Two extraordinary sessions and unprecedented decisions by NA Chair

Within two months, the National Assembly Chair Vuong Dinh Hue convened two urgent meetings of the National Assembly Standing Committee to release unprecedented resolutions to fight the pandemic.

Spiker Thuy sharpens her skills in Japan to better national volleyball

After a six-hour flight from HCM City to Tokyo, Tran Thi Thanh Thuy spent three more hours on the road before reaching Kahoku City, Ishikawa, where her new home, PFU Blue Cats, bases.

HCM City proposes cooperation mechanism when reopening economy

To effectively reopen the economy, HCM City has asked the Government to allow the city to apply its own regulations and a cooperation mechanism among localities.

 

Poor students to access the internet thanks to special programme

The COVID-19 pandemic has had many impacts socio-economic life, in which education is one of the most affected industries and the sector has implemented online teaching and learning to adapt to the new situation.

Concerns raised over VND100-trillion relief package

The competent agencies are considering a relief package worth VND100 trillion, offering loans with an interest rate of 3%-4% for enterprises hit by the pandemic, but there have been concerns over the feasibility and deployment of the package.

VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES SEPTEMBER 28

Vietnam Day in Switzerland scheduled for October

Vietnam Airlines asks to continue listing on HoSE despite negative equity

At the Government's online conference with the business community on September 26, the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines JSC (HVN) continued to propose a series of special incentives to the Government and the Prime Minister.

 

VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS SEPTEMBER 28

Planning minister proposes solutions to help businesses address difficulties

$149.4m program to sustain aquaculture in Mekong Delta

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved the programme on sustainable aquaculture development in the Mekong Delta until 2030 to make aquaculture an important contributor to agricultural and socio-economic growth.

 

Hanoi authorities maintain consistent strategy in fighting pandemic

“My motto is deploying necessary measures drastically – narrow localization, quick tracing and large-scale testing,” Hanoi Party Committee Secretary Dinh Tien Dung said.

 

Mobile Money to be piloted in Vietnam in October

The Ministry of Information and Communications will licence the Mobile Money service in early October to promote digital transformation and the digital economy in Vietnam.

HCM City to relax many activities from October 1

The draft directive to loosen many activities in HCM City from October 1 has been revealed.

Inflation arises after stagnation – difficult choice in pandemic

In the US, policymakers are in a dilemma when they want to tighten money pumping into the economy to prevent the risk of high inflation, but they are afraid of losing the recovery momentum.

 

Ai Nhi to represent Vietnam at Miss Intercontinental 2021

Tran Hoang Ai Nhi will represent Vietnam at the Miss Intercontinental pageant in Egypt in October 2021.

Vietnamese blockchain games to be released

When worldwide players are still eager for Made-in-Vietnam Axie Infinity, other Vietnam's blockchain game projects will be released in the near future.

HCM City to gradually ease social distancing

From now to September 30 HCM City will remove roadblocks to enter a new period.

Vietnam logs 9,362 new COVID-19 cases on September 27

Vietnam recorded an additional 9,362 COVID-19 infections, including 20 imported cases, in the past 24 hours to 5pm on September 27, according to the Ministry of Health.

Germany supports Vietnam with another 2.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine

On September 26, 2021, a shipment of a total of 2.6 million doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Ho Chi Minh City. This is another contribution from Germany towards the Vietnamese vaccination campaign.

Vietnamese-origin billionaire singer donates more necessities to pandemic-hit people

Ha Phuong, a Vietnamese-origin singer whose husband is the wealthiest Vietnamese in the US, has again authorized her mother and friends in Vietnam to donate more than 100 tons of necessities and cash to Covid-19 affected people in HCM City.

Recognition more than a title for biosphere reserves

Vietnam’s Nui Chua National Park and Kon Ha Nung Plateau were recently recognised by UNESCO as Global Biosphere Reserves.

Businesses say Health Ministry's guidance on ‘living together with pandemic’ is inflexible

The draft document that guides how to adapt to Covid-19 safely strives for ‘zero Covid’ goal, not ‘living together with the pandemic’, the business community says.

Foreign volunteer impressed with free English classes for Vietnamese in Singapore

Volunteers from many countries in Tina’s free English classes made a strong impression on Ralph Schopen – an American teacher, a volunteer accompanying Tina’s free English classes for Vietnamese people in Singapore, which are organized by Tina Yuan.

Vietnamese architect uses traditional materials in modern works

Two designs made of tiles and bricks, traditional building materials of Vietnam, have been representing Vietnamese architecture at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism that is being held until October 31.

Outdoor sports and retail stores the latest activities to resume in Hanoi

Authorities have given the go-ahead for the resumption of outdoor sports, as well as the reopening of malls and retail outlets, from Tuesday as the COVID-19 situation in the capital is brought under control. 

Vietnamese film to compete at Busan film festival

‘Mien Ky Uc', known as ‘Memoryland’ in English, has been granted a license by the Vietnam Cinema Department for competition in the New Currents category during the upcoming Busan International Film Festival.