A Covid-19 checkpoint between HCM City and Long An Province. VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — Cần Thơ City and several provinces in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta reported sharp increases in new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. Long An Province, a neighbouring province of HCM City, logged 517 cases on Tuesday, raising the number of infections in the province to 2,301 scattered in all of its 15 districts and towns, according to the provincial Centre for Disease Control. The province has reported 13 COVID-19 deaths since the fourth wave of the pandemic began in late April. It has imposed a quarantine and restrictions on movement in…
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A driver shows his joy after getting a COVID-19 negative quick test result at the Pháp Vân-Cầu Giẽ Highway Toll Station. — VNA/VNS Photo Thành Đạt HÀ NỘI — Checkpoints established to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Hà Nội are creating traffic jams around the city. A Vietnam News Agency correspondent photographed the Liên Ninh toll station on Pháp Vân-Cầu Giẽ Highway in Thanh Trì District, with thousands of cars lined up for kilometres, at about 8am on Tuesday. At the medical declaration desk, dozens of people were crammed together, causing problems for the control force. It has reportedly…
Customers buy pork at a supermarket in Hà Nội. Russia ranked first in terms of exports of pork to Việt Nam in the first half of this year. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — More than 100 Vietnamese companies took part in an online business matching event with entrepreneurs from Moscow on Tuesday. The event was organised by Moscow Export Center with the support of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and trade mission of Russia in Việt Nam. Businesses in Moscow are interested in penetrating the markets of Southeast Asian countries and are looking for opportunities to…
500 employees of Piaggio Việt Nam, based in Bình Xuyên Industrial Zone in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc, received COVID-19 vaccine jabs on July 17, 2021. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hùng Vice chairwoman of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Dương Thị Hồng, talks to the Chính Phủ (Government) portal about COVID-19 vaccinations. What are the post-vaccination symptoms of current COVID-19 vaccines? Which kinds of COVID-19 vaccines are authorised for use in Việt Nam? Can people get two shots of two different vaccines (vaccine mixing)? Each vaccine comes with recommendations from the manufacturer and the World Health Organisation…
Trung Nam Group’s wind farm in Ninh Thuận Province is the largest in Việt Nam. — VNA/VNS Photo Công Thử HCM CITY — The south-central province of Ninh Thuận saw a strong economic growth rate of more than 12 per cent over the last two years, thanks to advantages in marine economy and renewable energy. In the past five years, the province’s development orientation has shifted to a green economy for sustainable development, and economic competitiveness and efficiency. It prioritizes energy; tourism; agriculture; forestry and fishery; industry; education and training; and construction and real estate. These groups of industries are expected to contribute 91 per cent to the province’s GDP and 85 per cent of jobs. According to the…
Vạn Phúc Silk Village is so quiet even on the weekend. — VNS Photo Thanh Nga Thanh Nga I went to Vạn Phúc Silk Village on Sunday, just in time as it happens because the day after my visit, Hà Nội’s authorities ordered all non-essential shops to close to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the capital. The old village is more than 1,000 years old and located in Vạn Phúc Ward, Hà Đông District, more than 10km from the centre of Hà Nội. The pandemic may have changed the way we all live…
Lục Ngạn lychee of Bắc Giang Province was protected geographical indication in Japan. Vietnamese firms are urged to pay more attention to register for intellectual property protection in foreign markets. — Photo baochinhphu.vn HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese firms should attach more importance to registering for intellectual property protection in foreign markets if they wish to develop brands abroad, according to the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP). NOIP’s statistics show that there were about 50,000 applications for intellectual property protection in the domestic market but only around 280 applications for protection in foreign markets. This reflects that Vietnamese firms are not…
Coach Nguyễn Như Cường and Nguyễn Thị Tâm seen at the send-off ceremony held in Hà Nội for the sports delegation of Việt Nam to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. — Photo courtesy of Nguyễn Như Cường By Thanh Nga Boxing coach Nguyễn Như Cường is very happy that his dream of having Hà Nội female boxers win places in the Olympics has come true. Cường is head of Hà Nội women’s boxing and head coach of the Vietnamese women’s boxing team. He has helped Hà Nội’s female boxers reach new milestones in Vietnamese boxing such as winning…
Secretary of Bình Dương Province’s Provincial Party Committee Nguyễn Văn Lợi inspects production of oxygen cylinders at Việt Nam Messer Industrial Gas Co. Ltd. VNA/VNS Photo: Chí Tưởng HÀ NỘI – The Ministry of Health has alerted people not to buy or hoard ventilators, medical oxygen generators or oxygen cylinders as it will waste money, lead to a shortage of supplies and cause difficulties for medical facilities that need to buy machines for patients in need. Deputy Director of the ministry’s Medical Examination and Treatment Administration Department Nguyễn Trọng Khoa said the ministry and HCM City health sector would ensure there were…
A Saigontourist Group hotel offers free accommodation for frontline doctors and medical staff. Photo courtesy of nld.com.vn HCM CITY — More than 20 hotels in HCM City are offering free accommodations and meals for frontline doctors and other medical staff fighting the pandemic. According to the HCM City Department of Tourism, about 50,000 free nights are reserved, indicating the sector’s effort to join hands with authorities in COVID-19 prevention and control. Specifically, the Saigontourist Group has provided 6,150 free nights and three meals per day for doctors at Phạm Ngọc Thạch Hospital, Cần Giờ COVID-19 Treatment Hospital and HCM City University Medical Centre while also planning…