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Produce 'rescue' campaigns help farmers amid export decline to China due to coronavirus outbreak

Mekong Delta farmers are facing natural calamities and saline intrusion, as well as the decline of the Chinese market amid the coronavirus outbreak.

HCMC seeks to build elevated roads

HCMC Vice Chairman Vo Van Hoan has asked the relevant departments and agencies to draw up plans to build elevated roads in the city.

 

Foreign ownership cap yet to be applied at payment intermediaries

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has removed a regulation capping foreign ownership at 49% for local payment intermediaries from a draft decree on noncash transactions.

 

Festivals to be held nationwide to celebrate President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday

The Sen Village festival will be organised nationwide to celebrate the 130th birthday of late President Ho Chi Minh, according to a plan recently issued by the People’s Committee of the central province of Nghe An.

Female artists celebrate beauty of women in new exhibits

Art enthusiasts will have a chance to contrast the work of two female artists in HCM City this week to celebrate Valentine's Day.

WWF-Vietnam, GreenViet work to protect endangered primates

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Vietnam and the Centre of Biodiversity Conservation, GreenViet, will work together on a project to protect the gray-shanked douc langurs in the central province’s Nui Thanh District in 2020.

Over 36 tons of masks exported amid local virus scare

More than 36 tons of face masks was shipped overseas from HCMC within one week even though the domestic market is falling short of the product and the Government is finding ways to shore up mask supplies.

 

Hanoi buildings tighten control over coronavirus prevention

Many buildings in Hanoi have deployed measures for coronavirus prevention.

Three VN artists fined for spreading false coronavirus information

Three artists have been fined VND10 million ($435) each for spreading false information about the coronavirus epidemic on Facebook.

 

Border guards tighten checks to prevent coronavirus spread

The lives of border guards are difficult in some northern mountainous provinces during the Coronavirus outbreak.

Prices of goods under State watch should be kept unchanged to curb inflation: GSO

The Government should not raise the prices of any products under its management, especially medicines, fuels and electricity, in the first half of 2020 to keep the full-year inflation rate under control, stated the General Statistics Office.

 

Industry, trade ministry launches anti-COVID-19 website

The Ministry of Industry and Trade on February 12 launched a website on the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) at http://hanhdong.moit.gov.vn/.

Property market in 2020 may heat up thanks to new policies

Many new policies will take effect in 2020 which aim to warm up the housing market segment for those with real accommodation demand.

French artist François Andes to hold exhibition in HCMC

A solo exhibition of French artist François Andes, curated by Luiz Gustavo Carvalho, will be held at Galerie Quynh in District 1, HCMC from February 14 to March 28.

 

EU lawmakers approve free trade deal with Vietnam

The European Parliament (EP) on February 12 ratified the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA).

Vietnam’s pepper market faces falling prices

The decline of the market has excluded a high number of pepper growing households out of the supply chain.

Surveillance cameras in buses on the way

Some 170,000 buses, coaches and mini-buses will need to have two in-vehicle surveillance cameras from July next year.

AFF Cup winner to retire after 2020 season

2008 AFF Cup champion Le Tan Tai has announced he will retire at the end of the V.League 1 season.

My Nghiep ancient weaving village in Ninh Thuan

As the cradle of brocade weaving of the Cham ethnic people, My Nghiep craft village is currently one of the two most famous traditional craft villages of Ninh Thuan Province. 

Phat Tich Pagoda: Pilgrim heaven

Phat Tich Pagoda, which is famous as the cradle of Vietnamese Buddhism, is located on the southern side of Lan Kha Mountain in Phat Tich Commune, Tien Du District, Bac Ninh Province.