A consumer shops for food at a supermarket in HCM City. Consumer price index increased by 1.64 per cent in January – July period, the lowest rate since 2016. — VNA/VNS Photo Mỹ Phương HÀ NỘI — The consumer price index (CPI) increased by 1.64 per cent in the January to July period, the lowest rate since 2016, with lower food and electricity prices after Government efforts to stabilise prices and support virus-hit citizens and enterprises in the pandemic, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). In July alone, CPI rose by 0.62 per cent over June…
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A treatment area in HCM City Intensive Care COVID-19 Hospital based in HCM City Oncology Hospital in Thủ Đức City. — Photo Courtesy of the Ministry of Health HÀ NỘI — Doctors and medical personnel from three central-level hospitals across Việt Nam will help set up three COVID-19 intensive centres with 3,000 beds in HCM City in a bid to reduce the number of deaths amid rising number of seriously ill patients. Health Minister Nguyễn Thanh Long said during a meeting on Thursday that the Hà Nội-based Việt Đức, Bạch Mai and Huế Central hospitals will be assisting local staff in the…
A worker at the District 3 Medical Station in HCM City helps an elderly woman receive her COVID-19 vaccination. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ HCM CITY — HCM City is distributing its fifth batch of vaccines and giving priority to people over 65 years old, and people who have made a great contribution to the nation and the poor. The city has been allocated more than 930,000 doses of three kinds of vaccines including AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer. As many as 100,000 doses will be for people with chronic diseases, 50,000 be for people over the age…
HEAD START: Liverpool’s Andy Robertson challenges Tottenham’s Lucas Moura for a header. AFP Photo Paul Kennedy As with just about every activity these days, because of COVID-19, pre-season football is that little bit different. In years gone by, around this time we normally see the likes of Manchester United playing in front of packed stadiums in Asia, Liverpool touring the United States, and even Premier League teams travelling to the other side of the world on a money-spinning and brand awareness tour. But this time around Liverpool are playing in Austria rather than…
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Olympics Lường Thị Thảo and Đinh Thị Hảo set Việt Nam’s best rowing result in an Olympics as they place No 15 at the women’s lightweight double sculls event on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan. AFP/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — Rowing pair Lường Thị Thảo and Đinh Thi Hảo have achieved Việt Nam’s best result at an Olympics after their performance on Thursday in Tokyo. The Vietnamese team finished third in the women’s lightweight double sculls Final C with a time of 7min 19.05sec at the city’s Sea Forest Waterway. They finished behind teams from Argentina and Austria. They placed No…
By Việt Dũng Vegetables being loaded into a bus belonging to Bảo Yến Construction Services Tourism Co., Ltd. in HCM City last week. Five such buses are being used to distribute vegetables around the city. – VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY – Unable to transport passengers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some bus operators in HCM City have now begun to use their vehicles for selling vegetables and other essential goods. Bảo Yến Construction Services Tourism Co’s five buses now travel around the city selling vegetables and other items, helping increase supply amid the closure of scores of traditional markets. Vũ…
Massan’s slaughterhouse in Long An increased its capacity by four times to reach 600 pigs per day. Photo cand.com.vn HCM CITY — The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has proposed southern cities and provinces be flexible in maintaining safety at cattle and poultry slaughterhouses and seafood processing plants. It aims to ensure the stable operation of slaughterhouses and processing plants and that supply is sufficient to meet market needs, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Trần Thanh Nam said. According to a survey conducted by the MARD’s team in HCM City, at…
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A production line of Hong Kong-invested Gunzetal Việt Nam Co in the southern province of Bình Dương. — VNA/VNS Photo Chí Tưởng HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam raked in US$16.7 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first seven months of 2021, down 11.1 per cent from the same period last year, data from the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) shows. This is the biggest fall in FDI inflows since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out again in the country in late April, wreaking havoc on multiple industrial parks in the northern provinces of Bac Giắng and Bắc Ninh.…