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Vietnam is seeking different ways to get more vaccines and speeding up its inoculation campaign. The Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) in a letter sent to US President Joe Biden on Friday [Sept 24] proposed the Biden Administration send additional vaccines to their key apparel and footwear partners in Asia, particularly Vietnam. Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the government meeting on Sept 25. Photo: VNA The vaccines will help their Vietnamese partners mitigate the impact on the industry as Vietnam is the second-largest supplier of footwear to the US behind China. SFIA made the proposal shortly after Biden announced that the US government would send 500 more million vaccine doses to developing and low-income countries. In his letter to the president, SFIA President and CEO Thomas Cove welcomed this news and highlighted the urgent need to expand these efforts in Vietnam. “Our industry has never experienced global disruptions and …

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However, Covid checkpoints at gateways leading to HCMC would be still maintained, Tran Hoang Ngan, director of the HCMC Institute for Development Studies, and also a member of the prime minister's advisory group, said at an online meeting on Saturday about the city's economic recovery plan in the "new normalcy" period. "We would remove barriers installed in the inner area by September 30 to enter the new normalcy period from October 1 while Covid checkpoints would be installed at gateways to ensure the safety of the entire southern economic zone," Ngan said, adding that top city leaders have agreed on this issue at a meeting on Friday. "This would be a positive sign," Ngan said. Bui Ta Hoang Vu, head of the city's Department of Trade, said in the coming time the city plans to check people's departure and destination points, instead of inspecting travel documents on the road as previously. Road barriers would be removed; instead, functional forces would carry out random rapid …

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The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has adjusted the pandemic response strategy in the direction of safely, flexibly adapting to and effectively controlling COVID-19, implementing pandemic control and socio-economic development at the same time, and striving to bring the country back to the new normal situation by the end of September, stated Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is the head of the committee. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh addresses the meeting (Photo: VNA) Speaking at an online meeting on September 25 between the steering committee and officials from 10,400 communes, wards and townships, 705 districts, and 63 cities and provinces nationwide, the PM noted that so far, COVID-19 has been gradually put under control in the majority of localities, but complicated developments continue. Statistics of the committee showed that last week, the number of new cases reduced 9.7 percent to 72,236, while the death toll …

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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is finalizing the draft code of conduct for Vietnamese artists. On September 10, the General Administration of State Administration of Radio, Television and Movies of China issued new rules for artists who perform advertising activities and act as the face of brands. According to the new regulations, Chinese artists who commit wrong behaviors are subject to administrative fines and banned from being involved in advertising activities for three years. That’s in China. How about Vietnam? Two months ago, several Vietnamese celebrities were criticized by the public for exaggerating the functions and effectiveness of products they advertised, mainly cosmetics, dietary supplements to support fat loss and treatment of stomach cancer, fibroids, cysts, sore throats. Only after the media raised its voice did some of the celebrities such as actor and event host Quyen Linh, People’s Artist Hong Van, Miss Vietnam Mai Phuong Thuy, …

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Due to the adverse impacts of climate change, green growth financing projects play a very important role for the sustainable development of Vietnam, experts have said. Capital flows into green growth projects are still quite positive despite the adverse impacts of the pandemic. VNA/VNS Photo According to the World Bank, Vietnam is one of the five countries most likely to be affected by climate change because most of the population lives in low-lying coastal areas. It is estimated that climate change will reduce the country's national income by up to 3.5 per cent by 2050, Vietnam News Agency reported. Meanwhile, an International Finance Corporation (IFC) study shows climate finance in Vietnam accounts for only about 5 per cent of total bank loans, equivalent to US$10.3 billion, and the value is projected to increase significantly in the coming years. The IFC said the implementation of the national target of reducing total greenhouse gas emissions by 9 per cent by …

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The southern province of Binh Duong’s Tan Uyen Town has launched the two first medical stations at a local industrial park, making the province the country’s pioneer of this model. The move followed the success of the province’s mobile medical stations set up in local residential areas. A medical station in Binh Duong's Tan Uyen Town Binh Duong has loosened social distancing measures in green zones, allowing businesses to resume operations. However, they are requested to ensure Covid-19 prevention and control regulations, including Covid-19 quarantine sites. Local authorities have also been instructed to set up medical stations at industrial parks and complexes to protect the health of workers amid the pandemic. These medical stations are responsible for monitoring people suspected of contracting Covid-19, providing Covid-19 tests and co-operating with local authorities for Covid-19 vaccination. They also offer examinations of normal and chronic diseases for …

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Illustrative Image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi has set a target of earning about 12.7 billion USD from exports in 2018, a rise of about 8 percent over the previous year. To this end, the capital city will continue speeding up administrative reform , focusing on strengthening IT application in administrative procedure settlement. Meanwhile, the city will design policies to improve production and exports, while enhancing competitiveness of local enterprises and foster labour supply-demand connections, and attracting more investment in infrastructure development and services. The municipal People’s Committee has assigned the Hanoi Department of Taxation to coordinate with relevant agencies to implement projects in modernising tax management and applying IT in all stages and steps of tax management in order to create favourable conditions for enterprises, ensuring transparency and reduce cost. The Hanoi Customs was asked to pilot a management and supervision …

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