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Vietnam ranked fourth in the number of pollution-linked deaths in the Western Pacific, with an estimated 71,365 Vietnamese people losing their lives to pollution, including 50,232 to air pollution, in 2017, the latest year for which data was available, according to the Pollution and Health Metrics report by Global Alliance on Health and Pollution. … [Read more...] about Vietnam considers shutting down polluting facilities to improve air quality

Biti's is a major shoe brand for every local consumer From a small facility established in 1982, then becoming a co-operative named Binh Tien specialising in producing rubber slippers in District 6, Ho Chi Minh City, with dozens of staff members, Biti’s has successfully overcome the difficulties during the subsidy period (in the 1980s-1990s when private business was restricted) to become a shoe behemoth now. With a solid base formed over the years, Biti's is expected to keep reaching further. … [Read more...] about Biti’s – a Vietnam Value Programme honoured “Journeys will lead you home” messages

The biggest problem was steering through constant changes, demanding constant steering. Travellers returned in the last weeks of September, but there is a long road to full recovery for the industry and Saigontourist. November and December have been harder because these months are part of the low season for tourism. Foreign tourism has remained steeped in difficulties as the government has yet to reopen the borders as the pandemic is still raging globally. Consequently, the company has drawn up strategies for the next 1-2 years. … [Read more...] about Saigontourist successfully navigates bumpy road to take award at Vietnam Value Programme

“The self-portraying characters and their candid world of montage, to me, makes A Short Film About Loving a documentary within a fiction. This makes the piece important in capturing what it is like to have a sentimental belonging – to a place, a community, or simply a person – in a time that is already so divisive," Đức said. … [Read more...] about Short film about love to premiere in Ha Noi

According to the Ministry of Finance, as of the end of 2020, nearly VND390 trillion ($16.95 billion), equivalent to 82.8 per cent of the plan allocated, was disbursed, while the figure as of end-November was VND329.9 trillion ($14.3 billion) only, equalling 70.1 per cent. This is the highest ratio of disbursement in 2016-2020 – with 80.3 per cent in 2016, 73.3 per cent in 2017, 66.87 per cent in 2018, and 67.46 per cent in 2019. Most of the capital has been invested in infrastructure works. … [Read more...] about Reshuffle underway to further stimulate revival of economy