Check out the news you should not miss today: Society — AmCham Vietnam’s members have donated over VND5.2 billion (US$228,661) worth of critically needed medical equipment to six COVID-19 treatment hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, the U.S. Consulate General said on its verified Facebook page on Wednesday. — Authorities in Dong Nai Province are taking care of 12 dogs after the pet owners were hospitalized for COVID-19 treatment early this month. — Hanoi has further relaxed its coronavirus social distancing restrictions since 6:00 am on Thursday, with accommodation and dine-in services allowed to reopen at half of their normal capacity. — The People Committee of the southern province of Dong Nai on Wednesday decided to quarantine direct contacts of COVID-19 patients at home for 14 days. — Da Nang had seen no local transmission of COVID-19 for 13 consecutive days as of Wednesday while 95 percent of residents aged above 18 had been vaccinated with at least one vaccine dose. …
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VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS OCTOBER 13
Vietnam grasps opportunities to expand agricultural export market Viet Nam's agricultural products are being exported to more than 180 countries and territories, particularly products moving from the mid-range market to the higher-end segment. This information was provided at an online trade connection programme with the participation of representatives and business communities of India and three countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), namely Viet Nam, Thailand and Cambodia on Monday. This formed part of a series of activities of a project to strengthen international integration of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of India and the GMS countries, towards promoting global value chains and trade between India and the GMS countries, which is financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Le Hoang Tai, Deputy Director of the Viet Nam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, emphasised that farm produce and food were key exports of Viet Nam. …
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — October 15
What you need to know today in Vietnam: Politics -- State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday requested that eight ambassadors and heads of Vietnamese representative missions abroad for the 2021-24 term make efforts to mobilize external resources serving Vietnam’s all-round development when he handed over appointment decisions to the diplomats at a ceremony in Hanoi, according to the Vietnam News Agency. Society -- Authorities in Soc Trang Province, located in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, have proposed constructing an electric incinerator at a cost of VND15 billion (US$658,000) given rapidly rising COVID-19 cases recently, a source told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Thursday. -- Da Nang will allow dine-in service from Saturday as the coastal city has found no local COVID-19 cases for two weeks. Business -- "Vietnamese automaker Vinfast will begin taking pre-orders in the U.S. market for its VF e35 and e36 electric SUVs in the first half of 2022 and expects …
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — October 16
Read what is in the news today: COVID-19 Updates -- More than two million AstraZeneca vaccine doses donated by Italy arrived in Hanoi on Friday night, bringing its total donations to the Southeast Asian country to nearly 2.8 million doses. Society -- Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, home to popular beaches in southern Vietnam, on Friday welcomed about first 80 tourists in months as COVID-19 brought the city’s tourism to a standstill. -- Authorities in Hanoi decided to remove all COVID-19 checkpoints at the city’s gateways on Friday night and will only maintain traffic police forces to control navigation. -- Ho Chi Minh City has allowed the first water bus route to resume operations after nearly four months of suspension as part of the local government’s enhanced social distancing order to curb the transmission of COVID-19. -- Authorities in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa have allowed residents living in coronavirus-free areas to visit local beaches from …
VIETNAM’S BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES JUNE 23
Experts: Night-time economy expected to boost Hanoi tourism Ta Hien street in Hanoi Night-time economy is expected to develop Hanoi tourism, tourism experts and policymakers said. The Hanoi Old Quarter, locating in the downtown in Hoan Kiem district, is the most popular destination in the capital city. Tourists come here to explore ancient streets, craft products, local food or experience lives there. In the evening, streets become more crowded and lively with Hang Dao – Dong Xuan nigh fair and outdoor music performances. Since 2016, Hanoi has allowed Hoan Kiem district to pilot the extension of opening hour of bars and restaurants to 2am. As a result, their revenues increased by about 30 percent. Following the pilot, tourist arrivals in 2016 neared 1.4 million, up 22.8 percent from a year earlier. The figure went up to 1.95 million in 2017, nearly 2.2 million in 2018 and 2.5 million in 2019. The number of business households switching to hospitality services …
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Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — October 18
Read what is in the news today: Politics -- Pandemic prevention and control policies must be unified nationwide, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told an online conference with the Steering Committees for COVID-19 Prevention and Control of 63 provinces and cities on Sunday. COVID-19 Updates -- Vietnam has received 92.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility, foreign government aid, and purchase contracts, the Ministry of Health said on Sunday. -- Health workers in Ho Chi Minh City have administered a COVID-19 vaccine to 98.7 percent of residents aged 18 and older, the city’s Center for Disease Control reported on Sunday morning. Society -- Vietnamese functional forces are preparing a plan to rescue a cargo ship that has been stranded two kilometers offshore Quang Tri Province while it was waiting to load 26,000 metric tons of sand near the north-central province’s Cua Viet Port for a trip to South Korea. -- Water levels in rivers from …
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — October 20
Read what is in the news today: Society -- The Hungarian government presented Vietnam with 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine and 100,000 antigen test kits on Tuesday to support the Southeast Asian country in its battle against COVID-19. -- Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko and Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam expressed their wish to see the resumption of regular commercial flights between their countries and Vietnam at a meeting with Vietnamese Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The on Tuesday. -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Tuesday approved the railway network planning for the 2021-30 period with a vision to 2050, in which the North-South high-speed railway line from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City is a key national project. Investment priority will be given to the Hanoi - Vinh and Nha Trang - Ho Chi Minh City sections between 2021 and 2030. -- A fire broke out at a seafood processing facility on Ha Huy Giap Street in District 12, Ho Chi Minh City …
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — October 21
Check out the news you should not miss today: Society — The Hanoi Center for Disease Control is looking for passengers who were on the same bus of Van Tuyen Bus Line, which traveled from the southern province of Binh Duong and arrived at My Dinh Bus Station in Hanoi at around 3:30 pm on Wednesday, after a passenger on the vehicle tested positive for COVID-19. — Local authorities in the northern province of Bac Ninh’s Que Vo District on Wednesday afternoon said the locality had just detected a cluster of 11 local transmissions related to COVID-19 cases at Sao Mai Preschool in Bac Ninh City ten days earlier. — A vaccination spot in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho’s Cai Rang District on Wednesday afternoon had to stop midway after thousands of people jostled to get the jabs. — Those who provide reliable information for the prevention of COVID-19 in the northern province of Vinh Phuc from October 20 will be rewarded with VND1-2 million (US$44 to 88), local authorities …
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — October 22
What you need to know today in Vietnam: Politics -- Vietnamese Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (RoK) Nguyen Vu Tung on Wednesday presented Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s certificate of merit to Honorary Consul General of Vietnam in the RoK’s Busan-Gyeongnam region Park Soo-kwan to honor his active and effective contributions to bilateral economic, cultural, and educational ties, according to the Vietnam News Agency . Society -- Ho Chi Minh City authorities have reopened the Hoc Mon food wholesale market at 50 percent of its capacity since Wednesday, as COVID-19 infections have slowed down and vaccination has covered most of the city's population. -- Phu Quoc Island off Kien Giang Province in southern Vietnam will welcome international visitors carrying 'vaccine passports' from November 20, according to a plan signed on Thursday by the province's chairman. -- Vietnam has administered over 71 million COVID-19 vaccine doses as of Friday morning, with 20 million …
Man held for spreading distorted COVID-19 news in Vietnam
Police in Vung Tau City in southern Vietnam have arrested a man who used his Facebook page to disseminate false and distorted information related to the current COVID-19 fight in the country. Nguyen Thien Nghia, 50, was detained on Thursday on charges of ‘illegal provision or use of information on computer networks or telecommunications networks,’ as prescribed in the Vietnamese Penal Code, police officers said. The man, who hails from Ho Chi Minh City but resides in Vung Tau, part of Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, will be temporarily jailed for two months pending prosecution for his offense, police said. Nghia had been found using his Facebook account 'Nghia Nguyen Thien' to post and share many stories that contained untrue contents in relation to COVID-19 prevention and control activities, and research and production of COVID-19 vaccines. The man’s posts both caused panic and anxiety among readers and denied the efforts of authorities, relevant agencies, and the people in …
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