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A reporter of the Vietnam News Agency interviews a foreigner in Đà Nẵng about COVID-19 testing. — VNA/VNS Photo Lê Lâm HÀ NỘI — Working as a female reporter is hard at the best of times, but reporting from COVID-19 outbreak zones and risking infection is even tougher. Hoàng Lan, a female reporter of Pháp Luật Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh (HCM City’s Legal Affairs) newspaper, will never forget waking up at 4am on national election day (May 23) to cover the election in quarantine areas at Củ Chi Field Hospital in HCM City. “I left home at 4.30 and arrived at the hospital at 6am. The ballot area was set up in the quarantine areas and treatment areas. Before the election started, everyone had their samples tested for COVID-19. Despite casting the ballots at the hospital, I saw that the constituents were very happy,” she said. “I felt happy too because I could report on the atmosphere and patients’ feelings at a special voting venue,” she told the Vietnam News Agency. Since … [Read more...] about Female correspondents head to COVID-19 hotspots to cover latest news

Vietnam’s digital economy presents chances for investors, start-ups The newswire techwireasia.com on June 16 ran an article saying that Vietnam has been steadily growing its highly promising digital economy, presenting multiple opportunities for investors, startups, and businesses alike. The author wrote that in recent years, the Southeast Asian region has been seeing rapid and sustained efforts and investment into various digital economy initiatives by both the public and private sectors. Tech giants have been creating waves, most recently the Tokopedia-Gojek merger, and earlier, Grab pushing for a US listing with a valuation of over 40 billion USD. Estimates by Google, Temasek, and Bain & Co predicted that the Vietnamese sector could grow to 52 billion USD by 2025, which comes up to about a sixth of the massive 300 billion USD regional digital economy pie. According to the article, backed by a stable political climate, progressive economic policies, and … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JUNE 18

Read what is in the news today: COVID-19 Updates -- The Vietnamese Ministry of Health confirmed 94 new local cases of COVID-19 on Saturday morning, raising the national tally to 12,508 infections, with 4,733 recoveries and 62 deaths. -- A batch of 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine produced by China’s Sinopharm Group Co., Ltd. is slated to arrive in Vietnam on Sunday, according to the health ministry. -- About 500 workers at the Saigon Hi-Tech Park in Thu Duc City are the first to get vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday given Ho Chi Minh City's mass inoculation drive with 836,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses, the municipal Department of Health said in a urgent announcement on Friday night. -- Three delivery men working for a same company at Hai Son Industrial Park in southern Long An Province tested positive for the coronavirus, the local authorities said on Friday night. -- An official from the Department of Health of Da Nang confirmed on Friday afternoon the detection … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — June 19

First-quarter low growth seeks solutions The nation's economic growth in the first half of the year was at a rate lower than that targeted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic hurting production and business activities. The government is mulling over new solutions to drive the economy forwards, with some international forecasts still proving upbeat. Based on economic performance in the first five months of this year, the government has just reported to the National Assembly Standing Committee its fresh forecast that the economy’s total GDP in the first six months of this year will be nearly VND4 quadrillion (US$174.4 billion), up about 5.8% year-on-year, or 0.42 percentage points lower than the target of 6.22% as set out in the Resolution No.01/NQ-CP released on January 1 on the key tasks for the implementation of the socioeconomic development plan and state budget estimates for 2021. The 5.8% rise will also be 0.12 percentage points lower than the government’s … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JUNE 19

Here are today’s leading news stories: Politics -- Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc congratulated Antonio Guterres on his reappointment as United Nations Secretary-General for the 2022-26 tenure, and proposed a number of measures to further foster the Vietnam-UN partnership during their phone talks on Saturday, the Vietnam News Agency reported. COVID-19 Updates -- The Ministry of Health confirmed 78 local COVID-19 cases, including 46 in Ho Chi Minh City, raising the country’s tally to 12,978, with 5,054 recoveries and 64 deaths. -- Ho Chi Minh City authorities have decided to shut down all makeshift markets as well as suspend public transport and taxi services in order to curb the serious coronavirus pandemic. -- The administration in northern Bac Giang Province announced on Saturday that 28 health workers at a COVID-19 treatment facility had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. -- Military units carried out large-scale fumigation at offices, … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – June 20