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According to Eurostat’s figures, the EU's imports of bananas during the opening 11 months of last year reached 7.7 million tonnes with a value of EUR5.26 billion, representing an increase of 3% in volume and 1.3% in value compared to the same period from 2019. However, the EU’s average import price saw an annual fall of 1.6% to EUR683 per tonne. Despite making up a modest share in the export proportion of bananas in the EU market, the export price of Vietnamese bananas skyrocketed throughout the reviewed period at an average of EUR3,192.9 per tonne, representing a rise of 16.4% against the same period from 2019, far higher than other importers such as Ecuador, Colombia, and Costa Rica. Although export prices have witnessed an upturn, the export volume of Vietnamese bananas to the EU market suffered a decline of 26.7% to only 14 tonnes compared to the same period from the year before. By recording such a small export volume, the country ranked only 55th among dominant suppliers of fresh bananas to the EU. Experts believe that there remains plenty of room for the export of Vietnamese bananas to the EU to grow in the time ahead due to the items being a popular fruit among EU consumers and typically imported into the market at a huge volume each year. In addition, the enforcement of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) in August 2020 is poised to offer a wealth of opportunities for Vietnamese businesses to increase the export of their fruits, including banana, to the EU market. …

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Of the locally transmitted cases, six are in the northern province of Hai Duong, epicenter of the outbreak that began January 28 after 55 clean days.Two new patients in Hanoi, one in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai and two in the northern province of Hung are also linked to the Hai Duong hotspot.Hung Yen thus has been added to the list of localities that the new wave of community transmissions has spread to.The remaining two community transmission cases are in Ho Chi Minh City, both employees of the Tan Son Nhat International Airport and related to the ongoing cluster at the airport with 30 previously confirmed cases.The source of transmissions at the airport outbreak is yet to be identified.With the 13 new cases, Vietnam has registered 486 community transmissions in 13 cities and provinces in the latest wave.Hai Duong alone has 327 cases, followed by neighbor Quang Ninh with 53 and Vietnam's two biggest cities, HCMC and Hanoi, with 33 and 28.The three imported cases, quarantined on arrival, are people coming from Japan, the U.S. and Costa Rica.Vietnam has recorded 2,069 Covid-19 cases so far, 595 of them active. …

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Vietnam reported 16 new cases of Covid-19, including 13 locally-transmitted and 3 imported cases at 6pm, February 9, bringing the total number to 2,069. The 13 domestically-transmitted cases were reported in 5 provinces, including: Hai Duong (6), Hanoi (2), Hung Yen (2), Ho Chi Minh City (2), Gia Lai (1). Hai Duong confirmed 6 new cases (patients from No. 2054 to N. 2059), who are related to the hotspot in Chi Linh city. They have been quarantined for a time. Their third tests on February 8 were positive for SARS-CoV-2. These people are treated at the Medical Center of Chi Linh city, Hai Duong province. Hanoi had two new patients No. 2060 and 2064. The first is a 38-year-old man, who is related to a Covid-19 outbreak in Lai Cach district of Hai Duong province. The second patient is a 73-year-old man, who had contact with patient 1819 and has been under quarantine since January 30. Both patients are treated at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Dong Anh District, Hanoi. The northern province of Hung Yen reported two cases, who are two women of Yen My district and had contact with patient 2060. Both of them are treated at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Dong Anh District, Hanoi. HCM City had two cases, No.2065 and 2066. Patient 2065 is a 43-year-old man, an employee of Vietnam Airlines’ southern branch, working in the cargo handling supervision division. Patient 2066 is a 25-year-old baggage handle at Tan Son Nhat airport. They are treated at Cu Chi field hospital, HCM City. The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai reported one more patient, No. 2069, a 6-year-old girl in Ayun Pa town. She is treated at Ayunpa Town Medical Center, Gia Lai province. Three imported cases were quarantined immediately after arrival. Two of them are Vietnamese citizens, with one returning from Japan and the other from the US. The third is a Costa Rica citizen arriving from the US. As of February 9, the Tan Son Nhat Airport logged seven COVID-19 infections. …

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