Some hospitals are on the brink of collapse as they are overwhelmed with patients in one of Asia's worst-hit nations, health experts warn. "I think we hit one million cases of Covid-19 a long time ago," said Pandu Riono, a University of Indonesia epidemiologist. "We are still climbing a mountain and we don't even know where the peak is. This is a never-ending climb." There are reports of patients being unable to access intensive care units and isolation rooms due to high demand -- a shortage underscored by an East Java city's move to outfit a train carriage to accommodate the sick. The virus has killed more than 600 doctors, nurses and other medical workers, many outfitted with limited protection equipment, according to independent researchers. "Hospitals are already collapsing," Riono said, adding that the government had "no management, no plan, no priorities, just trial and error". Indonesia's government has been widely criticised for initially downplaying the pandemic and, … [Read more...] about Indonesia passes one million coronavirus cases
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E-commerce to continue growing this year
Ha Noi, as one of the two leading cities in e-commerce development, plans to have online retail sales increase by 20 per cent by 2025 when 55 per cent of people are hoped to participate in online shopping and 50 per cent of small and medium-sized enterprises would do business on e-commerce floors. … [Read more...] about E-commerce to continue growing this year
Progresses seen in Vietnam management of national foreign debts: workshop
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has recorded significant achievements in managing national foreign debts over the past three decades, said an official at a workshop held in Hanoi on January 26. Vo Huu Hien, Vice General Director of the Ministry of Finance’s Department of Debt Management and External Finance, made the statement, adding that the effective management has transformed Vietnam from a poor and heavily indebted country into a one receiving international organisations’ recognition as having a controlled external debt level and being excluded from the group of countries with a debt burden. According to data from the ministry, the public sector’s proportion in the structure of the national external debt decreased from 73.6 percent in 2010 to 63.4 percent in 2015 and 43.7 percent in 2020. The Government’s foreign loans are mainly official development assistance and concessional loans. To date, Vietnam has signed more than 85 billion USD worth of these loans. … [Read more...] about Progresses seen in Vietnam management of national foreign debts: workshop
PC viruses cost US$4.5m a month
The security center, which developed the widely used Hyperlink "http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938 – 105-10109507-1.html" BKAV antivirus software, said that 90 per cent of users had to reinstall their operating systems after becoming infected with viruses. … [Read more...] about PC viruses cost US$4.5m a month
Navigos Group: Huge recruitment demand in IT in Vietnam
Hanoi (VNA) - In the fourth quarter of 2020, Navigos Search – a middle and senior recruitment service of Navigos Group - observed a quick recovery of recruitment in the information technology (IT) industry after the COVID-19 in Vietnam. Navigos Group is a leading recruitment group in Vietnam which is currently owning an online recruitment website, VietnamWorks, and the middle and senior recruitment service. The company has published a report on middle and senior recruitment demands in Vietnam market based on their clients’ recruitment demands in Quarter 4 in 2020 and outlook in 2021. Enterprises continue to recruit but focus on high-quality personnel with the most up-to-date technologies to increase their products and services' competitiveness. ‘New entrants’ are quickly building their recruitment brands and having good salary and bonus policies to attract qualified personnel, according to the report. Although the COVID-19 epidemic delayed the IT industry … [Read more...] about Navigos Group: Huge recruitment demand in IT in Vietnam