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VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS OCTOBER 18

Vietnam’s 500 most profitable enterprises in 2021 announced

How will Facebook, Google and YouTube be taxed in Vietnam?

The General Department of Taxation directly administers taxes on overseas suppliers and is responsible for granting tax identification numbers to overseas suppliers in accordance with Vietnamese regulations.

Worrying rise in number of young people vaping in Vietnam

A 15-year-old boy from Hanoi’s Thach That District was taken to Saint Paul Hospital early this month, after falling into a vaping-induced coma. He is one of the many young people in Vietnam who have taken up the habit. 

Locally-made COVID-19 vaccine Covivac evaluated in Canada

A haul of 700 samples of Covivac have been sent to Canada to have its effectiveness evaluated, according to Dr. Vu Dinh Thiem, director of the Center for Clinical Trials, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 18

136,000 tonnes of rice allocated to pandemic-hit localities

Cong Tri was honoured as on-the-rise fashion designer by Hollywood Reporter magazine

Fashion designer Nguyen Cong Tri has been honoured as one of the three outstanding designers in US fashion by Hollywood Reporter magazine.

Vietnamese films ready for screening

Vietnamese films are ready to go back to the cinema after being suspended due to the COVID-19 outbreak. 

Global list includes name of Vietnamese “unicorns”

Startup Sky Mavis with the game Axie Infinity has surprised the Vietnamese startup community when it reached a huge total market capitalization - US$2.4 billion - after three years since its release, a record time in the Asian technology world.

Works by veteran painters showcased in Hanoi

Works by nearly 70 elderly painters are being displayed at the fine arts exhibition house at No. 16 on Ngo Quyen street in Hanoi.

Vietnamese footballer wins AFC’s player of the month title

Vietnamese striker Nguyen Tien Linh has been named as player of October during the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s voting in the third round of the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers, the AFC said on October 17.

Unique calendar of Thai people

The Thai ethic minority people in the northern mountainous province of Son La use their own calendar to keep track of activities such as funerals, weddings, house groundbreakings and inaugurations, and farming.

Motorbike sales slash nearly 46 percent in Q3

The Vietnam Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (VAMM) has said its members sold 367,037 motorbikes in the third quarter of 2021, a year-on-year drop of 45.84 percent.

Heavy rains, floods leave eight dead, injured, missing

Three people died, four were injured and one went missing after torrential rains swept through northern and central provinces as of 5pm on October 17, according to the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

Seeking ways to speed up VN economic train

Policymakers and economists are looking for resources to speed up the Vietnamese economic train that has stalled for the past three months.

New trend: working four days a week

A study by the Iceland-based Association for Sustainability and Democracy (ALDA) and the British policy think-tank Autonomy concluded that Iceland's four-day workweek model has been a great success.

 

Vietnam asks Pfizer to cooperate in production of Covid-19 drug

The Vietnamese Ambassador to the US has suggested that Pfizer cooperate with Vietnam in the production of drugs to treat Covid-19 and promote an effective and safe vaccine for children.

Remains of US servicemen repatriated

The Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP) on October 17 handed over remains of US servicemen missing in action during the war in Vietnam to the US.

Vietnam records 3,193 new COVID-19 cases

Vietnam on October 17 reported 3,193 new infections of COVID-19, including 18 imported cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam holds potential for robot, AI development: insiders

Vietnam holds huge potential in the application and development of new technologies amid the wide utilisation of robot and artificial intelligence (AI) in daily life activities.