Foreign remittances to HCM City in the first nine months of the year increased by 22 per cent. – Photo vietnamplus.vn HCM CITY – Foreign remittances to HCM City in the first nine months of the year were worth US$5.1 billion, a 22 per cent increase year-on-year. Nguyễn Hoàng Minh, deputy director of the State Bank of Việt Nam’s HCM City branch, said the growth rate is impressive considering the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy. Overseas Vietnamese have faced difficulties travelling abroad or back to Việt Nam for the past two years due to the pandemic, and so “they might be having more savings than before,” he suggested. Most of the remittances was money sent back by overseas Vietnamese to their families to help them get through the pandemic or to invest in business activities, he said. The main sources remained the US, Australia, Canada, and Europe, he said. Total remittances this year could increase by 12 per cent from last year’s $6.1 billion, he said. …
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Film on doctors, frontliners in COVID-19 fight to be broadcast in February
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - A TV series featuring doctors and frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19 will air in February. health workers have faced during the pandemic. A poster for Shipper - Ban Menh Thien Than (Shippers), a TV series featuring doctors and frontline workers in Vietnam in the fight against COVID-19 . The 15-episode show is directed by Huynh Tuan Anh and will air on Vietnam Television in February. (Photo courtesy of the producer) People’s daily life and difficulties in quarantine zones are also featured. The show's themes focus on love, unity, mercy, energy and belief. Ban Menh Thien Than features Meritorious Artists and theatre actresses My Duyen and Tuyet Thu as lead characters. Miss Asia USA 2006 Jennifer Pham and fashion model Phuong Linh are included. VNA …
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