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The request was noted in Notice No.31/TB-VPCP dated February 25 along with other instructions that the Government leader made at a meeting of permanent Government members on pandemic prevention work. The Health Ministry must work with the Foreign Ministry, especially Vietnamese embassies abroad, to access vaccine suppliers. Vaccination for priority cases must be conducted quickly in accordance with the Government’s Resolution. The PM also agreed with proposals by a number of localities including Hanoi and Hai Phong on buying vaccines using private financial sources. Authorities of centrally-run cities and provinces are required to take the initiative in adopting suitable prevention and control measures based on the level of risk in each area, while ensuring smooth flows of goods, production and trade, thus minimizing negative impacts on trade and production and people’s lives. The PM also demanded the strict enforcement of the 5K principle, especially the wearing of face masks, and pandemic prevention rules at workplaces, factories and trade and public facilities. Authorities of pandemic-hit localities, especially Hai Duong and Hai Phong, must continue contact tracing, quarantining and testing in order to prevent any outbreak from spreading. The Transport Ministry was assigned to partner with the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Health Ministry to issue regulations on ensuring safety in transportation to/from and in pandemic-hit areas, particularly in key economic areas such as Hai Phong, Quang Ninh and Hai Duong. The MoIT will be responsible for working with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Health Ministry to regulate the procedures for buying farm produce from pandemic-affected areas. The PM assigned Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh to  direct the repatriation of citizens from abroad and conduct timely quarantine in line with regulations. Source: VNA …

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The event was previously expected to take place on February 25-26 (on the 14th-15th days of the first lunar month) at the District 5’s Cultural Center. Nguyen Tieu Festival was recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage in last January. The festival is considered the biggest and most important cultural event of a year of the Chinese-Vietnamese community in Vietnam. Nguyen Tieu festival featuring Chinese specialties, historical relics and cuisine culture is the occasion for them to preserve their cultural identity. The lanter festival is usually celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Many interesting cultural activities like musical performances, the kylin and dragon dances, folk games, an exhibition of calligraphy paintings and a Chinese food fair will take place during the festival. By Ho Son – Translated by Kim Khanh …

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The index was mostly in the red throughout the session with several dips to the 1,150 range before climbing up in the last hour of trading and closing with a 3.04-point gain. Trading volume on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HoSE), on which the index is based, rose 11 percent to VND14.87 trillion ($640.95 million). The bourse saw 216 stocks gain and 209 lose. The VN30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks on the HoSE, saw 14 stocks gain, led by HPG of steelmaker Hoa Phat Group with a 3.3 percent increase. The largest steel producer in the country announced Friday it would start producing containers to meet rising global trade demand with plans to make 500,000 twenty-foot equivalent units a year. HPG's price is now at an all-time high of VND45,600. Since the VN-Index plunged in March last year due to Covid-19 impacts, HPG has been among the best performers on the market with an increase of 337 percent. BID of state-owned lender BIDV was the second-highest gainer this session, up 1.5 percent. Like other state-owned banking stocks, BID has been struggling to return to this year’s peak in January. The ticker needs another 12-percent gain to recover to the VND48,900 price mark it reached on January 7. Most private banking tickers, however, have been rising fast. As the third strongest gainer this session, MBB of Military Bank rose 1.3 percent to a new peak of VND27,650. Rounding off the top five gainers were PDR of Phat Dat Real Estate Development Jsc, up 1.3 percent, and PNJ of Phu Nhuan Jewelry, up 1.1 percent. Friday's session concluded a week of fluctuations for the VN-Index as it recovered from a plunge of nearly 170 points in January even as it approached the psychological threshold of 1,200 points. The index was in the green for four out five sessions this week, but a fall of nearly 16 points Wednesday caused the index to end the week with a 0.56 percent drop. Foreign investors were net sellers throughout the week. They net …

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