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The office reported that in the month, total import-export turnover reached 46.56 billion USD, down 17.3% over the previous month and 25% year-on-year, with exports dropping 21.3% to 25.08 billion USD, and imports falling 28.9% to 21.48 billion USD. While the domestic sector saw a trade deficit of 1.04 billion USD, the foreign-invested sector (including crude oil) posted a surplus of 4.64 billion USD. Experts attributed the result to the long New Year and lunar New Year (Tet) holidays, which were all in January, reducing the number of working days. Last year, the Tet holiday fell in February. The GSO reported that the manufacturing-processing sector earned the highest export revenue with 22.32 billion USD, accounting for 89% of the country’s total. Meanwhile, there were three goods groups with imports of over 1 billion USD. In January, the U.S. remained the biggest importer of Vietnamese goods with a revenue of about 7.6 billion USD, while China was the biggest exporter to … [Read more...] about Vietnam posts trade surplus of 3.6 billion USD in January

Visiting a construction site of My Thuan 2 Bridge that crosses the Tien River and connects Trung Luong - My Thuan and My Thuan - Can Tho expressways between Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho, he asked constructors to speed up work, ensure the quality of the construction, labor safety and pay proper care to workers’ living conditions. With a total investment of over 5 trillion VND (USD 213.22 million), the construction of the 6.61-km bridge was started in March 2020 and is expected to complete this year. By now, more than 70% of the work has been completed. The leader added localities must proactively build intersections and organize traffic routes connecting to the bridge and the expressways to exploit new development space. At the construction site of a section of the eastern North-South Expressway that runs through Can Tho and Hau Giang, PM Pham Minh Chinh applauded workers for their efforts during the lunar New Year (Tet) festival. For more efficient infrastructure development, … [Read more...] about Prime Minister inspects key transport project in Mekong Delta

People will enjoy five days off during the Hung Kings’ Festival, Reunification Day (30/4) and Labour Day (May 1). The three consecutive holidays will last from April 29 to May 3. The Hung Kings’ Festival and Reunification Day will fall on Saturday and Sunday respectively, so people two days off on May 2-3. The Hung Kings' Festival in Phu Tho Province These holiday schedules are applied to cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers of administrative and public agencies, as well as political and socio-political organisations. Other agencies and organisations can arrange their own schedules, the Work Safety Department said. Vietnam has 11 public holidays, with the National Day (September 2) break increased from one to two days. … [Read more...] about Five days off for three national holidays announced

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese people in Belarus and Bulgaria have joined their compatriots in the homeland and around the world in celebrating the Year of the Cat with different activities held recently. The Vietnamese Embassy in Belarus has organised a programme attracting over 400 Vietnamese and their Belarusian relatives. This was the first mass Tet gathering of the Vietnamese community in the European country after over two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. In his remarks, Ambassador Nguyen Van Ngu informed participants about the two countries’ socio-economic situations while highlighting their traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation. He pledged that the embassy will continue working to help the overseas Vietnamese further integrate into the local society, protect their rights and legitimate interests, develop the community, and contribute to the homeland. A similar celebration has also been held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Bulgaria. Ambassador Do Hoang … [Read more...] about Vietnamese communities in Belarus, Bulgaria hold Tet celebrations

Working session between representatives from Vietnam Centre for Overseas Labour and Ansan Counseling Centre for Foreign Workers (Photo: VNA) Seoul (VNA) – A working delegation of the Vietnam Centre for Overseas Labour (Colab) had a meeting on January 29 with representatives from the Counseling Centre for Foreign Workers of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ansan city to promote the implementation of support activities for Vietnamese labourers in the RoK. The Vietnamese centre’s Director Dang Huy Hong, who is head of the delegation, thanked the Ansan centre for supporting foreign workers in general and Vietnamese in particular when living and working in the Korean city. He showed his hope that the centre will continue working closely with Vietnamese units to support Vietnamese workers, especially newcomers, to soon adapt to the life in the East Asian nation. Colab delegation posing for a photo with Vietnamese workers in RoK (Photo: VNA) During the working … [Read more...] about Support activities for Vietnamese workers in the RoK implemented

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 30 meets and extends Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to workers at the construction site of My Thuan 2 Bridge. (Photo: VNA) Can Tho (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 30 examined the progress of key transport project s in the Mekong Delta . Visiting a construction site of My Thuan 2 Bridge that crosses the Tien River and connects the Trung Luong-My Thuan and My Thuan-Can Tho expressways between HCM City and Can Tho, he asked constructors to speed up work, ensure the quality of the construction, labour safety and pay proper care to workers’ living conditions. With a total investment of over 5 trillion VND (USD 213.22 million), the construction of the 6.61-km bridge was started in March 2020 and is expected to complete this year. By now, more than 70% of the work has been completed. The leader added localities must proactively build intersections, organise traffic routes connecting to the bridge and the … [Read more...] about PM inspects key transport project in Mekong Delta

A health worker administers a shot of COVID-19 vaccine to a girl . (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Prime Minister has asked the Ministry of Health to continue keeping a close eye on the domestic and international pandemic situation in to strengthen the pandemic prevention and control measures during trade and tourism activities in the festive festival in the first months of 2023 and continue to promote the socio-economic development. The ministry was asked to give timely guidelines and coordination with ministries, sectors and localities in the pandemic fight, while working with localities to direct the implementation of measures to prevent COVID-19 and seasonal diseases, promptly stamping out outbreaks, and promoting COVID-19 vaccination activities. Vietnam's COVID-19 caseload rose to 11,526,167 with 27 new cases recorded on January 16, according to the Ministry of Health. With 12 patients given the all-clear on the day, the number of recoveries rose to 10,612,117. … [Read more...] about Health ministry asked to closely monitor domestic, int’l pandemic situation

PM Pham Minh Chinh checks construction site in Hoai Duc outlying district (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspected the construction work of Ring Road No.4 in the Hanoi Capital Region on January 27. The road is about 112.8km long, with around 58.2km in Hanoi, nearly 19.3km in Hung Yen and some 35.3km in Bac Ninh. State budget , over 28.19 trillion VND from local budget and the remainder from build-operate-transfer (BOT) venture. PM Chinh asked the Government Office to partner with ministries and agencies concerned to deal with problems faced by the project, under the directions of Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha. VNA … [Read more...] about PM inspects construction of Ring Road No.4 in Hanoi capital region

The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) convenes its extraordinary congress on January 28-29. (Photo: AKP/VNA) Phnom Penh (VNA) – The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) convened its extraordinary congress on January 28-29, during which it issued many important decisions and policies regarding the leadership work, as well as orientations for national development in the time ahead. In his opening remarks, CPP Honorary President Samdech Heng Samrin , who is also President of the National Assembly, said 2023 marks an end to the 2018-2023 mandate of the legislature and the government, and it will also be the beginning of a new five-year tenure. There will be a lot of work to do in the future, he said, stressing the need to join hands and make all-out efforts to win the 7th-term parliamentary election slated for July 23, 2023. The congress set out major strategic goals for the next five years which are based on wishes of the people and reflect the real situation, both … [Read more...] about Cambodian People’s Party sets out strategic goals for 2023-28

A police officer in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre was suspended for repeatedly kicking a man who was handcuffed with his hands behind his back, a source told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Sunday. CCTV footage taken from a residence in Thanh Trieu Commune, Chau Thanh District, Ben Tre showed that the incident happened at 10:28 pm on January 20. In the video, which later surfaced on social media, a man wearing a Vietnamese police uniform kicked another man in a white shirt in the shoulder and stomach. The latter was already restrained with his hands behind his back. It was not until one of the other officers present at the scene noticed and pointed in the direction of the CCTV that the man wearing the police uniform stopped. The kicked man, who suffered ten kicks within one minute, was then led away. The Ben Tre Department of Public Security later explained that the man wearing the police uniform is captain P.V.T., a police officer of Thanh Trieu Commune, who … [Read more...] about Vietnamese policeman suspended for kicking handcuffed man