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In this file photo taken on August 4, 2019 Prema Racing's German driver Mick Schumacher celebrates after winning the Formula Two championship race of the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit in Mogyorod near Budapest. Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, will drive in Formula One for the first time with Haas next season, the team announced on December 2, 2020, leaving their new recruit "emotionally exploding" at the realisation of a dream.(ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP) "It's incredible and it definitely hasn't sunk in yet," the 21-year-old said in a press conference. "I'm happy it's been decided -- I have been chasing this dream since I was three years old." Schumacher junior will partner Russian driver Nikita Mazepin, another Formula One debutant, in the Haas line-up. Haas team principal Guenther Steiner welcomed his new drivers, tweeting: "Super excited about having two rookies in our team for next year! Welcome, Mick!" They replace Haas's current driver pairing of Romain Grosjean -- who escaped a fiery crash in Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix -- and Kevin Magnussen. Haas will be counting on their 2021 pairing to prove their mettle on the track after Grosjean and Magnussen's frugal haul of just three points between them this campaign with two races to go. Schumacher has shone in Formula Two this season and leads the standings by 14 points after achieving 10 podium finishes and feature-race victories at Monza and Sochi. He will get a taste of what is needed at the elite level when he takes part in Haas' free practice ahead of the 2020 season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on December 11 before participating in testing a few days later. Confirming the news 24 hours after Mazepin's appointment, Haas announced that they had signed Schumacher "in a multi-year agreement". "This is definitely a new challenge," Schumacher added. "I look forward to finding out what it's like -- how to improve and develop a car …

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Check out the news you should not miss today: Politics -- The construction of the Vietnam – Republic of Korea Friendship Village at a cost of VND1.3 billion (US$56,000), funded by the Korean Cultural Center, on Tuesday started in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan, the Vietnam News Agency reported the same day. Society -- Vietnam on Wednesday morning reported two new COVID-19 cases in the northern province of Hai Duong, increasing the country’s tally to 2,403, with 811 local transmissions since January 27, according to the Ministry of Health. -- As a sailor aboard an Indonesian cargo ship passing Vietnam’s waters died of an unknown reason, the Center for Disease Control in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau took samples from 20 other crew members and found five positive for COVD-19 in the first test, the center said on Wednesday. -- A group of young people in Ho Chi Minh City had spent more than VND40 million (US$1,700) transporting agricultural products from the northern province of Hai Duong to the southern city before selling them at zero dong on Tuesday in the hope of easing the burden on farmers in the virus-hit locality. -- Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday night removed a lockdown on Block F of the Carillon apartment building at 1 Tran Van Danh Street in Ward 13, Tan Binh District, the final location to be cleared after the city decided to isolate many venues in Thu Duc City and other districts between February 8 and 15 to prevent the spread of COVID-19. -- Saigon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company has recently canceled several of its trips as well as adjusting schedules on some routes between Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang and Da Nang due to a decrease in the number of passengers amid new COVID-19 outbreaks. Business -- The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association has set an export target of $55 billion for the sector by 2025, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday. Lifestyle -- These days, local …

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Hi-tech agriculture proves effective in Dong Nai Agricultural production has been affected by abnormal weather conditions, climate change, and diseases over recent years. Many farms in southern Dong Nai province have applied high-technology in agricultural production in order to cope with the situation, helping increase quality and output. High-tech production requires massive investment, not just capital but also technology, equipment, and “grey matter”, to adapt to cutting-edge manufacturing methods. High-tech manufacturing models have been expanded around Dong Nai, especially in animal husbandry and on poultry farms. Dong Nai has more than 46,000 hectares of crops using water-saving technology and the province has gradually changed to green breeding in accordance with Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practice (VietGAP) standards. Agriculture accounts for 8.3 percent of Dong Nai’s economic structure and agro-forestry-fisheries value currently stands at nearly 1.8 billion USD. The results reflect the province’s large-scale manufacturing development investment and high-tech application to adapt to unfavourable conditions and meet market demand. Vietnam’s growth outlook to depend on authorities’ response to new outbreak: WB Vietnam’s growth prospects will depend on how well and how quickly the authorities will bring the new coronavirus outbreak under control and how quickly international and national vaccinations will proceed, according to the World Bank (WB). In its Vietnam Macro Monitoring report issued earlier this month, the WB said January’s industrial production index jumped by 24.5 percent year on year, the highest growth rate since the beginning of 2019. Merchandise exports and imports respectively grew 51.8 percent and 41.8 percent from the same period last year. The preliminary January goods trade surplus is estimated at 1.1 billion USD. Exports to the US and China continued the robust growth of 2020 while those to the EU, ASEAN, Japan …

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