The film week is part of the activities to mark Vietnam's ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2020 and is organized to promote connectivity among the cultures of ASEAN countries. The activities aim to build a peaceful, stable, dynamic, united and prosperous ASEAN community, which will strengthen mutual understanding and pave the way for economic cooperation. Also, the event aims to raise the role and position of Vietnam in the community as well as affirm Vietnam’s commitment to realizing peace, stability and development in the region and the world. … [Read more...] about ASEAN Film Week 2020 to be held in Vietnam
Vietnam grand prix 2020
Vietnam reports four new Covid-19 infections today
A health worker checks the body temperature of a motorcycle rider. The Ministry of Health reported four more coronavirus cases today, with two of them in close contact with the 243rd case - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - The Ministry of Health has just reported four more coronavirus cases, with two of them in close contact with the 243rd case, raising the country’s cumulative total number of confirmed cases to 255 today, April 9. … [Read more...] about Vietnam reports four new Covid-19 infections today
Pandemic likely to put tourism targets beyond reach
Hanoi (VNA) - The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a gloomy picture being painted of Vietnam’s tourism industry in the first quarter of the year, as it triggered an 18.1 percent decline in foreign arrivals and made it particularly difficult for the country to achieve this year’s targets. Hanoi welcomed some 133,740 foreign visitors in March, an 80 percent nose-dive compared to the same period last year. The total stood at 3.85 million for the first quarter, down 47.2 percent year-on-year. The capital also posted a 38.8 percent decline in tourism revenue during the quarter, to 15.69 trillion VND (665 million USD). Ninh Binh province, another tourism magnet in Vietnam’s north, welcomed 1.47 million visitors in the quarter and earned 761.33 billion VND in revenue, equivalent to 42.1 percent and 53.1 percent, respectively, of figures posted in the first quarter of last year. Overall, foreign arrivals to Vietnam in March plunged 63.8 percent against February and 68.1 … [Read more...] about Pandemic likely to put tourism targets beyond reach
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc talks on phone with Australian counterpart
He affirmed the wish to increase cooperation, experience sharing and mutual support with Vietnam, and the hope that Vietnam would maintain the production and export of essential goods in the context of international production and trade seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. … [Read more...] about PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc talks on phone with Australian counterpart
PM tells ministries to propose measures for propping up virus-hit economy
As for the Ministry of Industry and Trade, it has to introduce solutions to facilitate export activity, execute the signed free trade agreements, ensure ample supplies of goods with reasonable prices for local consumers and disburse capital for key projects. … [Read more...] about PM tells ministries to propose measures for propping up virus-hit economy
