In late July, the World Bank forecast the country's GDP growth could reach 2.8 per cent in 2020 and will recover to 6.7 per cent in the next year. In the latest report, the bank forecast Viet Nam to rank fifth in the global growth this year. — VNS … [Read more...] about Việt Nam faces lowest growth in 35 years
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Men walk more than 60km to avoid COVID-19 checkpoint
Local border guards discovered the fishermen on the evening of August 3 at Lăng Cô Township and brought them to a quarantine a day later, the Thừa Thiên-Huế Province Border Guard Command reported. … [Read more...] about Men walk more than 60km to avoid COVID-19 checkpoint
Members of Da Nang Football Club to have blood tested
Former striker of SHB Da Nang Club Sebastián Gastón Merlo as Merlo Do (in Vietnamese) sends the best wishes to the city of Da Nang. During the training, all doors are closed, the team isolated themselves and limited contact with everyone including their family members. … [Read more...] about Members of Da Nang Football Club to have blood tested
Silk woven from lotus
On average, a worker draws a silk thread from roughly 260 lotus stalks, collecting about 170 metres of silk thread. A lotus stalk contains about 30 tiny threads. It is necessary to have 1,200 lotus stalks to weave almost 10,000 metres of yarn. All of the steps are implemented entirely by hand. … [Read more...] about Silk woven from lotus
