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/ March 3, 2021

VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS MARCH 3

Foreign ship arrivals down 6 percent in first two months Vietnam’s sea ports have berthed some 4,900 foreign vessels over the last two months, a decline of 6 percent year-on-year, according to the Vietnam Marine Administration. The fall was due largely to the impact of COVID-19, which is resulting in major fluctuations in the transport sector, a representative of the administration said. Despite the lower number of foreign ships, the volume of import and export goods through ports grew. In January and February, 35.3 million tonnes of imports and 26 million tonnes of exports were handled at ports nationwide. The former represented an annual increase of 14 percent while the latter was as same as that last year. In particular, nearly 1.3 million TEUs for exports and 1.2 million for imports were handled during the period, up 32 and 16 percent, respectively, year-on-year; the highest growth since the pandemic began. Meanwhile, the arrival of domestic vessels totalled 5,300, up 11 percent year-on-year./. Quang Ninh’s Van Don airport reopens on March 3 The Ministry of Transport has decided to allow Van Don International Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh reopen from 6:01am on March 3 after the COVID-19 pandemic has been put under control in the locality and the airport is safe to transport passengers. The airport was temporarily shut down from January 29 after an airport security staff was confirmed positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes the COVID-19 pandemic. The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced earlier that it will resume flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Quang Ninh on March 3, thus becoming the first to restart flights to the Van Don airport since the local COVID-19 outbreak began. From March 3 to 17, one weekly flight will ply the route between the two destinations, on Wednesdays. Flight numbers will be increased to three a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, from March 18 until the …

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/ March 4, 2021

Businesses go downhill, another bailout proposed

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is considering asking the government to launch the second support package to help businesses stand firmly amid the Covid-19 pandemic. MPI Minister Nguyen Chi Dung met with enterprises on March 1 to learn about the situation and design policies to give supplementary support to help enterprises cope with the difficulties caused by Covid-19. A similar meeting was held at the same time last year where businesspeople talked about their problems and made proposals. After the meeting, the ministry gave advice to the government to set up policies to support enterprises. Some policies were not effective, but in general, the bailout helped enterprises maintain production and ensure the continuation of production and supply chains, and supported social security for people, especially the poor. As the Covid-19 pandemic remains unpredictable, businesses are still facing challenges, Dung said, adding that he has proposed that the government allow the second bailout. Also on March 1 morning, the minister had a working session with aviation businesses. The working session in the afternoon of the same day focused on the production sector, and the processing and manufacturing industry. A survey conducted by MPI has found that the health of businesses is at least at an optimistic level. The number of newly set up businesses in 2020 was 134,900, a decrease of 2.3 percent compared with 2019. The total number of workers in the newly registered businesses was 1 million, down by 16.9 percent. Nguyen Chi Sang, deputy chair and secretary general of the Vietnam Associaiton of Mechanical Industry (VAMI), said the biggest problem for enterprises is the lack of orders. The turnover for automobile enterprises is on the decrease. Mechanical engineering enterprises, after one year of Covid-19, have seen orders decreasing, while transport fees are on the rise. A representative from VAMI proposed that the government prop up the costs …

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/ March 4, 2021

Việt Nam is an attractive destination for Swiss investors

NESCAFÉ Plan of Nestlé Vietnam, one of the Swiss invested corporates in Việt Nam  has made significant contributions to local coffee industry in the past 10 years — Photo courtesy of Nestlé HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is a highly attractive destination for investment because of its unique position to capitalise on the global chain shift, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Switzerland Lê Linh Lan. Lan told the webinar “Market Focus Việt Nam” on Tuesday: “In the pandemic, Việt Nam’s economy has proved resilient with a positive growth of 2.91 per cent in 2020 while the rest of the world plunged into a deep recession.” The webinar was organised by Swiss Việt Namese Business Gateway (SVBG) and the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (CCIG) was also the first official launch of SVBG with Swiss partners and Việt Namese representatives. Lan mentioned the Government’s successful control of the pandemic and effective measures for economic recovery and international economic integration last year contributed to the attraction. Last year, Việt Nam completed the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), concluded bilateral FTA negotiations with the UK (UKVFTA), and agreed to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Lan said: “With new-generation FTAs such as CPTPP, EVFTA, RCEP, Việt Nam has become one of the region’s fastest-growing and internationally engaged economies, at the centre of a network of 17 FTAs and economic and trade cooperation frameworks with the world’s leading economic hubs.” According to the Economist Intelligence Unit's recent report, Việt Nam has emerged as an attractive foreign direct investment destination in Asia ahead of China and India. The report suggests factors that make Việt Nam more attractive destinations are the incentives for international firms for setting up units to manufacture hi-tech products, the pool of low-cost workers, and the proliferation of free trade agreements, said Lan. She added: “The …

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