Health workers in protective suits sort samples for COVID-19 testing collected from local residents of Giang Liễu village, Phương Liễu Commune, Quế Võ District, the northern province of Bắc Ninh on June 4, 2021. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Thương Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long spoke to the media about his evaluation of the current wave of COVID-19 infections in the country and efforts to secure 150 million vaccines by the end of the year. How do you assess the current outbreaks in Việt Nam? Under the leadership of the Prime Minister, the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and…
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An investor at MB Securities Co’s trading floor. The strong cash flow flooding the stock market in May and the early sessions of June has spurred the indices, making them skyrocket to new highs. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The stock market is still an attractive investment channel for investors in the near future. However, it also poses many challenges for regulators and market members, said experts. The strong cash flow flooding the stock market in May and the early sessions of June has spurred the indices, making them skyrocket to new record levels. The number of newly-opened accounts and market liquidity…
Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director. — Photo from UNAIDS * Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director Public health has dominated the world’s headlines for more than a year. The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people’s lives and livelihoods and on economies worldwide has reminded us of the destructive power of a microscopic virus. In the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world will come together from June 8-10 to set out a bold new agenda to end another pandemic, 40 years after it emerged. At the 2021 United Nations High-Level Meeting on AIDS, in New…
A zero-đồng food stall for people in a lockdown area in Tân Quý Ward in HCM City’s Tân Phú District. — VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — HCM City People’s Committee has instructed authorities in Thủ Đức city and all districts to strongly encourage residents to fill out online health declaration forms so that COVID-19 cases can be detected as soon as possible, the committee’s chairman Nguyễn Thành Phong said at an online meeting on Monday. “Social distancing and serious preventive measures help the city control transmission of COVID. We can detect and treat patients early before they show symptoms,” Phong said. He instructed…
Nguyễn Công Phượng should be at the height of his powers when World Cup 2026 qualifying rolls around. Photo laodong.vn Peter Cowan By the time you read this column, Việt Nam will have resumed their World Cup qualification campaign against Indonesia in the UAE and we’ll know just a little bit more about how far this team can go. At the time of writing though, there are plenty of possibilities stretching out before coach Park Hang-seo and his players. They could collapse and get dumped out now, or make it to the third and…
The Vietnamese players celebrate one of their four goals against Indonesia. Photo bongda24h.vn Peter Cowan HÀ NỘI — The national team restarted their World Cup 2022 qualification campaign in fine style with a 4-0 win over Indonesia in the UAE last night. Coach Park Hang-seo’s men will face much sterner tests in their two upcoming Group G fixtures than the young Indonesians offered, but can still take confidence from comfortably dispatching a much inferior side at the Al-Maktoum Stadium in Dubai. Việt Nam dominated the first half but struggled to create many clear openings from a steady stream of…
The national football team is back in action at long last, as Việt Nam take on Indonesia in the UAE for the first of three crucial World cup qualifying matches. The match kicks off at 11.45pm Việt Nam time and you can follow all of the action from Group G right here on our live blog. Tweets by Times24HVNS SportNews / Times24H
Phạm Thúy Vi competes in the SEA Games 2019 in the Philippines. — Photo courtesy of Phạm Thúy Vi Triathlon Thanh Nga After conquering the pool as a swimmer and a coach for HCM City and Singapore, Phạm Thúy Vi has since become one of the top triathlon athletes in Việt Nam. Though she only started training for the event in 2018, the 39-year-old was the best Vietnamese athlete at the IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam 2019 in Đà Nẵng and won a place to attend the 2019 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Nice, France that year. “I took part in the…
Valentina Barcucci, Labour Economist, International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Việt Nam. — Photo courtesy of the ILO Valentina Barcucci, a labour economist at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Việt Nam, talks to Việt Nam News reporter Khánh Vân about solutions to support and protect workers from the COVID-19 pandemic Could you give an overall assessment of the impacts of the COVID-19 on the labour market of Việt Nam? The recent months and the unexpected, new COVID-19 wave have hit an economy and labour market that were already weakened by the impact of the…
A shopper browse products on an e-commerce platform. Việt Nam is becoming the leading market for e-commerce in Southeast Asia. VNA/VNS Photo Mỹ Phương Minh Hương HÀ NỘI — The COVID-19 pandemic has helped e-commerce platforms in Việt Nam achieve impressive growth of 18 per cent, pushing the market size to US$11.8 billion. According to a report on Việt Nam’s digital advertising market released on June 1, new users of e-commerce platforms grew 41 per cent during the pandemic. The report by Adsota Company and strategic partner SOL Premier said up to 91 per cent…