The Ministry of Construction will inspect the management and use of funds for the maintenance of apartment buildings as well as the implementation of holding land funds for building social housing in 11 provinces and cities next year. The Ministry of Construction has planned to conduct inspections of the management and use of funds for the maintenance of apartment buildings in 11 localities next year. The localities consist of Hanoi, Bac Giang, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh, Da Nang, HCM City, Binh Duong, Ba Ria - Vung Tau and Long An. The move came after Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi recently signed Decision No 1285 to issue the ministry’s 2022 inspection plan. Nghi assigned the Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Construction Nguyen Ngoc Tuan to be in charge of the implementation of the plan and periodically report to the minister as prescribed. Tuan said the inspections of the management and use of funds for the maintenance of …
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Phu Quoc leads the way in tourism recovery
Sun Group record a "double" win at the Asia Pacific Enterprise Awards 2021 Onsen ecosystem - the great value that turns Quang Ninh into a leading wellness tourism destination Promoting construction with full legality, Metro Star heats up Thu Duc real estate market CapitaLand Development named ‘Best Sustainable Developer’ at 2021 PropertyGuru awards Vietnam Festival of Creativity Design 2021 ends on a high note The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the world's tourism industry to create "new rules of the game” with the rapid emergence of touchless-one-touch tourism, wellness tourism and single-destination multi-experience travel. Many destinations have achieved breakthroughs with such trends. Phu Quoc is a typical example in Vietnam. The island city is not only catching up with the times but also leading all three of these trends. Reach Phu Quoc with “touchless – one touch” application Touchless travel is a leading trend using technology to minimize …
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59 provinces, cities in Vietnam report 13,670 new COVID-19 cases, 200 mortalities
The Ministry of Health documented 13,670 new coronavirus infections across Vietnam on Friday, in addition to 1,149 recoveries and 200 deaths. The latest cases, including nine imported and 13,661 domestic transmissions, were recorded in 59 provinces and cities, the ministry said, elaborating that 8,628 patients were infected in the community. Ho Chi Minh City confirmed 1,311 of the latest infections, Can Tho City 982, Hanoi 791, Soc Trang Province 791, Binh Thuan Province 581, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province 560, Dong Nai Province 496, Khanh Hoa Province 450, Binh Duong Province 302, Hai Phong City 198, Thua Thien-Hue Province 128, Da Nang 119, Lam Dong Province 98, Quang Nam Province 67, and Quang Ninh Province seven. Vietnam had registered 13,677 locally-acquired infections on Thursday. The country has found 1,275,518 community transmissions in all its 63 provinces and cities since the fourth virus wave erupted on April 27. A combined 1,003,642 of them have recovered from COVID-19. …
PV Power partners with Russia company to develop LNG projects
At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) has signed a cooperation agreement with gas industry company Novatek of Russia, on the development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and energy projects in Vietnam. PV Power, a subsidiary of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), is the second largest electricity supplier of Vietnam after the Vietnam Electricity (EVN). A power plant of PV Power (Photo: VNA) A representative of PV Power said it is focusing on the development of LNG projects for its ‘green’ and sustainable growth, and seeking foreign partners with enormous potential and experience in the field so as to realise its strategy. In late 2020, a consortium comprising PV Power , COLAVI, Tokyo Gas and Marubeni reached a memorandum of understanding on LNG project development. The construction of the LNG Quang Ninh power plant, part of the cooperation, started this October. PV Power is channelling …
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Vietnam must stay on the digital transformation path: Prime Minister
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the first meeting of the committee via a videoconference on November 30, 2021. Concluding the first meeting of the National Committee on Digital Transformation, PM Chinh asked for agreement with the view that digital transformation is a requirement for the development of Vietnam and that the country must not stay outside the process. At the meeting, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and the standing body of the committee announced the Prime Minister’s Decision No 1619 dated September 24, 2021 on consolidating and renaming the National Committee on E-Government as the National Committee on Digital Transformation. The committee has 16 members and Chinh is chair of the committee PM Chinh said the first meeting has significant importance. “We have begun a new period, implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress which has outlined three extremely important tasks – carrying out national digital …
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Nation faces severe blood shortage during pandemic The Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (CIHBT) has announced it is facing a severe shortage of blood which is enough for use only in the next few days without further supplies. Blood storage now stands at only over 4,000 blood units, according to the CIHBT. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CIHBT had to cancel or postpone 80 blood donation drives in November with an expected reception of 25,000 units. When social distancing measures were eased and the nation started to implement the policy of safe and flexible adaptation to and effective control of COVID-19, the number of blood donations improved. However, after the number of new COVID-19 cases has increased recently in many localities, blood donations started to decline. Director of the CIHBT Bạch Quốc Khánh said the appearance of new cases in localities forced blood donation campaigns to be postponed or cancelled. The CIHBT receives just 300-400 blood …
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets embassy's staff in Russia President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representative agencies in Moscow, Russia, on November 30. The President said that he had just had very successful talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders discussed 20 issues related to cooperation between the two countries, upon which they reached high consensus, he said, adding that the Russian President supported many issues raised by Vietnam. The two leaders agreed to issue a joint vision statement on the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership until 2030. While appreciating the preparations for the visit made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant agencies, and especially the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia, the President asked the agencies to perform well the tasks assigned by the Party and the State as well as to nurture the good relationship between the two countries. He also underlined …
Vietnam to receive first Thai tourists in December
The first Thai travelers may arrive in Vietnam in December and Vietnamese would be able to travel abroad as part of an official tourism bubble established between the countries. The information was confirmed by VNAT (Vietnam National Administration of Tourism) General Director Nguyen Trung Khanh at the forum on “Solutions for sustainable tourism recovery in Vietnam” on November 30, 2021. Regarding the pilot program on receiving foreign travelers to Vietnam, Vietravel Holdings’ Nguyen Quoc Ky noted that Vietnam’s foreign market promotions are small scale, especially as new coronavirus variants are being found, and in the context of travel firms’ limited resources. The focus should be Southeast and Northeast Asian markets and countries with which Vietnam can establish tourist bubbles. In Southeast Asia, Malaysia and Singapore have established a tourist bubble and Vietnam should follow the move, connecting more countries, including Thailand and Cambodia. In Northeast Asia, …
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Hà Nội registers record daily COVID infections, over 13,000 cases confirmed nationwide Friday
A medical employee checks health for a COVID-19 patient who is treated at home in Thanh Bình District of southern Đồng Tháp Province. VNA/VNS Nhựt An Photo HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese capital Hà Nội reported a record number of coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day on Friday, registering 791 infections, according to the Ministry of Health. A total of 13,670 transmissions were recorded across the country, taking the number of nationwide infections since the start of the pandemic to 1,280,780. The country also recorded 200 further fatalities, bringing the death toll to 25,858. Of the new transmissions, 8,628 were community cases and nine were imported infections that were quarantined on arrival. HCM City again topped the list of new infections with 1,311, followed by Cần Thơ Province with 982 and Hà Nội with 791. Other infections were found in Sóc Trăng (791), Tây Ninh (779), Đồng Tháp (608), Bình Thuận (581), Bến Tre (571), Vĩnh Long (564), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (560), …
13,670 new cases confirmed on Friday
Cases reported in Hồ Chí Minh City (1,311), Cần Thơ (982), Hà Nội (791), Sóc Trăng (791), Tây Ninh (779), Đồng Tháp (608), Bình Thuận (581), Bến Tre (571), Vĩnh Long (564), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (560), Đồng Nai (496), Cà Mau (489), Bình Phước (477), Khánh Hòa (450), Kiên Giang (350), Bạc Liêu (334), Bình Dương (302), An Giang (285), Trà Vinh (226), Bình Định (204), Hải Phòng (198), Hậu Giang (192), Đắk Lắk (171), Đắk Nông (138), Nghệ An (133), Thừa Thiên Huế (128), Bắc Ninh (127), Hà Giang (120), Đà Nẵng (119), Tiền Giang (117), Long An (112), Thái Nguyên (98), Lâm Đồng (98), Ninh Thuận (82), Thanh Hóa (73), Quảng Nam (67), Gia Lai (48), Phú Thọ (45), Hà Tĩnh (45), Vĩnh Phúc (40), Quảng Ngãi (39), Nam Định (38), Phú Yên (37), Hải Dương (34), Tuyên Quang (30), Thái Bình (26), Hưng Yên (26), Bắc Giang (26), Hòa Bình (23), Yên Bái (19), Quảng Bình (16), Kon Tum (16), Lào Cai (7), Quảng Ninh (7), Cao Bằng (5), Bắc Kạn (4), Hà Nam (3), Điện Biên (2), Sơn La (1). …