NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan chairs the 53rd session of the 14th NA Standing Committee (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan chaired the 53rd session of the 14th NA Standing Committee which opened in Hanoi on the afternoon of February 22. In her opening remarks, Ngan said this is the standing committee’s first sitting after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday and will last until the morning of February 23.In the new year, the NA Standing Committee will do its utmost to fulfil set targets, with the focus on thoroughly preparing for the…
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A COVID-19 control post in Kinh Mon township, Hai Duong province (Photo: VNA) Hai Duong (VNA) – Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hai Duong province Nguyen Duong Thai, who is also head of the provincial Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, signed a decision on February 22 lifting social distancing measures for 185 people in Vinh Hoa commune, Ninh Giang district, where no F0 cases have been reported for the last 21 days. So far, 2,063 households with a total of 9,623 people in 14 communes and wards in Ninh Giang district and Kinh Mon township have seen…
The Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro doesn’t have a native way to respond to incoming SMS messages, but a new app allows you to do so. It is Mood Messenger’s companion app and offers quick responses with several predefined options. Note that Mood replaces your phone’s SMS and MMS app, it will not work with the original phone app. Incoming messages • Emoji replies • More emoji • Text replies Once you’re ready, you’ll be able to read the last 5 posts on your Watch GT 2 Pro and choose from multiple emoji and a few one-word responses (thanks, yes,…
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Singapore (VNA) – Vietnam’s GDP growth is expected to rebound to 7 percent in 2021, driven by a recovery in external demand, a resilient domestic economy, and increased production capacity, according to the preliminary assessment by the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).The office said that after a sharp drop in the second quarter, Vietnam’s economic growth started to rebound in the third quarter of 2020, with a broad-based recovery. Manufacturing activity was boosted by a robust export sector, which benefited from Vietnam’s relatively resilient export mix, as well as trade diversion from the US-China trade tension.…
Last month, Motorola unveiled its Edge S in China as the first smartphone powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 870 chipset. We’re expected to see the Edge S escape Asia sooner or later under a different name and a new Geekbench listing reveals that it could be called the Moto G100. Geekbench List The list shows that the phone managed 957 points in the single-core department and 2,815 in the multi-core test. The “nio” motherboard corresponds to the Snapdragon 870 SoC which is supplemented by 8 GB of RAM. We can also see that the phone is running Android 11. Motorola Edge…
Exports of cassava and its by-products are reported to have increased significantly since the beginning of this year (Illustrative photo: congthuong.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Exports of cassava and its by-products are reported to have increased significantly since the beginning of this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.As of the end of January, exports hit 472,805 tonnes, raking in 174.62 million USD, up 122.9 percent in volume and 139.7 percent in value against January last year.Export prices averaged 369.3 USD per tonne, a year-on-year rise of 7.6 percent. China held the lion’s share during the period, with…
nubia is set to launch the Red Magic 6 game series on March 4. The range is expected to have Pro and Vanilla options, and the former has been teased and subsequently confirmed to offer 120W fast charging capabilities. Today, the brand’s CEO Ni Fei revealed that the Red Magic 6 Pro will also come with the appropriate charger in the box and explained that it will allow the phone to charge from 0 to 50% in just 5 minutes. Mr. Fei explained that if some companies don’t include a charger at all or put a slower adapter in the…
Most recruitment will be in business-trade, services, garment-leather footwear, food processing and IT, among others. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – There will be some 30,000 job vacancies in Ho Chi Minh City after the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, according to the city’s Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (Falmi) Centre.Most recruitment will be in business-trade, services, garment-leather footwear, food processing, chemical-plastic-rubber, customer service, transport-warehouse-port services, IT, and tourism-restaurant-hostels.Falmi Centre Vice Director Do Thanh Van said that 85.8 percent of the total vacancies are for trained and skilled employees.According to head of the Ho Chi Minh City Export…
Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has confirmed Vietnam as among the host nations for Davis Cup Group III events in Asia/Oceania taking place in the middle of the year.The tournament is set to be held from June 16-19 at the Hai Dang Tennis Club in Tay Ninh city in the southern province of the same name.The Vietnamese team, ranked 71st in the world, may face either Hong Kong (China), Syria, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, Pacific Oceania, or Malaysia.Its opponents remain unknown as the ITF and Davis Cup…
The vivo S9 is expected to be the first phone to feature the Dimensity 1100 chipset and earlier rumors predicted it would arrive on March 6. Today, the company released official video teasers for the phone, revealing an earlier launch date – March 3. The vivo S9 will have three cameras, and thanks to a TENAA listing, we also know that it will run Android 11 out of the box, likely with Origin OS on top. The battery is listed as 3,905mAh, which means at least 4,000mAh typical charge. Rumors also suggest that a vivo S9e will take the stage…