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Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Fatherland Front Committee To Thi Bich Chau visited and presented gifts to orphans in District 4. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - A Mid-Autumn Festival under the theme "Lanterns light up dreams" was held at the Hanoi Children's Palace on September 20 evening. The special programme aimed to create a playground for local children during the COVID-19 epidemic as many localities have been locked down and children have had to stay at home to protect themselves. The event is broadcast on Facebook pages of many organisations and agencies. Participating in the event were celebrities and kid idols. The event enabled children to enjoy cultural performances bearing the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival such as dragon dance, Mid-Autumn medley, lantern procession and more. In addition, children also had the opportunity to participate in a fun mini-game hosted by Meritorious Artist Xuan Bac and to receive many valuable gifts. Also on this occasion, …

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At the celebration in South Africa (Photo: VNA) Pretoria (VNA) – The Embassy of Vietnam in South Africa recently held a Mid-Autumn festival celebration for children of the Vietnamese community in the country. In South Africa, the event at the embassy attracted children from Pretoria and neighbouring areas amid a decline in COVID-19 caseload and social distancing measures have been eased. Spouse of the Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Luong Thi Thu Ha said the annual celebration arranged by the embassy aims to maintain a traditional cultural trait of the Vietnamese people, as well as bolster the bonds amongst the children in the Vietnamese community. Folk dances and games were held at the event, along with a contest for children to decorate face masks. Annie Le, a nine-year-old participant, said that the annual Mid-Autumn Festival celebration offers her a chance to explore culture and traditional traits of the motherland. Meanwhile, the Vietnamese community …

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Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Chairwoman of the City People’s Council Nguyen Thi Le  gives a mid-autumn gift to a child orphaned by Covid-19 in Cu Chi District. (Photo: Dung Phuong) Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Chairwoman of the City People’s Council Nguyen Thi Le visited and gave mid-autumn gifts to children whose father or mother died due to Covid-19 in Tan Thanh Dong and Binh My Commune of Cu Chi District. The leader sent her condolence to the unfortunate families amid the ongoing pandemic wave, and she hoped that they will soon overcome the current difficulties. On the occasion, the chairwoman also required the local authorities to be extremely concerned about those kids as well as assist needy pupils and residents affected by Covid-19, especially to create favorable conditions for the children to soon go back to school. In Binh Chanh District, Head of the Propaganda and Education Board of the City Party Committee Phan …

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Vietnam’s coffee exports to S Korea forecast to increase Viet Nam's coffee exports to South Korea are expected to increase as the northern Asian market is forecast to have higher demand for imported coffee. The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Import and Export Department said that South Korea's coffee imports rose in 2020 and the first months of 2021 due to the strong increase in demand for coffee as people stay at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Import and Export Department, South Korea's coffee imports from Viet Nam in the first half of this year reached about 19,500 tonnes, worth US$30.82 million, up 12.8 per cent in volume and 5.2 per cent in value year on year. Viet Nam's coffee accounted for 20.56 per cent of South Korea's total coffee imports in the first half of this year, a slight increase from the figure of 20.35 per cent in the first half of 2020. The department said coffee is more popular in offices, restaurants and families in South …

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Bustling streets around the Hoàn Kiếm Lake in downtown Hà Nội Tuesday night. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội's pandemic prevention efforts may have been struck a blow on Tuesday night, as many people flocked to the streets to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival after the city's government eased travel restrictions around the city, health experts said. On Tuesday night roads around central areas of ​​Hà Nội, such as Hàng Lược, Hàng Cân, Hàng Mã, and Đinh Tiên Hoàng streets, were very crowded, zing.vn reported. According to Dr Trần Đắc Phu, former Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health, these actions are unacceptable, and risk affecting the overall good results that the city has achieved. Meanwhile, a number of COVID-19 cases in the community have not yet been found. The latest cluster in Long Biên District discovered 10 cases through screening. "The pandemic may break out again when one F0 appears in the crowd on …

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Director of the Municipal Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Minh Tan Sharing with the Sai Gon Giai Phong (SGGP) Newspaper’s reporter, Director of the Municipal Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Minh Tan provided more information about the city’s third Covid-19 pandemic relief package. Being different from the first and second pandemic support packages , the third package will send the relief to each person of households without distinguishing temporary and permanent residents. Accordingly, the third financial support package is estimated at over VND7,347 billion (US$323 million) from the city budget. The list of beneficiaries for the third package has been built from the first and second package and updates on new needy people. The third financial support package will not be dedicated to people receiving pension, those getting allowance due to lost work capacity, people participating in social insurance and people receiving salary …

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The index stayed mostly in the green and gained 11 points, the same number lost Tuesday due to the Evergrande debt concern. Trading value on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), on which the index is based, fell 19 percent to VND18.93 trillion ($831.32 million). The VN30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 18 tickers in the green, led by BVH of insurance company Bao Viet Holdings with a 5.9 percent surge. The ticker is now at its highest since July 2 after gaining three sessions in a row. PNJ of Phu Nhuan Jewelry bounced back 3.3 percent after three sessions in the red. VNM of dairy giant Vinamilk continued its recovery, rising 3 percent, its fifth gaining session in a row. It is now at its highest since mid-June. MSN of conglomerate Masan Group rose 2.4 percent, and GVR of Vietnam Rubber Group gained 1.6 percent. On the losing side, PDR of Phat Dat Real Estate Development and SSI of leading brokerage SSI Securities Corporation both lost 0.7 …

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At an online meeting with Aurélia Nguyen, managing director of Covax Vietnam on Monday, PM Chinh said, "Vietnam is having difficulty ensuring enough vaccines for all" and suggested Covax complete all agreements on providing vaccines to the country within this year. Covax should prioritize distributing vaccines to Vietnam "as quickly as possible and as many as possible, especially in September, October and November," said Chinh. He asked Covax to provide the Moderna vaccine so Vietnam could administer second shots to those that have received the first. The Health Ministry has allowed the mixing of Pfizer and Moderna and given the second dose as Pfizer with receiver consent. He also proposed the facility helps connect and shares information about countries with a surplus of vaccines or those that have been allocated vaccines but do not need them right away for Vietnam to borrow or buy. Besides, Covax should also support Vietnam to strengthen international cooperation in …

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Hanoi will loosen social distancing restrictions step by step after September 21 but still ensure the pandemic prevention and control protocols, said Duong Duc Tuan, vice chairman of the municipal People’s Committee. A noodle stall in Hanoi offers takeaway services. Food stalls in green areas in the city reopened on September 16 but only takeaways are allowed. Speaking at the COVID meeting of the city on Sunday afternoon, he said authorities of districts and towns must prepare preventive plans after September 21 in order to realise dual targets of economic development and pandemic prevention, while at the same time accelerate the administration of the second vaccine shot for residents. Since applying social distancing restrictions on July 24, the capital city has recorded about 71.2 positive cases per day on average. In the fourth period of social distancing over the past two weeks, the number of daily caseload has decreased to around 15 cases per day. …

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Upon the State Bank of Vietnam’s approval, Pham Quang Dung has been appointed Chairman of the Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) for the 2018-2023 term. Vietcombank Chairman Pham Quang Dung. Dung was born on April 8, 1973, and holds a Master’s Degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Birmingham (UK). Before being elected as Vietcombank Chairman, Dung was a member of the bank's Board of Directors and General Director from November 2014 to August 2021. In May, Tran Thi Thu Hang, born in 1985, was elected as Chair of Kienlongbank's Board of Directors and is now the youngest female CEO in Vietnam. Hang is the CEO of Sunshine Group. Previously, Duong Nhat Nguyen, 38, was elected Head of the Board of Directors of Vietbank. Before joining Vietbank, he used to be Investment Director of Hoa Lam Development Investment JSC; Chairman and Director of Hoa Lam Pharmaceutical Company Limited and managed many big projects of Hoa Lam Group. Le Thi Thuy, …

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