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Packing rice at Vietnam Southern Food Corp (Vinafood 2). Viet Nam’s rice export is expected to achieve its target of 6.3 million tonnes worth US$3.2 billion this year. —VNA/VNS Photo Vu Sinh Viet Nam is expected to achieve its rice export target of 6.3 million tonnes worth US$3.2 billion this year due to high global demand and an increase in export prices. Statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs showed the country exported 593,600 tonnes of rice in September, worth over $293.1 million, increasing by 19 per cent in volume and 20.5 per cent in value compared to last year’s figures. Viet Nam shipped abroad 4.57 million tonnes of rice worth over $2.41 billion during the nine-month period, a drop of 8.3 per cent in volume and 1.2 per cent in value year-on-year. “The rice export has resumed since September despite the fact that social distancing is still being applied in many southern provinces and cities,” said Nguyen Quoc Toan, General Director of the Agro …

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The Ministry of Health logged 3,168 new COVID-19 patients in Vietnam on Monday, along with 1,136 recoveries and 75 fatalities. The latest cases, including nine imported and 3,159 local infections, were documented in 45 provinces and cities, the health ministry said, elucidating that 1,261 patients were found in the community. Ho Chi Minh City confirmed 968 of the domestically-infected cases, Binh Duong Province 439, Dong Nai Province 393, Soc Trang Province 174, An Giang Province 109, Kien Giang Province 99, Tien Giang Province 94, Ca Mau Province 77, Khanh Hoa Province 31, Can Tho City 27, Ba Ria-Vung Tau eight, and Hanoi six. Vietnam had registered 3,175 locally-acquired infections on Sunday. The country has reported 862,531 community transmissions in 62 out of its 63 provinces and cities since the fourth virus wave emerged on April 27. Ho Chi Minh City is a hotbed with 418,692 patients, followed by Binh Duong Province with 225,853, Dong Nai Province with 59,015, Long An …

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Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 (Photo: AFP/VNA) Washington DC (VNA) - Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc has proposed Pfizer, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, cooperate with Vietnam in the production of COVID-19 treatment drugs and promote to have an effective and safe vaccine for children. Ngoc made the proposal at a meeting between the ASEAN Committee in Washington DC and Stephen Claeys, Senior Director, Trade Policy at Pfizer, on cooperation between ASEAN member states and the US company on October 15 (local time). He appreciated Pfizer's support for Vietnam, and requested this company to realise its commitment to providing Vietnam with 51 million doses of its vaccine in 2021 and continue its discussions with relevant Vietnamese agencies on the vaccine supply in 2022. Sharing Vietnam's view that Pfizer should build a production base in Southeast Asia, ambassadors and representatives from several countries such as the …

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Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s seaports handled over 587 million tonnes of goods in the first ten months of this year, representing a year-on-year rise of 2 percent, according to the Vietnam Maritime Administration (VMA). growth rate of 12 percent compared to the same period last year to nearly 20.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). exports was estimated to hit over 6.6 million TEUs, surging 11 percent, that of imports - nearly 6.7 million TEUs, up 14 percent, and that of domestic goods - almost 7 million TEUs, up 10 percent. seaports in Hai Phong expanded nearly 15 percent and in Dong Nai 7 percent year on year. VNA …

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A coal mine of Núi Béo Coal JSC in the northern province of Quảng Ninh. —  VNA/VNS Photo Trọng Đạt HÀ NỘI — Although global coal prices have reached a record high, Vietnamese coal mining enterprises have still failed to increase revenue and profit, and some of them have even suffered losses. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the world average coal price has reached the highest level in history with a year-on-year hike of 110 per cent in the past nine months of 2021 and surging 75 per cent compared to the beginning of the year, though the nine-month global coal demand only increased 4.5 per cent year-on-year, after falling 5 per cent in 2020. However, experts from SSI Securities JSC (SSI) said that the coal price in Việt Nam was not in line with the global price due to the Government’s strict price management policy that allowed only two firms – Việt Nam Coal-Mineral Industries Holding Corp (Vinacomin) and the Quảng Ninh Province-based Đông Bắc …

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Bạc Liêu Wind Power Plant in Vĩnh Trạch Đông Commune in the southern province of Bạc Liêu. The plant has a capacity of nearly 100 MW, including 62 turbines. VNA/VNS Photo Duy Khương HÀ NỘI — While experts say offshore wind power could be a good choice for Việt Nam to replace coal power, they are urging an extension of the feed-in tariff (FiT) programme. Mark Hutchinson, chairman of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC)’s Southeast Asia Working Group, told local media that coal power plants around the world were being re-evaluated in terms of efficiency and cost, adding most countries in the world and financial institutions have announced a halt to investing in coal power. Hutchinson said: “19 GW of coal power projects failed to raise finance, of which 8.6 GW will need to be deployed in the 2021-2030 period,” raising a problem for capital in coal power. He said the era of building coal power projects based on foreign capital has ended for many places around the world …

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Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’s economic growth may reach 1.3 percent this year, as forecast by the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO), according to Pisit Puapan , director of the Bureau of Macroeconomic Policy. Pisit was quoted by local media as saying that factors to watch in the final quarter this year include the performance of the export sector, domestic spending, and the results of the government's stimulus packages. If all these factors fail to perform well, the FPO might cut its economic growth forecast, he said. The FPO is scheduled to announce its updated GDP growth projection on October 28. The office projected GDP growth of 4.5 percent in 2022. Pisit believes economic activities in the fourth quarter should improve as Thailand plans to reopen on November 1 to vaccinated foreigners. The COVID-19 infection rate has been on a downward trend since August, he said. The Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration ( CCSA ) has decided to allow fully vaccinated …

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The most favored is iPhone 13 Pro Max with 70 percent pre-orders, followed by iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro, each 12.5 percent, according to data from retail chains acquired by VnExpress . But the iPhone 13 mini, the smallest and cheapest of the lineup, is set to see shortages due to a lack of supply. For retail chain CellPhoneS, only 2 percent of its iPhone 13 imports are mini. "We might only meet 50 percent of customer demand," said spokesperson Nguyen Lac Huy. The unofficial market, where buyers pick up the phone in Singapore and Hong Kong and bring them back to Vietnam, does not seem to have a lot of supply for iPhone 13 mini either. "We only imported a small number as there is almost no demand from customers," said a smartphone vendor in downtown Hanoi. Last year, the iPhone 12 mini was also the least favorite. Many stores had to repeatedly lower prices to get rid of their inventory. Industry insiders say Vietnamese prefer the most expensive iPhones. The four …

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At the meeting (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception for heads of Vietnam ese representative offices abroad in Hanoi on October 18. Chien congratulated the officials on being appointed to such positions for the 2021-2024 term, and stressed that defence external affairs forms an important part of the Party and the State’s external work as well as people-to-people diplomacy. The Central Military Commission and the Defence Ministry highly valued the attention and close coordination of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in international integration and defence external affairs over the past time, contributing to implementing the defence external work comprehensively, he said. The Deputy Minister expressed his hope that the chief representatives will fulfil their assigned tasks outstandingly, helping to enhance diplomatic ties between Vietnam and countries and international organisations, and …

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Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The General Department of State Reserves under the Ministry of Finance provided over 136,300 tonnes of rice to help pandemic-hit people from August 16 to October 8. national reserve have been transferred to 9 southern provinces and cities to help thousands of people facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Particularly, Ho Chi Minh City received over 71,000 tonnes of free rice. Meanwhile, 4,117.8 tonnes of rice were handed over to Binh Phuoc, Bac Lieu and Soc Trang provinces while 1,847 tonnes of rice were given to Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces rice to support 3,360 households with 13,925 people in 10 districts of Gia Lai province. According to the General Department of State Reserves, the timely provision of food from the national reserve is one of the important political tasks particularly in the context of social distancing in many localities due to the complicated development of the COVID-19 …

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