Export value skyrockets over Lunar New Year Vietnam's export turnover during this Lunar New Year saw breakthrough growth, occupying nearly half of the total export-import turnover. The latest data published by the General Department of Vietnam Customs showed that export volume over the seven days (February 10-16) of the Lunar New Year holiday reached $730 million, rising 79 per cent on-year and accounting for about 44 per cent of the $1.67 billion export-import turnover. The main export articles include mobile devices and components valued at $332 million; computer and electronic products worth $251 million. The two categories accounted for 80 per cent of the total export value. This Lunar New Year saw exports going to 80 markets, seven more than last year. China continues to be the leading export market with a value of $189 million (26 per cent). Following are the US ($152 million), South Korea ($67 million), and Hong Kong ($57 million). According to statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs, there were 960 import-export businesses, up 59 per cent on-year. Nevertheless, importers still outnumbered exporters with an import turnover of $940 million, up 37 per cent on-year. Thus, from early this year to February 16, the total export-import turnover reached $74.51 billion, up 31 per cent on-year. Of this, exports hit $38.57 billion, up 36 per cent on-year while imports reached $35.94 billion, up 26 per cent, resulting in a trade surplus of $2.63 billion. Drug market forecast to grow by 15 per cent in 2021 The pharmaceutical industry grew by just 2.8 per cent last year, much lower than its average 11.8 per cent growth in the last five years. It is expected to recover and grow by 15 per cent this year, mainly due to a rapidly ageing population and increasing incomes, analysts at SSI Securities Corporation said. Last year there was a short supply of active pharmaceutical ingredients from China and India due to social distancing and …
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Thailand begins COVID-19 vaccinations
CoronaVac is developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech. (Photo: AFP/VNA) Bangkok (VNA) - Thailand kicked off its COVID-19 inoculation campaign on February 28, with cabinet ministers, health officials and medical professionals among the first in the queue to receive vaccinations. The first doses of vaccine, developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech, were given to Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who is also the health minister, among others at an infectious diseases institute on the outskirts of Bangkok. Anutin Charnvirakuk hoped that the vaccination will result in people being safe from the spread of COVID-19 and it allows Thailand to return to normal as soon as possible. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, 66, attended the event, although his age falls outside the range of 18 to 59 suitable to receive Sinovac’s CoronaVac vaccine, so he did not get it. Thailand received its first 200,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine from China, which have been distributed to 13 high-risk provinces. Thailand will receive additional 1.8 million CoronaVac in March and April. Thailand is expected to take delivery of 17,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine in the second week of March. To date, Thailand has not recorded any new outbreak. Total infections in the nation remain at more than 25,000. The Thai government said it had a plan to vaccinate half of the nation’s population this year./. VNA …
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — March 1
Read what is in the news today: Society -- Sixteen new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Vietnam on Sunday evening, including 12 locally-transmitted infections in Hai Duong Province and four imported ones in Tay Ninh and Hau Giang Provinces, bringing the total patient count to 2,448. A total of 32 COVID-19 patients were announced on Sunday to have fully recovered, raising the recoveries to 1,876. -- Border guards at the Tra Linh border gate in northern Cao Bang Province on Sunday afternoon received from the Chinese government 34 Vietnamese citizens who had illegally crossed the border between 2019 and 2021. -- Border guards across Vietnam had detected 101 cases of illegal entry into the country from China and Cambodia as of 6:00 pm on Sunday. -- The Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City announced on Sunday evening that the retest result of a suspected COVID-19 case in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu returned negative for the novel coronavirus. -- The Center for Disease Control in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang is looking for passengers on a coach from the southern province of Binh Duong after a man aboard the bus suddenly died on the way on Sunday morning. -- A delivery man magically caught a three-year-old girl falling from the 12th floor of an apartment building in Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi late on Sunday afternoon. The baby has broken arms and legs, but her health has been temporarily stable. -- The field hospital No. 1 for COVID-19 treatment in Chi Linh City in the epicenter of Hai Duong has been suspended from Sunday after completing its mission, treating over 300 patients during its one-month operation from January 28. Business -- The consumer price index in February picked up 1.52 percent against the previous month, the biggest increase recorded over the last eight years, according to the General Statistics Office. -- The General Statistic Office will conduct a 2021 economic census to evaluate the growth in …
