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Việt Nam has met all three criteria on trade and current account surpluses and foreign exchange market interventions, according to the US Treasury. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam continues to meet the US Treasury's criteria for not being labelled a currency manipulator, according to the US Treasury. In its latest report on forex and macro-economic policies of big trade partners of the US, the Treasury found that no major trading partners during the year through June 2021 sought to manipulate their currencies for a trade advantage or for preventing effective balance of payment adjustments. Việt Nam and Taiwan (China) have met all three criteria on trade and current account surpluses and foreign exchange market interventions. However, the department said it would continue to work with Việt Nam and Taiwan to address US concerns. The Treasury said it was "satisfied with the progress made by Việt Nam to date" and would continue engagement started in May with Taiwan. …

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A kumquat grower in Tứ Liên Ward, Tây Hồ District, Hà Nội. — Photo laodongthudo.vn HÀ NỘI — Local growers in Hà Nội have tried to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic and are hoping to have a good year-end flower crop, with only two months left until the Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays. Hoàng Văn Hoan, a local grower in Đan Phượng District, said although he and other growers were worried about the yield of the year-end flower crop due to the pandemic’s impact, they had still grown flowers to serve the market. However, growers have carefully calculated a reduction in the area to plant the flowers and select flowers with lower costs compared to previous years to limit risks, he said. Nguyễn Thị Hạnh, a local grower in Mê Linh District, which is believed to be the major flower supplier of the city, said local growers were worrying about the demand for flowers. The pandemic has greatly affected the income of many …

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The new Phước Hòa - Cái Mép road in Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu Province has facilitated the transport of large volumes of goods. — Photo nld.com.vn BÀ RỊA – VŨNG TÀU PROVINCE — The southern coastal province of Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu is mobilising all resources to speed up the progress of major transport projects, including roads, railways and bridges. The province has identified that it is imperative to develop transport infrastructure to foster its socio-economic growth. By 2025, the provincial transport system is expected to be completed to meet rapidly growing needs, according to the province’s Department of Transport. Trần Thượng Chí, director of the department, said the province has more than 1,600km of existing roads, including three national highways No. 51, 55 and 56, and provincial roads, urban roads and dedicated roads. Over the past five years, the province has built new roads, and upgraded and repaired roads with a total length of 413km. The 4.4-km Phước Hòa - Cái Mép road …

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The Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Environment under the Ministry of Construction Vũ Ngọc Anh. — Photo baoxaydung.com.vn Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Environment under the Ministry of Construction Vũ Ngọc Anh spoke with online newspaper Xây Dựng (Construction newspaper) about the need to improve the legal framework on urban underground space development. Can you briefly talk about current regulations on urban underground space in Việt Nam? In 2009, the 12th National Assembly passed Law No 30/2009/QH12 - the Law on Urban Planning, in which articles refer to underground space and urban underground works. Clause 19, Article 13 explains that underground space is the space that is planned to be used to build urban underground works. Article 66 of the law states that the exploitation and use of underground space for the construction of underground works must comply with approved urban planning. The …

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Vietnamese team train for the opening match against Laos in the AFF Cup 2020 today. — Photo courtesy of the VFF HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam attend the upcoming AFF Cup 2020 as the defending champions and coach Park Hang-seo admits that puts great pressure on both himself and his team. "The Vietnamese team has just competed in six matches in the World Cup 2022 qualifying round and lost all six games," said Park at an online press conference held in Singapore on Saturday. "This affected the team's spirit. We also have a burden and pressure as the defending champion. Group B and Group A also have a lot of strong teams. The results are unpredictable, but we will try each match to get the best results." However, the South Korean coach also believes there have been positives to take from the World Cup qualifiers, even though Việt Nam lost all six games. He believes that during the matches, his team never lost their fighting spirit, even though they were pitted against some of the …

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Students are encouraged to participate in the writing contest called Tết 5k (Lunar New Year Festival with 5K anti-coronavirus rules) launched by the Áo Trắng (White Long Dress school uniform) magazine in HCM City. Photo courtesy of the organiser HCM CITY — A writing contest targeting Vietnamese students at home and abroad has been launched by the Áo Trắng (White Long Dress school uniform) magazine in HCM City. The contest, Tết 5k (Lunar New Year Festival with 5K anti-coronavirus rules), aims to discover and support young writers. It will offer offer prizes in the categories of essay and short stories. The organiser seeks works with themes about people’s daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly living safely in the "new normal” state with the anti-coronavirus rules 5Ks, which in Vietnamese stands for: Khẩu trang (facemask), Khử khuẩn (disinfection), Khoảng cách (distance), Không tụ tập (no gathering), and Khai báo y tế (health declaration). …

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Teenage actress Lâm Thanh Mỹ plays in 'Bóng Đè' (The Ancestral), a long-awaited horror movie directed and written by Lê Văn Kiệt, which is coming to cinemas on December 24. Photo courtesy of the producer HCM CITY – A number of Vietnamese and Hollywood movies will be released during the festive season to attract audiences back to the cinemas. Bóng Đè (The Ancestral), a long-awaited horror movie directed and written by Lê Văn Kiệt, is coming to cinemas on December 24. Even though the film has not been officially released, it has already been licensed for distribution in 25 countries. The work revolves around a widower named Thành and his two daughters. After suffering a family tragedy, Thanh and his children move to a centuries-old ancestral home where both daughters fall prey to sleep paralysis and night terrors. The film features actor Quang Tuấn and teenage actresses Lâm Thanh Mỹ and Mai Cát Vi. Mỹ, 15, rose to fame when acting in the award-winning movie Tôi Thấy Hoa …

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Nguyễn Dương Thanh, a member of the group installs UVC light into a cooling system. — Photo courtesy of Nguyễn Dương Thanh HÀ NỘI — A group of students from Lý Tự Trọng College (HCM City) came up with an idea to integrate UVC light in refrigeration units to eliminate viruses and bacteria, including SARS-CoV-2. Final-year students Nguyễn Dương Thanh, Nguyễn Thị Kim Thoa, Lê Hoàng Huy, Lê Văn Nam, and Trần Thanh Mãi started the project after seeing the reality during their internship. “We were installing cooling appliances for supermarkets as part of our internship. During this time, we noticed that there were micro-organism clusters in the cooling systems,” Nguyễn Dương Thanh said. “We then tried to figure out how the cooling appliances could still function as usual while minimising the amount of bacteria and viruses on its surfaces. Integrating UVC light was the optimal option.” Their work was praised for its practicality at Startup Kite 2021, …

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The one-stop-shop administrative receiving and processing system of the Department of Planning and Investment in Bình Dương Province. VNA/VNS Photo BÌNH DƯƠNG – Bình Dương Province targets providing 100 per cent online public services at provincial and district levels by January. Bình Dương has attracted a great deal of domestic and foreign investment in industrial production. Speeding up administrative reform is one of the important goals of the province to create favorable conditions for businesses and people. Võ Văn Minh, chairman of the province's People's Committee, said the province currently has a total of 1,942 administrative procedures, of which 1,557 are at provincial level, 258 at district level and 127 at communal level. Online public services at provincial and district levels account for a high proportion, but the percentage of people dealing with online administrative procedures is not high. The director of the province's …

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A project of Toong in HCM City. — Photo courtesy of Toong HCM CITY – Co-working space provider Toong has recently introduced two new co-working projects in HCM City. Located at 18E Cộng Hòa Street in Tân Bình District and 186 Võ Thị Sáu Street in District 3, the two new offices have increased the company's market share in the flexible office segment in total office space for lease  in the city to about 4.9 per cent, an increase of about 1.5 per cent over the same period in 2019. “Thanks to the positive impact of wide vaccination coverage, businesses are accelerating back to the office. Only six weeks since the easing of social distancing in HCM City, our revenue has reached the same level as before the critical COVID-19 wave in June 2021. "We continue to receive many requests from large-scale companies needing to shift to serviced offices, an option that provides both proven experience quality and financial flexibility," said Dương Đỗ, CEO of Toong. Construction of our two …

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