A corner of Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport. One of the busiest airports in the country, the airport is now often empty since strict travel restrictions have been put in place to fight the fourth outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Việt Nam. — Photo nld.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s airline industry is facing its worst crisis yet amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an online conference on financial solutions to keep the industry afloat heard on Monday. General Secretary of the Vietnam Banks Association Nguyễn Quốc Hùng said the industry’s rapid growth in recent years had made air travel domestically and…
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Sales of finished steel products in June on the domestic market decreased by 20 per cent month-on-month. Photo dangcongsan.vn HÀ NỘI — Reducing the import tax for construction steel products will threaten domestic steel production, the Việt Nam Steel Association (VSA) has said. In a draft of a decree submitted to the Government in mid-July to amend and supplement Decree 57/2020 on the Preferential Import-Export Tariff, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) proposed reducing the import tax for construction steel but increasing the export tariff for steel billets. According to the draft, the import tax for some construction steel products…
Leading jazz artist Trần Mạnh Tuấn recently gave an unusual performance in HCM City playing his saxophone for thousands of COVID-19 patients and frontline workers at field hospitals No 3 and No 6 on July 24. He spoke to Bảo Hoa about the outdoor concert which he described as “the most special stage” he had ever been on in his career. What made you decide to hold such a special performance? I was contacted by a group of volunteers from the city’s youth union and youth culture centre. I was hesitant at first because I have…
As many as 3 million doses of Moderna vaccines donated by the US Government arrive at Nội Bài Airport in Hà Nội on July 25. Many countries have donated vaccines and medical equipment to Việt Nam. – VNA Photo HCM CITY – Việt Nam and HCM City have been receiving a great deal of medical support and vaccine donations from countries around the world to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Việt Nam has received more than 8.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the global vaccine sharing scheme COVAX, including more than 5 million doses of the Moderna vaccine…
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn and Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Motegi Toshimits shake hands online. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn yesterday affirmed that the partnership between ASEAN and Japan over the past five decades had been a ‘heart-to-heart’ relationship and had grown stronger even in the most difficult times. Sơn, who holds the role of coordinating ASEAN – Japan relations, made the statement while co-chairing the online conference of ASEAN-Japan Foreign Ministers as part of the ongoing 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting with the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi. …
Foreign ministers of the five Mekong countries and the US participate in the second ministerial level Mekong-US Partnership (MUSP) meeting held on Tuesday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese foreign minister Bùi Thanh Sơn has attended the second ministerial level Mekong-US Partnership (MUSP) held virtually on Tuesday. The meeting was chaired by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Prak Sokhon and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. It is part of the ongoing ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting which opened on Monday. Sơn stressed Việt Nam puts great emphasis on cooperation…
It is in challenging times that we see the best of people. And in Việt Nam, there is no shortage of do-gooders willing to help those in need. In Đắk Lắk volunteers and government officials are collected much-needed produce to send to localities hit hardest by the pandemic. SportNews / Times24H
A resident in northern Lạng Sơn Province is vaccinated against COVID-19. The Ministry of Health has allowed VinBioCare to carry out clinical trial study of a new vacicne. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Vingroup’s affiliate VinBioCare has received approval for clinical trial from the Ministry of Health to advance ARCT-154, a new generation Arcturus vaccine targeting SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, including the Delta variant. VinBioCare had negotiated with Arcturus Therapeutics medicines biotechnology company of the US on the purchase and transfer of COVID-19 vaccine production technology. The ARCT-154 clinical study is a randomised, observer-blind, placebo-controlled…
A green board is put up at the entrance of the residential area in Mai Động Ward, Hoàng Mai District, Hà Nội, where no COVID-19 patients have been reported, to indicate they are safe. VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Tùng HÀ NỘI — Nearly 50 residential areas in Hà Nội’s Hoàng Mai District without COVID-19 cases were marked as the “green zones” on Monday, the Tin tức (News) online newspaper reported. Barriers and a green board were put up at their entrances, indicating no COVID-19 patients have been reported there and outlining measures that non-residents must take before entering. The measures include making…
Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng (under) in action for his club side Viettel. — Photo thanhnien.vn Peter Cowan Despite what your teachers and your parents may have told you, we all have our favourites. There are plenty of Vietnamese footballers I enjoy watching, but there’s one who stands head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to my affections: Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng. It’s not because he’s the biggest, fastest, strongest or even most skilled player. No, I love watching Hoàng because he’s a true master of the dark arts of football. He’s the sort of player his teammates love having on their…