After nearly a month of implementing a high level of social distancing, starting today, September 16, 2021, the authorities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have begun to gradually relax several related epidemic prevention and control measures related to…
Concern about supply chain disruption and unsecured social security are the reason why the Research Group of the National Economics University has just issued a series of urgent recommendations. Supply chain disruption in many industries and fields No longer a…
A blockade point in the “green zone” area in Kim Lien ward of Hanoi. The Vietnamese capital has been called an “open-air prison” by international media, while the Southeast Asian country is ranked lowest in the world in terms of…
That is the thought that has been compressed into a public protest question of many people and households, including some central agencies in the inner city, when hearing “Directive 20” from the People’s Committee of the city. According to state-controlled…
Spokeswoman of Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang on September 1 affirmed that Vietnam has sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracels) and the Truong Sa(Spratlys), and urged countries to abide by the United Nations Convention on the…
Standard Chartered Bank has just lowered its forecast for Vietnam’s economic growth from 6.5% to 4.7%. This is the third time the UK-based multinational bank has lowered its GDP growth forecast for Vietnam for 2021, from a very high 7.8%…
Since the COVID-19 outbreak re-emerged in April 2021, the Vietnamese government has stepped up handling and even prosecuting those who are believed to have violated anti-epidemic regulations, spreading COVID-19 to the community. This treatment is considered to be a deterrent…
The World Bank (WB) on August 24 stated that Vietnam’s GDP is expected to grow about 4.8% for the whole year of 2021. This forecast is made in the latest edition of the report called the “Review Report” which provides…
In just the past 4 months, more than 11,000 people have died from the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health on the evening of August 30. A day ago, Prime Minister Pham Minh…
Despite the positive economic outlook, the World Bank believes that Vietnam needs to handle high financial, financial, and social risks. According to the latest forecast of the World Bank (WB), Vietnam’s economic growth in 2021 could reach about 4.8%, and…
On August 24, the Vietnam Aviation Business Association (Vaba) announced that due to Covid-19, revenue of its airlines members decreased by 80-90%, cash flow was severely short, principal and interest debt increased. This situation puts the airline business on the…
Leading US chipmaker Intel, and other foreign companies operating in Vietnam, are concerned that the stringent measures are prolonged in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City may discourage investment in the Southeast Asian country. Representatives of…
The total number of people infected with COVID-19 in Vietnam since the beginning of the pandemic is about to reach 360,000, according to a bulletin of the Ministry of Health on August 23. The number of deaths since the beginning…
The number of deaths and COVID-19 infections in Vietnam is still increasing sharply, despite the blockade measures that have been applied for many months. Vietnam will deploy its military forces in Ho Chi Minh City and ban people from leaving…
Customs officials of Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi, China have temporarily closed and stopped import and export activities at Po Chai border gate adjacent to Tan Thanh and Lang Son border gates of Vietnam to avoid spread of COVID-19 in transportation.…
Since the beginning of the serious pandemic in 2021, the Vietnamese government has considered the “three on-site” model (eating, staying and working on the spot) as the main plan to help both fight the epidemic and ensure production. However, Vietnam…
Vietnam’s state-controlled media and the social media have expressed concerns that the new regulations of the Hanoi capital government on travel documents increase congestion and contact at check-points, which can cause COVID-19 infection to raise further. The Hanoi government on…
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic from early 2020 to August 1, 2021, Vietnam has recorded more than 150,000 infections, more than 38,000 people have recovered, nearly 11 thousand patients are being treated and nearly 1,500 deaths. Ho Chi…
Vietnam will reduce the concentrated isolation period for those entering the country who have fully vaccinated against COVID-19 from 14 to 7 days, according to the state-controlled media. The official letter from the Ministry of Health on reducing the period…
A former deputy director of the General Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Public Security has just been charged with accepting bribes in connection with the case of Phan Van Anh Vu, also known as Vu “Aluminum,” according to the…
The new wave of Covid-19 outbreak in Vietnam continues to spread due to the impact of the Delta variant, especially in Saigon, although local governments have had to issue “social distancing” orders in many provinces, even applied a curfew in…
Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly on July 28 passed a resolution allowing the government and the prime minister to apply a “special mechanism” in applying measures not yet prescribed by law or different from those of current law to…
Nguyen Hoang Nam, an independent Hoa Hao Buddhist in Vietnam’s southern province of An Giang who has just served four years in prison for “causing public disorder,” told VOA that detention conditions at Xuan Loc Prison camp in the southern…
Congestion at ports in southern Vietnam is worsening as the country grapples with the latest outbreak of the COVID-19 outbreak. Theloadstar.com page recorded as mentioned on July 21, 2021. A representative of Saigon Newport Company-Saigon Newport (SNP), the company that…
From September 15, 2021, online information sites including social networks such as Facebook, Google, YouTube will have to remove advertising content within 24 hours if it is determined violating Vietnam’s laws by the Ministry of Information and Communications. That is…
