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Vo Tri Thanh *Vo Tri Thanh Viet Nam has delivered its economic data in the first quarter. The overall picture is still optimistic with the gross domestic product (GDP) expanding nearly 4.5 per cent – among the best performers in the world. However, is this result good enough for the Southeast Asian country to securely triumph over its target set for the whole year? The first quarter growth, though in the same range as the last quarter of 2020 which also stood at 4.48 per cent, was up from the 3.68 per cent recorded in the first quarter of last year. The renewed outbreak of COVID-19 in some parts of the country, including the capital city of Ha Noi, adversely affected the first-quarter's performance which fell below the Government’s expectation of 5.12 per cent and was lower than the 5.7 per cent expected by Bloomberg’s economists. Despite that, Viet Nam has been widely praised for its economic achievements given all the uncertainty about the prolonged pandemic and uneven recovery globally. Viet Nam is still set to outperform most of the region. Key indicators in the first three months have partly reflected Viet Nam’s good recovery. Exports remained the country’s key economic growth driver with a value of US$77.4 billion during January-March, a rise of 22 per cent year-on-year. Viet Nam ran a trade surplus of more than $2 billion in the first quarter. Pledged foreign direct investment (FDI) surged by 18.5 per cent year-on-year to $10.3 billion while disbursed FDI increased by 6.5 per cent to $4.1 billion. Industrial production was expected to expand 6.5 per cent during the period, especially the main drivermanufacturing – electronic equipment, phones and accessories – climbing 9.5 per cent. The number of new businesses fell by 1.4 per cent and their total registered capital rose by 27.5 per cent. Other sectors including agro-forestry-fishery, services sector, disbursement of public investment and State revenue improved significantly. Meanwhile, …

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An apartment building in Hà Nội was locked down on May 2 after a positive COVID-19 case living here was confirmed. — VNA/VNS Photo Phạm Kiên HÀ NỘI — The COVID-19 quarantine period in Việt Nam has been officially extended to 21 days. Mandatory centralised quarantine for entries into the country and direct contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases will be extended from the current 14 days to 21 days, and the new regulation takes effect from Wednesday, Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long announced on Wednesday afternoon. The decision was made after consultation with epidemiologists and virologists in light of new variants of the virus prompting revisions to our knowledge of disease incubation time, he said. The new protocol aims to “protect the community from the spread of coronavirus” amid recent cases found positive following the completion of 14-day quarantine, Long said. The health minister requested local health departments and centres for disease control to strictly comply with centralised quarantine protocols to avoid cross-infection within quarantine facilities and transfer people who have completed centralised quarantine to the authorities in their residence. The follow-up medical observation period at home for those who have completed centralised quarantine will be cut from two weeks to seven days. People who return from quarantine facilities should make daily health declarations with local medical workers. If they show signs of fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, tiredness or loss of taste, they must go to the closest health clinic for guidance, a dispatch from the health ministry from earlier this morning, which still put the quarantine period at 14-day but provided tightened regulations, said. They are not allowed to leave their houses or places of residence. If they need to go out for work or other necessary purposes, they must report to local police and medical staff and strictly follow basic prevention measures. Health …

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Vietnam’s Covid-19 infections exceed 3,000 The Saigon Times A medical worker sprays disinfectant along a road in Quan Nhan Hamlet, Nhan Dao Commune, Ly Nhan District, Ha Nam Province. Vietnam reported 26 fresh Covid-19 patients this evening, May 5 – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – Vietnam has reported 26 fresh Covid-19 patients, with 18 locally-infected cases, raising the country’s tally to 3,022 cases as of this evening, May 5, said the Ministry of Health. Among the latest patients, eight cases were taken to quarantine facilities in HCMC, Danang City, Long An, Tay Ninh, Hai Duong, and Soc Trang provinces upon their arrival in Vietnam from overseas between April 21 and May 3. They are all Vietnamese citizens. Regarding the 18 locally-transmitted cases, 14 were reported at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, including one medical worker, four relatives of patients, and nine patients currently under medical treatment at the hospital. The remaining four cases came into close contact or traveled on the same flights as previously confirmed coronavirus patients. They are being quarantined and treated at hospitals in Hanoi, Quang Nam, Dong Nai, and Hai Duong provinces. During the latest resurgence of Covid-19 in the country since April 27, as many as 56 locally-transmitted cases have been reported in 10 provinces and cities including Ha Nam, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi, Hung Yen, Danang, HCMC, Quang Nam, Dong Nai, Hai Duong, and Yen Bai. Of the nation’s tally, 2,560 coronavirus patients in the country have fully recovered. Fatalities remained at 35. …

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