Hanoi (VNA) - "À La Carte" and "Impermanence" (Vo thuong in Vietnamese) are among the 300 short films that qualify for this year's LA Shorts Film International Festival. International audiences can watch the movies for free on Youtube until October 31. Vietnamese cinema in the future will have many new breakthroughs and interesting voices,” he said. … [Read more...] about Two young Vietnamese directors attend short film festival in US
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German media commends Vietnam’s COVID-19 prevention, economic development
According to DW, the Southeast Asian country will hold the 13th National Party Congress from January 25 to February 2 to select new leaders of the Communist Party of Vietnam and outline policies for the next five years, of which COVID-19, trade and climate change will be in top priorities. Regarding the country’s challenges, Carl Thayer, a political scientist emeritus at the Australian University of New South Wales, said Vietnam’s energy security is the most pressing problem for the next five years. Besides, the country needs to resolve numerous longstanding tariff and trade issues with the US - the largest export market of Vietnam. He also expressed his optimism that Vietnam will reach agreement with the US on many issues, and the country is likely to resume double-digit economic growth within the next five years, particularly if it makes clever use of the signed new-generation free trade pacts. Meanwhile, Nguyen Phuong Linh, deputy director of the consulting firm … [Read more...] about German media commends Vietnam’s COVID-19 prevention, economic development
PM orders consideration of proposal to launch Covid-19 travel insurance
According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, as of December last year, the pandemic had sent the number of foreign tourists to Vietnam down nearly 80% to 3.7 million. Most of them came to the country in the first quarter of 2021. In addition, the number of domestic visitors fell 34.1% to 56 million. … [Read more...] about PM orders consideration of proposal to launch Covid-19 travel insurance
VN central bank’s VND16 trillion aid receives lackluster response from employers
Nguyen Van An, deputy director of Danang City’s Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, said many local employers had failed to pay the salaries of their staff after the Covid-19 pandemic, but shunned the aid due to the low credit limit and time consuming procedures. … [Read more...] about VN central bank’s VND16 trillion aid receives lackluster response from employers
Vietnam’s credit institutions must speed up restructuring to meet deadline
In addition, the cross-ownership among CIs is also handled thoroughly. The direct cross-ownership between pairs of CIs was removed from the end of 2019 while there is only one pair of a CI and a firm directly owning shares of each other compared with 56 pairs in 2012. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s credit institutions must speed up restructuring to meet deadline