Association requests support in transporting rice for export

The Vietnam Food Association has proposed the Ministry of Industry and Trade work with ports and localities to remove difficulties in the transportation of rice for export.

VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS AUGUST 18

Foreign investment poured in Vietnam despite COVID-19

HCM City introduce safe production options for businesses

The Chairman of HCM City’s People Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has just introduced safe production options for businesses in accordance with their sectors to ensure the prevention of the COVID-19 pandemic while maintaining production.

Vietnam veteran sets eyes on rowing golds

Someone once said "no man ever steps in the same river twice" but Pham Thi Hue has proved the exception to the rule. She has twice won an official Olympic berth but had to stay home both times and instead witnessing athletes competing on TV.

1.3 million pandemic-hit freelance workers receive support

To date, the country has 1.27 million freelance workers and a number of specific workers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic who have received support from the Government.

Wind power project developers want FIT extension

Since many wind power projects may not be put into commercial operation prior to October 31, the Prime Minister and Ministry of Investment and Trade have been asked to extend the feed in tariff (FIT) application.

VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES AUGUST 18

Ministry suggests 23 localities cut water, electricity prices for pandemic-hit workers

Vietnam successfully performs first liver transplant on child patient with late-stage cancer

Doctors from the National Children's Hospital and the 108 Central Military Hospital have successfully performed a liver transplant on an 18-month-old girl suffering from malignant hepatoblastoma.

Remdesivir delivered to COVID-19 hotspots in Vietnam

The Ministry of Health (MoH) on August 17 distributed 30,000 vials of Remdesivir, a broad-spectrum antiviral medication, to intensive care unit (ICU) centres and eight localities in the south to assist them with the COVID-19 fight.

Online exhibition features life and career of General Vo Nguyen Giap

An online exhibition featuring the life and works of late General Vo Nguyen Giap will open this weekend in Hanoi to mark his 110th birthday (August 25).

Nearly 300 tons of food distributed to Covid-19-infected people

Postal businesses are supplying essential goods and supporting the consumption of agricultural products as well as implementing many charity activities.

Vietnam's NanoDragon satellite to be launched before March 2022

The Vietnam Space Center (VNSC) has handed over its NanoDragon satellite to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) at the Uchinoura Space Center’s launch site in Kagoshima Prefecture in southern Japan.

HCM City asks for $1.2 billion to support Covid-19-affected people

According to the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, the city has several million households who need assistance, with a budget of nearly VND28 trillion (around $1.2 billion).

Hanoi's anti-epidemic path

 

Hanoi’s people and businesses will continue to live under social distancing because that is the "best way to live" with the virus when the vaccination rate is low to effectively contain the disease.

 

HCM City to vaccinate foreigners against COVID-19

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc has agreed to conduct vaccination against COVID-19 for foreigners living, studying and working in the city, within its capacity and resources.

Japan wants to study second phase of Long Thanh airport project

The Japanese Embassy has proposed the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) allow Japan to conduct research and draw up a pre-feasibility study for the second phase of the Long Thanh international airport project, said a representative of ACV.

Infrastructure ready for digital economy, society: Minister

Green and digital development is the main development trend in the first half of the 21st century.

Postal companies change delivery method of essential goods, green zones expanded on Hanoi

On August 6, when it extended social distancing, Hanoi authorities divided the city’s areas into green, orange and red zones.

How are Hanoians living during social distancing days?

Organizing birthday parties online, practicing exercise at home, and ordering food delivery are some of the ways Hanoians are adapting to new circumstances under social distancing.

Vietnam reports over 3,900 cyberattacks in seven months

Vietnam recorded more than 3,900 cyberattacks in the first seven months of 2021, according to the Authority of Information Security (AIS) under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Man dies after being turned away by hospitals, PM asks for investigation

PM Pham Minh Chinh on Tuesday asked Binh Duong province to investigate a case in which a man died at home after five medical facilities in the province reportedly refused to provide him with emergency care last Friday night.

Vietnam films selected for Asian Project Market at Busan festival

Two Vietnamese film have been named among the 26 projects chosen for the Asian Project Market at this year’s Busan International Film Festival of the Republic of Korea.

Another female officer assigned to UN peacekeeping mission

The Ministry of National Defence on August 17 handed over the President’s decision to assign Lieutenant Colonel Vu Thi Kim Oanh to the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

PM orders law revision to create new impetus for development

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 17 requested the Ministry of Justice and relevant ministries to study and build a law to amend many others to remove bottlenecks that have existed for many years 

Foreigner joins Vietnamese in COVID-19 fight

Seeing Vietnamese people struggling to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many foreigners, like Tchico, are doing their part in keeping the virus at bay.