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Workers checking eggs on a production line of Dabaco. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Despite disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, higher feed costs and lower meat prices, livestock companies in Việt Nam still recorded positive results thanked to the 3F (feed-farm-food) model. Hence the livestock industry is expected to have a bright growth outlook in the mid- and long-term. The 3F model, a closed livestock raising method including animal feed, farm and food, is currently a development trend applied by big companies like Masan Group (MSN), Hoà Phát Group (HPG), Dabaco Group (DBC) and Vinamilk (VNM). Even though Dabaco’s profit dropped over the year due to lower pork prices, its business results during outbreaks of pandemics in animals were still very positive. In its financial report, the company posted a net revenue of over VNĐ5.07 trillion in the first half of the year, and profit after tax of VNĐ579.9 billion. Bank for Investment & Development of Vietnam Securities …

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A hi-tech shrimp farm in Trần Đề District, the Mekong Delta Province of Sóc Trăng. — VNA/VNS Photo Trung Hiếu Director General of the Directorate of Fisheries Trần Đình Luân told Quân đội Nhân dân (Army’s People) newspaper about the difficulties in granting a production unit code for shrimp-farming areas Why is it necessary for aquaculture production areas to have the production code? The code has been granted to tra fish growing areas in Việt Nam. The code not only helps meet tra fish importers’ requirements in origin traceability but also helps State agencies better manage and direct production thanks to further sufficient data. Thanks to the data, the agencies can learn exactly about production areas, estimated yearly outputs and then take proper action to manage production and consumption. The code also provides information about the origin of aquacultural products and then detects problems in specific sections – production, transportation or processing. …

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Lê Hương Tourism enterprises in Hà Nội and some neighbouring localities are planning to host various tours for domestic travellers. They have just launched a 'Green Tourism' campaign to establish new tourism products and services in the 'new normal'. “At the moment, the pandemic has been better controlled in Hà Nội and many other cities and provinces,” Phùng Quang Thắng, chairman of Hà Nội Travel Agencies Association and director of Hanoitourist Company, told Việt Nam News . “Restrictions have been eased." “Many localities have promoted inner-provincial tourism and plan to welcome tourists from outside and international visitors.” “The activities are the foundation for tourism enterprises to prepare for recovering services that have been frozen for many months,” he said. "The campaign aims to set up tourism services and facilities to transfer visitors from Hà Nội to safe localities meeting pandemic prevention requirements,” Thắng explained. A …

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Football Hoàng Anh Gia Lai FC were flying high in the 2021 V.League 1 before the tournament was cancelled last week. The former champions are in top position but have not been awarded winning title following a decision by the Việt Nam Football Federation. Photo courtesy of HAGL FC Thanh Hà HÀ NỘI  Hoàng Anh Gia Lai's dream season came to an unexpected end after all national football tournaments were officially cancelled by the Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF). According to VFF Vice President Trần Quốc Tuấn, the V.League 1 from round 12, V.League 2 from rounds eight and the National Cup from the last-eight stage will all come to an end. All events were postponed in July because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the decision, VFF will not recognise teams and individual titles that were not completed in their first periods. VFF also said no team will promoted or relegated this season. The national football agency will propose results to the …

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Customers shop at Co.opmart Củ Chi supermarket in HCM CIty's Củ Chi District. Many businesses in HCM City’s ‘green zones’ that have been allowed to reopen since September 15 have adopted flexible models to meet the market’s new requirements. — Photo courtesy of Saigon Co.op HCM CITY — Many businesses in HCM City’s ‘green zones’ (safe zones) that have been allowed to reopen since September 15 have adopted flexible models to meet the market’s new requirements. Tùng Minh, owner of a store that sells imported fruits in District 7, said the first thing he did on reopening his store was to start investing in online infrastructure and building a network of potential online customers. The store has started to receive orders via phone and website, he said. It connects closely with loyal customers, and through them introduces and markets its products to their relatives, friends and neighbours, he said. It also digitises product images, prices and origins to enable people to …

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88 per cent of Vietnamese households negatively affected by COVID-19 HCM City businesses eager to resume, but regulation, worker availability worries linger 8,537 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Việt Nam on Friday Việt Nam successfully produces Sputnik V vaccine HCM City to shut some COVID field hospitals as patient numbers dwindle amid home treatment 58-year-old ambulance driver Đặng Tri Thông volunteers to take hundreds of COVID-19 patients in HCM City and Quảng Bình Province. — Photo courtesy of Đặng Tri Thông Khánh Dương HCM CITY — In early September, Đặng Tri Thông, a 58-year-old ambulance driver in the central province of Quảng Bình, shared on his Facebook page: “Myself and my son have officially become members of a team in charge of transporting COVID-19 suspected cases and patients. Anyone in need of help can call me.” That is the first task that Thông and his 24-year-old son took on when they returned to their hometown after a month …

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HÀ NỘI  One of the most anticipated theatrical events of the year could be drastically scaled down as companies struggle to present their best works. Due to take place from October until November, the National Theatre Festival may be reduced in both size and artists as some companies in COVID-19 affected area cannot make it to the port city of Hải Phòng  this year. According to some representatives of southern theatre artists, they objected to the organisation of this year's festival and proposed postponing it to another year. In an interview with VNExpress, Artist Mỹ Uyên, director of 5B Võ Văn Tần Drama Theatre, said that five days ago, when she received the invite, she immediately refused to participate. "Nearly two years of suffering because of the pandemic, we are currently facing mental and financial difficulties," she said. "The festival is supposed to be fun, but when the spirit is exhausted, how can it be fun?" Artist Mỹ Uyên stands in the middle of …

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Three non-governmental organisations in Vietnam have teamed up to launch the “You are not alone” campaign to support children orphaned by COVID-19, the hidden victims of the pandemic. A representative from the Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Fatherland Committee visits and presents gifts to children orphaned by COVID-19 in the city. The NGOs taking part are the Management and Sustainable Development Institute (MSD), Saigon Children’s Charity (saigonchildren) and Capacity Building and Support Center for Women and Children (CSWC). The “You are not alone” campaign aims to support disadvantaged children orphaned, as well as extending support towards the wider community through an open application system where any orphaned child outside their existing networks can seek help. According to estimates from HCM City Department of Education and Training, in HCM City alone, 1,517 children at all levels of education have been orphaned by COVID-19 in the past few months. This number …

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(From left) General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulit, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Nguyễn Phú Trọng, and President of the Cambodian People’s Party and Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen had a meeting in Hà Nội on Sunday. — VNA/VNS Photo Trí Dũng HÀ NỘI — General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Nguyễn Phú Trọng, President of the Cambodian People’s Party and Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Techo Hun Sen, and General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith held a meeting in Hà Nội on Sunday. At the meeting, the leaders of the three parties highly valued the significance and importance of the meeting and informed others of the situation of each party and country, including party works and socio-economic development, especially in the context of the fight against the COVID-19. The three Party leaders exchanged ideas on cooperation …

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HCM City’s museums are offering online displays and tours as part of their effort to develop business amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo courtesy of HCM City Museum of Vietnamese History By Thu Anh HCM CITY  HCM City’s museums are offering online exhibitions and virtual tours as part of their effort to develop business amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Áo Dài Museum in Thủ Đức City has launched a special exhibition programme called Á o dài (Vietnamese traditional dress) on its fanpage. The programme offers online displays featuring long robe designs in different periods dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries. Special collections of long robes belonging to political, cultural and artistic stalwarts like war heroine Nguyễn Thị Định, the first woman major general in the Việt Nam People's Army, former deputy president Nguyễn Thị Bình, and Trịnh Thị Hoà, former director of the HCM City History Museum, are included. The programme’s highlighted display features …

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