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Two new COVID-19 patients were confirmed on Wednesday morning. One of them is a 50-year-old woman who lives in Hạ Lôi Village, Mê Linh Commune, in Hà Nội’s Mê Linh District. She is a neighbour of patient 243, and the two had been in close contact. … [Read more...] about No new cases of COVID-19 reported Wednesday evening

On the Vietnamese market, selling pressure slammed many stock groups, hindering indices from maintaining their momentum. Large-cap stocks such as Bao Viet Holdings (BVH) decreased by 6.1 per cent to VND44,900 per share, Phu Nhuan Jewellery (PNJ) lost 4.4 per cent, Masan Group (MSN) declined 3.5 per cent, Vingroup (VIC) slumped by 2.6 per cent. … [Read more...] about Shares ease on mounting global coronavirus infections and fatalities

HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc sent a video message to a teleconference of health ministers from the Western Pacific region hosted by World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday, with a focus on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. … [Read more...] about PM Phúc stresses need for international cooperation in fight against COVID-19

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) said that the most important priority at present was to maintain the operation of domestic industrial enterprises during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has caused a lot of difficulties for enterprises in Vietnam, especially industrial enterprises. If an enterprise is closed due the pandemic, its workers lose their jobs and it has negative impacts on other businesses in the supply chain. According to the ministry, many key industrial sectors had suffered greatly from the COVID-19 pandemic, especially electronics, textiles, leather, footwear and furniture. The textile, garment, leather and footwear industries have suffered due to a decline in demand in the US and European markets, which has had strong impacts on national export value. New orders in April and May are expected to fall by about 70 percent. The ministry predicted that the likelihood of new orders this year end was … [Read more...] about Solutions should prioritise maintaining industrial production: MoIT

Sending workers overseas was particularly dangerous at present as the risk of being infected was high at airports, he said, adding that HANIC's partners had taken the initiative to suspend bringing in workers from overseas under contracts signed earlier due to the lack of jobs. … [Read more...] about Labour export companies hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic