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MB Group - a generous benefactor during pandemic By Van Ly MB Group vice chairman and general director Luu Trung Thai presents VND10 billion to a representative of the Hanoi government - PHOTOS: MB GROUP As the Covid-19 pandemic has been hitting many parts of the country, many enterprises have stepped up their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities to give a helping hand to the community. MB Group is not an outsider to the trend, making significant contributions to the country’s fight against the pandemic. Donating VND40 billion to buy Covid-19 vaccines Contributing to the Hanoi government’s Covid-19 vaccination program, Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MB), an arm of MB Group, on June 19 donated VND10 billion to help the city combat the pandemic. At the program “Hanoi joins hands to combat the Covid-19 pandemic,” jointly held by the municipal government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hanoi, MB Group vice chairman and general …

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Cross-sector partnerships should be built on trust By Thao Lam (*) Thao Lam (2nd, R), executive director at LIN Center for Community Development, poses for a picture with guests at a networking event in 2020 - PHOTO: LIN CENTER “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” So goes a favourite African proverb for many of us involved in community development and social impact works. It reflects our philosophy of community philanthropy - in promoting sustainable development through promoting collaboration across sectors. Dealing with social, economic and environmental issues that are often complex and multi-dimensional should not depend solely on any singular force. In fact, it requires involvement and collaborations from various sectors including business, nonprofit and academic experts working together towards a common goal. Cross-sector partnerships can benefit everybody On the surface, nonprofits receive funding or supplies for social …

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At the MoH office, Nitin Kapoor, chairman and general director of AstraZeneca Vietnam and Asia Frontier Markets, presented the donation to Dr. Truong Quoc Cuong, Deputy Minister of Health, with the witness of British Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth Ward and other MoH representatives Vietnam is facing the fourth outbreak of COVID-19 with surging cases across the country. Amidst this pandemic, the country is also facing the rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that are currently the leading cause of death, accounting for about 70 per cent of the local disease burden. Nationwide, 77 out of 100 deaths are due to NCDs, of which cardiovascular diseases account for 31 per cent, cancer for 19 per cent, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for 6 per cent, and diabetes for 4 per cent. In addition, underlying conditions of NCDs are also aggravating and risk factors for deaths due to COVID-19. Nitin Kapoor said: “AstraZeneca appreciates the efforts of the Ministry of Health (MoH) …

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Shares to move sideways with low liquidity The market will continue to move sideways this week with low liquidity to gradually form a strong enough accumulation base before returning to the uptrend, analysts said. The VN-Index was maintaining the recovery span from the support area of ​​1,286-1,261 points with low liquidity, which was a typical sign for an accumulation period, said analysts from SSI Securities Joint Stock Company (SSI). “The current bottom-fishing demand is still weak, so it was likely that the VN-Index will continue to move sideways with low liquidity,” they said. “The VN-Index may return to the uptrend if the index surpasses the resistance area of ​​1,340 points with the volume rising to the 50-day average,” they said. The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) inched 0.42 per cent higher to close last Friday at 1,299.31 points. The southern market index had lost 3.6 per cent last week. An average of 599.9 million shares were …

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National footballer Phan Van Duc will join local communities and young people in a beach clean-up campaign in Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue provinces from July to September. Phan Van Duc celebrates after scoring a goal for Vietnam. Duc will join in the beach clean-up campaign in six coastal central provinces in September. Photo courtesy of Sports and Culture Newspaper Duc, who plays for national premier V 1 League Song Lam Nghe An, will be the ambassador for the clean-up programme in coastal-central Vietnam. He will encourage local communities to keep their white sand beaches pristine and garbage free. The campaign will include tree planting and building much-needed facilities at the beaches to serve local people and tourists during the summer. He will be at the official event in September, according to the event’s organisers. The beach clean-up programme, which is an initiative of Carlsberg Vietnam, is expected to encourage …

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