety to roll out plan on easing Covid-19 restrictions in the southern metropolis from Oct.1, local media citied the city’s chairman Le Hoa Binh speech at a meeting held Thursday morning . According to the chairman, the city will stop issuing travel papers and will apply information technology in…