Binh Thuan's coastal town Phan Thiet with over 228,000 people entered its 14-day social distancing campaign from Monday under government Directive 16, which requires people to stay at home and only go out for basic necessities such as buying food or medicines or to work at factories or businesses that are allowed to open. The move came as Phan Thiet, home to Mui Ne resort hotspot, has detected a series of new infections with unidentified transmission sources, Voice of Vietnam reported. Binh Thuan has so far recorded 667 infections during the ongoing wave that struck the country since late April. Binh Dinh, home to beach town Quy Nhon, also applied social distancing order for two weeks from Sunday under Directive 15, which bans social events, gatherings of 20 people or more and of 10 outside of workplaces, schools and hospitals, Saigon Giai Phong newspaper reported. Binh Dinh has recorded 195 cases in the new wave. Many popular tourism hotspots such as Nha Trang , Da …
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VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS AUGUST 1
EVFTA - A catalyst for Vietnamese businesses: diplomat The European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has created a favourable corridor for trade between the two sides and brought new impetus to economic cooperation between Vietnam and the EU, Nguyen Van Thao, head of the Mission of Vietnam to the EU, has said. Thao, who is also Vietnamese Ambassador to Beligum and Luxembourg, told Vietnam New Agency in an interview on prospects for further promoting the EVFTA in the future. He said the agreement took effect on August 1 last yer at a hard time when EU countries were very heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the pandemic has continued to break out in Southeast Asian countries. Vietnam is not an exception. The country has also suffered big impacted by the pandemic. However, trade turnover between Vietnam and the EU still reached 50 billion USD last year, and grew by 4.5 percent in the last five months of 2020. This was an encouraging …
Vietnamese manufacturer puts nasal spray, injection vaccine against COVID-19 into final clinical trial
Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate Nano Covax has entered the third clinical trial phase, with both the injection and nasal pray forms to be put to the test, the producer told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Friday. According to Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC, Nano Covax’s producer, their vaccine is Vietnam’s first homegrown COVID-19 jab that was approved for human clinical testing, with a projected total of 14,000 people participating in three rounds of trial. While the first round, which started in early 2021, included 60 volunteers, the third round that commenced in June is divided into two phases: the eariler phase 3a includes 1,004 participants, while the later phase 3b will have 12,000 people. On July 27, the Military Medical University started administering the second jab to 12,000 participants of phase 3b, while those in phase 3a, who had all received two shots, were going through a blood sampling process for vaccine efficacy assessment that lasts until early …
SP Group enters Vietnam solar power market through joint venture with BCG Energy
Honourable international award “collection” of Vietnam tourism Real estate firms aim to adapt and thrive in the “new normal” Vinhomes activates the “Happy Home” program for apartment owner – lessee connection at stage 2 Vinhomes to officially launch The Miami subdivision in Hanoi's west UNLOCKING THE SYNERGIES OF URBAN BRANDED RESIDENCES IN VIET NAM Nguyen Ho Nam, chairman of Bamboo Capital JSC, and Pham Minh Tuan, BCG Energy’s CEO, at the online signing ceremony to set up a joint venture for investing in rooftop solar and exploring other renewable energy sources in Vietnam with SP Group on July 30. SINGAPORE, VIETNAM — SP Group and BCG Energy Joint Stock Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bamboo Capital JSC, on August 2 announced the formalisation of a joint venture to invest in rooftop solar and explore other renewable energy projects in Vietnam. This partnership marks SP’s first joint venture in Vietnam. The JV, 51 per cent owned by BCG Energy and …
Vietnam announces nearly 8,600 local coronavirus cases, over 4,400 recoveries
The Ministry of Health reported almost 8,600 locally-acquired COVID-19 infections in Vietnam on Sunday, along with more than 4,400 recoveries. Forty provinces and cities logged 8,597 domestically-infected patients while another 23 cases were imported from abroad, the health ministry said. More than 2,000 cases were detected in the community whereas the remainder were found in isolated areas or centralized quarantine facilities. Ho Chi Minh City recorded 4,052 of the latest domestic infections, Binh Duong Province 2,179, Long An Province 569, Dong Nai Province 425, Khanh Hoa Province 298, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province 184, Tay Ninh Province 102, and Can Tho City 100. Since the fourth COVID-19 wave began in Vietnam on April 27, the country has detected 150,474 community transmissions in 62 out of its 63 provinces and cities. Ho Chi Minh City is on top with 94,295 patients, followed by Binh Duong Province with 16,858, Long An Province with 6,012, Bac Ninh Province with 5,735, Dong …
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Vietnamese woman penalized after spreading fake news on ‘curing COVID-19 at home’
Police in Vietnam have fined a woman VND7.5 million (US$325) for circulating fake news on a ‘method to cure COVID-19 at home’ through her Facebook account. Officers in Vinh Long Province have recently cooperated with the municipal Department of Information and Communications to summon V.K.L., the woman in question, to the police station for interrogation. L. admitted that she took her husband’s name to create the Facebook account ‘TanDat Cao’ and used it to publish false information on a 'homemade cure' for COVID-19 that was neither supported by science nor approved by authorities. On Saturday, Vinh Long police decided to levy a fine of VND7.5 million on her for the misleading content she spread on social media. Vinh Long has recorded 852 coronavirus cases, including 50 announced on Sunday morning, since the fourth wave began in Vietnam on April 27. In mid-July, the province was put under an elevated social distancing mandate, which requires all residents to stay home unless …
Woman held for illegally selling COVID-19 test kits in Vietnam
A woman from Phu Yen Province in south-central Vietnam has been in police custody after she was caught red-handed selling coronavirus test kits illicitly to a buyer. Nguyen Thi Xuan Huong, 20, has been investigated after she was caught unlawfully delivering rapid COVID-19 test kits to her client at a local coach station, police of Phu Yen’s Tuy Hoa City said on Friday. The young woman failed to show police officers her business registration certificate or permit for trading in such medical equipment, or any other documents to prove the origin of the devices. Police have seized from Huong 50 rapid antigen test kits made in South Korea. Currently, such test kits are randomly offered for sale on social media for VND300,000-800,000 (US$35) each, depending on their origin, said Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Huu Son, Tuy Hoa police chief. Amidst surging coronavirus infections in many provinces and cities, including Phu Yen, many people are seeking to buy COVID-19 test kits for …
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Boy killed, family members injured in road crash on way to hometown in Vietnam
A 15-year-old boy was killed while his four family members were seriously injured after they were hit by a truck while traveling home from Ho Chi Minh City on a three-wheeled motorbike. The accident occurred along a section of National Highway 1A in the south-central province of Binh Thuan at around 11:00 pm on Saturday, according to officers. A three-wheeled motorbike was pulling over to a COVID-19 checkpoint on the side of the road for heath declaration when it was rear-ended by a truck. There were five people on the three-wheeler, including a married couple and their three children. The crash killed the 15-year-old son on the spot, while the other four family members were severely injured and rushed to the hospital. The force of the collision also caused the three-wheeled motorbike to crash into the checkpoint, injuring two on-duty officers. One of the officers was admitted to the hospital for emergency treatment due to his serious wounds. Police officers …
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PM orders 2-week social distancing extension for 19 southern Vietnamese localities, including Saigon
Nineteen southern localities, including Ho Chi Minh City, have continued applying enhanced social distancing measures for two more weeks under a prime minister decision as an effort to contain the surging COVID-19 cases. In addition to Ho Chi Minh City, the other localities enforcing the extension include Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Tien Giang, Long An, Ben Tre, Can Tho, Vinh Long, Dong Thap, Hau Giang, Bac Lieu, An Giang, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, Kien Giang, and Ca Mau, according to a decision issued by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Saturday. The extended period is counted from the end of 14-day extensive social distancing that was stipulated under an urgent dispatch issued by the prime minister on July 17. Accordingly, these cities and provinces are required to maintain social distancing measures under Directive No. 16 and to forbid interprovincial travels from Sunday forward, except for those authorized by the government, until the social …
Maskless septuagenarian man filmed attacking officer in Hanoi alley
A 79-year-old Hanoi man has been fined for failure to wear a face mask in public after he was filmed hitting a police officer who reminded him about the face covering regulation. An official from the People’s Committee in Nghia Do Ward, Cau Giay District told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Saturday that the administration had imposed a VND2 million (US$86) fine on Nguyen Van H., 79, for not wearing a face mask in public. Cau Giay police are finalizing their investigation to decide whether they will charge H. for obstructing law enforcement officers. At around 4:50 pm on Friday, H. was walking without a face mask in an alley on Lac Long Quan Street. Hoang Van Tho, a police officer who was on duty at a COVID-19 checkpoint in the alley, spotted H. and reminded him to put on a face mask in accordance with regulations. The elderly did not cooperate and began yelling at Tho. As Tho continued to explain about the rule, H. hit the officer’s face with his pith helmet. …
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