Daily increases still remain a fraction of what the country saw at the height of the outbreak in early 2020, but authorities are implementing an aggressive package of measures including the lockdown of more than 28 million people in order to keep the disease from bringing the country to another painful standstill. … [Read more...] about China reports 109 new COVID-19 cases as infections persist in northeast
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Experts tell Govt: Foster domestic virtual banks before foreign invasion
Ride-hailing firm Grab and telecom operator Singtel formed a joint venture in 2019. Their combined experience and expertise “will further our goal to empower more people to gain better control of their money and achieve better economic outcomes for themselves, their businesses and families,” Anthony Tan, Group CEO & co-founder of Grab, told techcrunch.com. … [Read more...] about Experts tell Govt: Foster domestic virtual banks before foreign invasion
Vietnam seeks to avoid middle-income trap before time runs out and population ages
Vietnam became a middle-income country in 2008. Vietnam still needs to build many platforms to become a high income country. Time is not waiting. Speeding up is a necessity, especially when Vietnam has entered a new development stage, striving for an ambitious goal of becoming a high income country by 2045. … [Read more...] about Vietnam seeks to avoid middle-income trap before time runs out and population ages
Quang Binh successfully calls for VND92trn in investment
A total of 28 investors were given investment decisions for their projects on January 17 at the 2021 investment promotion conference. Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung, representatives of various ministries and agencies and 500 firms in Quang Binh attended the conference. The conference aimed to encourage firms to carry out field surveys in Quang Binh to find investment opportunities and boost socio-economic development in the province. It was also a review conference to look back at the achievements and shortcomings of the 2018 investment promotion conference, speed up on-going projects and find opportunities amid Covid-19. Tran Thang, chairman of Quang Binh People's Committee said that since Quang Binh is located on the East-West Economic Corridor, has a good transportation system and rich ecosystem with 123,000ha Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, it could be one of the top destinations for extreme sports tourism and exploration tours in Asia. For the 2021-2023 period, Quang … [Read more...] about Quang Binh successfully calls for VND92trn in investment
